UMaine News

Contact: Kay Hyatt (207) 581-2761 ORONO– Maine schools and communities will have the opportunity to learn more about the Sports Done Right interscholastic athletics reform initiative during a free training session set for Wednesday, May 25 at the University of Maine. Twelve pilot site school districts, representing 29 separate schools from South Berwick to Ashland, […]

Contact: Dara McIntire, Research Assistant; Philip Trostel, Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy, 207-581-1651 ORONO, Maine — College can seem like an unreachable dream for students whose families may be unaware of the financial resources available or the options for starting a college savings account. Researchers in the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at […]

Contact: Herbert Crosby, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Technology, 207-581-2134; Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs and Marketing, 207-581-3777 ORONO– Paddling a kayak can be tricky enough, but try it without using your arms. For a senior design course, five teams of University of Maine engineering students are demonstrating their skills by developing kayaks for people […]

Contact: Kay Hyatt at (207) 581-2761 ORONO, Maine — How do institutions make decisions that yield the educational, social and economic benefits of a strong athletics program without costs to academic and moral integrity? That’s the central dilemma explored in the book Who Calls the Shots? Sports and University Leadership, Culture, and Decision Making. The […]

Contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO– While telescopes provide new images of far away galaxies, scientists are learning what those galaxies have to tell us about how the universe evolved. On April 28, the public will get a chance to hear from an astronomer who studies galaxies that sometimes bear little resemblance […]

Contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO–Archaeologist and author Stuart Fiedel will present a public lecture on Native American origins on April 29 at the University of Maine. His lecture, ‘Clovis First’: Still the Best Theory of Native American Origins, will be at noon in the Bangor Room of the Memorial Union. Fiedel […]

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Stephen King, a 1970 University of Maine graduate who has become one of the world’s best-known authors, will address graduates, family members and friends at UMaine’s commencement, scheduled for Saturday May 7. The event is set for 10:30 a.m. on Morse Field at Harold Alfond Sports Stadium, […]

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine Dept. of Athletics will welcome Maine citizen-soldiers and their families to a Black Bear baseball doubleheader on Saturday, May 14. As part of UMaine’s contribution to Operation Community Support, a statewide effort to recognize and support those who have served during recent military […]

Contact: Kathryn Olmstead, (207) 581-3844, George Manlove (207) 581-3756 ORONO — The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will present its 2005 faculty and student awards April 22 in the Buchanan Alumni House on the University of Maine campus. Dean Ann Leffler will host the award ceremony, scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. in the […]

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO– Laying groundwork for Maine’s future economy, the University of Maine will celebrate two new facilities that will spur innovation among manufacturers and budding student entrepreneurs on April 22. The university has invited legislators, business leaders and other officials to celebrate the grand opening of the Advanced Manufacturing Center […]