Contact: Kay Hyatt: (207) 581-2761 ORONO, Maine –The University of Maine Upward Bound program will welcome 140 high school sophomores, juniors and seniors Saturday, June19, as they begin a six-week academic and career exploration experience. The majority of the students (approximately 100) are in the Classic Upward Bound general academic support and enrichment program. They […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — University of Maine Vice President for Advancement Jeffery Mills has announced a $175,000 grant from the Getty Grant Program’s Campus Heritage Initiative. The money will be used to fund a preservation plan for the buildings and landscapes included in UMaine’s National Register Historic District. “This grant will […]
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Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 ORONO — What can we learn about Judaic life from TV’s Homer Simpson? Plenty, says Laura Lindenfeld, A UMaine instructor in film and media criticism. Several episodes of “The Simpsons,” which deal with Jewish family customs, are included in an extensive collection of videotaped movies, television programs and documentaries […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — University of Maine English Professor Burt Hatlen jokingly calls the 2004 poetry conference of the National Poetry Foundation on June 23-27 “a gathering of the poetry clan, and all the sub-clans.” But, in fact, this conference, the 12th poetry conference hosted by the National Poetry Foundation since […]
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Contact: Daniel Sandweiss, Dept. of Anthropology and Climate Change Institute, 207-581-1889, dan_sandweiss@umit.maine.eduKirk Maasch, Climate Change Institute, 207-581-2197, kirk@iceage.umeqs.maine.eduNick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777, houtman@maine.edu ORONO, — Old fish bones can tell scientists about more than what people used to eat. They can also provide clues to the climate in which those people lived. In […]
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Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 ORONO — One of the newest exhibits at the University of Maine’s Hudson Museum is by Lamoine, Maine artist Arlyss Becker, a series of prints depicting women around the world as strong, forbearing individuals “balancing the stress and strain of each ordinary day with the wisdom and wit of […]
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Contact: Vivianne Holmes, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, 1-800-287-1458 (within Maine), vholmes@umext.maine.edu, or Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777, houtman@maine.edu ORONO, Maine — Women who are looking for new agricultural opportunities in everything from raising sheep and milking goats to growing herbs and vegetables can sign up for an Experiential On-Farm Weekend for Women […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — With 25-35 percent of Maine residents being of French-Canadian descent, faculty members like Susan Pinette are eager to strengthen Franco-American studies at the University of Maine. With assistance from a recent $25,000 National Endowment for the Humanities grant, the assistant professor of modern languages and classics and […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 The University of Maine Museum of Art is pleased to present three exhibitions this summer at Norumbega Hall in downtown Bangor. Berenice Abbott Cities Portraits Photographs by Berenice Abbott, on view at the University of Maine Museum of Art in Bangor from June 25 through September 18, 2004, highlight […]
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Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 ORONO — James D. Mullen, a prominent Bangor businessman and a 1972 graduate of the University of Maine, is the 2004 recipient of the second annual UMaine School of Business Distinguished Alumnus Award. The award honors an alumnus of the university who has demonstrated leadership, achievement in business, service […]
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