Legislative Group to Tour UMaine Research Facilities
Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571
ORONO — A group of approximately 35 Maine legislators is scheduled to visit the University of Maine on Wednesday, March 2 to learn more about the university’s research capabilities and infrastructure, along with its role as a statewide cultural resource.
Interim President Robert Kennedy will greet the group at 12:45 p.m. in the Maine Center for the Arts main lobby. The lawmakers will divide into four groups and spend the next hour visiting two of the following four UMaine facilities: the MCA, the Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center, the Laboratory for Surface Science Technology and the new Advanced Manufacturing Center. At 2:15 p.m., the group leaves for Franklin and a tour of UMaine’s Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research.
At each scientific facility, researchers will provide an overview of the center’s activities and capabilities. UMaine is ranked among the top four percent of research universities nationwide by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
The MCA tour will include a behind-the-scenes look at that facility, of which UMaine is planning a major renovation.
The visits are part of a legislative bus tour of eastern and northern Maine.
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Note: Tuesday’s storm could affect the legislators’ Wednesday schedule. New organizations interested in covering the Wednesday tour should call first to make sure the schedule has not changed.