UMaine News

Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 ORONO — The UMaine School of Performing Arts is bringing a guest composer and percussionist to Minsky Recital Hall Sept. 30 to perform his “Music for a Plugged-In Percussionist” concert, an innovative and cutting-edge application of digital music in the area of percussion. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. […]

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — University of Maine anthropology and marine sciences professor James Acheson has been named the 2004 winner of the prestigious American Anthropological Association’s Kimball award for effecting change in public policy. Acheson, a cultural anthropologist, author and professor at UMaine since 1968, will receive the Solon T. Kimball […]

Contact: George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The harsh graphic violence in so many of today’s computer video games may seem impersonal as players wind their characters’ way through tunnels, fortresses and dangerous city streets, but a UMaine New Media professor believe there’s a lot more going on than meets the eye. “What people call entertainment […]

Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 ORONO — The Maine Folklife Center’s programs at this year’s Common Ground Fair highlight inland boat and canoe building, featuring some of Maine’s well-known guides and boat builders. The fair is Sept. 24, 25 and 26 in Unity. The Folklife Center has assembled a group of canoe experts to […]

Contact: Nick Houtman at (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine — Just over a year after Maine voters approved a jobs bond in June 2003, the University of Maine’s Advanced Engineering Wood Composites (AEWC) Center is humming with activity in a new laboratory funded by the bond. “Many projects involve Maine businesses and communities in need of […]

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — A group of seven students and an adviser from the Mexican university La Universidad de las Am

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — A grand opening for the remodeled Bear’s Den in the University of Maine’s Memorial Union will bring into focus the pub-style facility’s important role in UMaine’s culture, past and present. The grand opening is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 24 at 4 p.m.  The space that formerly held […]

Contact: Todd Gabe, Dept. of Resource Economics and Policy, 207-581-3307, todd.gabe@umit.maine.edu ORONO– University of Maine economists have analyzed the impacts of the proposed one-percent property tax cap by estimating the effect on 2003 local government revenues and expenditures as if the cap had been in place. In a report issued today, they conclude that Maine […]

Contact: Joe Carr at 581-3571 ORONO — Nearly 200 colleges and universities, from as far away as Alaska and Hawaii, will send representatives to the New England Association for College Admission Counseling (NEACAC) college fair at the University of Maine Sept. 27-28.  This will be the 28th year the UMaine has hosted an event of […]

Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 UMAINE FACULTY RECITAL OFFERS “AMERICAN VOICES” CONCERT ORONO — The UMaine faculty recital, “American Voices,” on Saturday, Sept. 25 features two musicians and a narrator celebrating song collaborations of American composers and poets. The evening includes works by nationally acclaimed composers William Goldberg and Joyce Suskind, putting some familiar […]