UMaine News

Contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs and Marketing, 207-581-3777 ORONO, Maine — College student engineers from across New England will become bridge builders for a day when they bring their custom designed steel bridges to the University of Maine’s Wells Commons on April 2. They will compete in the Northeast Regional Student Steel Bridge […]

Contact: Paul Stern, (207) 581-1082, George Manlove, (207) 581-3756   ORONO — Don’t let the name CAD Camp scare you. CAD Camp, offered at UMaine for youths July 10-15 is a lot of creative fun, says camp director Karen Horton, associate professor of mechanical engineering technology. It’s just one of a dozen summertime activities at […]

Contact: George Manlove at 581-3756 Dr. Werner Fornos, president of the Population Institute in Washington. D.C. this week warned audiences throughout state and at UMaine on Tuesday that failing to manage alarming population growth in poverty-stricken nations likely will be “the ultimate global blunder, from which there is no recovery.” On campus at the invitation […]

Contact: Louis Bassano, Washington County office of University of Maine Cooperative Extension, 800-287-1542 ORONO, Maine — Looking to spur creative economic initiatives, nature-based tourism and business activity grounded in fundamental business skills, a coalition of public and private organizations, under the leadership of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, will host the third annual Washington […]

Contact: Paul Collins, Maine Business School ORONO, Me. — The University of Maine MBA program will host a conference entitled, “The Maine Concern,” on April 5, 2005 at 6:30 p.m. in the Donald P. Corbett Building on the UMaine campus. Eight presentations will cover tax and health care reform, the national park proposal, proposed LNG […]

Contact: Mary Bird, (207) 581-2434, George Manlove, (207) 581- 3756 ORONO — A public discussion at the UMaine Page Farm and Home Museum on April 3 from 2-4 p.m. will explore ways in which the town of Orono can protect its historic resources while at the same time prepare for inevitable growth. With Orono’s bicentennial […]

Contact: Wally Mason at 561-3350 The University of Maine Museum of Art is pleased to announce a spring exhibition of selected works from Norma B. Marin’s collection of Maine art which spans the past fifty years. The Long View: Selections from the Norma B. Marin Collection of Maine Art The Long View: Selections from the […]

Contact: Kay Hyatt at (207) 581-2761 ORONO– Educators who want to bring some technology “bells and whistles” to their classrooms or who need a good introduction to the basic workings of the computer will find plenty of options at the University of Maine’s annual Summer Technology Institute. Sponsored by the College of Education and Human […]

Contact: Scott Delcourt, associate dean of the graduate school, 207-581-3217; Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO, Maine — Efforts to increase the diversity of the University of Maine graduate student population will get a boost from an annual $132,000 National Science Foundation grant over the next five years. The program will enable the […]

Contact: Cathy Billings, Lobster Institute, 207-581-2751 ORONO– The 2005 Canadian/U.S. Lobstermen’s Town Meeting, hosted by the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, will be held at the Delta Brunswick Hotel in Saint John, New Brunswick on Friday, April 22. The focus will be on the management of the lobster fishery, with a related topic […]