UMaine News

Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Despite a weak national economy and uncertainty regarding national security, private giving to the University of Maine increased significantly during the past year, according to Jeffery N. Mills, UMaine’s vice president for advancement and president of the University of Maine Alumni Association.  UMaine’s  Office of […]

Contact: Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Residence halls at the University of Maine will come alive with activity on Friday, when new first-year students move in as part of UMaine’s acclaimed “Maine Hello” student greeting and orientation program. Again this year, UMaine’s residence halls will be at capacity, with a projected 3,777 […]

Contact: Media contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777; Alfred Bushway, Dept. of Food Science and Human Nutrition, 207-581-1629 ORONO– University of Maine professor of food science Alfred Bushway has received two awards for his teaching, research and technical assistance to the food products industry. The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) awarded Bushway its […]

Contact: Media contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777; Steve Adam, College of Engineering, 207-581-2262 ORONO, Maine — The University of Maine College of Engineering will hold a groundbreaking ceremony on August 22 for a building to house a program that is giving a much needed boost to Maine’s manufacturing economy. Since opening last […]

Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Michael Eckardt, Ph. D., a medical psychologist who has vast experience managing research programs and other activities at a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has been named vice president for research at the  University of Maine.  The appointment was approved today by […]

Contact: Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO

Contact: Contact: William Livingston, Dept. of Forest Ecosystem Science, 207-581-2990; Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO, Maine — After more than a century of clearing for agriculture, browsing by deer and die-offs related to disease, Monhegan Island’s forest appears to be regenerating with a healthy mix of hardwood and softwoods. That’s the good […]

Contact: Media contact: Laurie Osher, Dept. of Plant, Soil and Environmental Sciences, 207-581-2957; Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO– The rain is falling like clockwork on a University of Maine research project designed to help potato farmers reduce soil erosion. Laurie Osher, assistant professor in the Department of Plant, Soil and Environmental Sciences, […]

Contact: Media contact: Rick Kersbergen, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, 1-800-287-1426 ORONO, Maine – – The University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association are sponsoring Maine’s annual Small Farm Field Day on August 3 at the Common Ground Fair site in Unity, off route 220 and 139. This educational […]

Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — This fall, University of Maine students will have the opportunity to learn about the on-going peace process in Northern Ireland through a Web-based course taught by an instructor based in Ireland. Gladys Ganiel, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Politics at University College Dublin […]