UMaine News

Contact: Gretchen Gfeller, University of Maine Raymond H. Fogler Library, 207-581-1696 ORONO — Several individuals who were there at the beginnings of Maine’s foremost literary journal, the Puckerbrush Review, will gather to tell its story and celebrate its achievements in publishing Maine authors and in bringing international authors to Maine readers over the better part […]

Contact: Gretchen Faulkner, 581-1904; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The Hudson Museum at the University of Maine has three new exhibits, featuring illustrations from a children’s book by Maine artist Robert Shetterly, fabric collections from the Kuna Indians of the San Blas Islands of Panama and an exhibit celebrating the legacy of former UMaine anthropologist […]

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Doug Hall, a 1981 University of Maine graduate whose success as an inventor and entrepreneur has gained widespread recognition and a role as one of the four judges on the ABC television program “American Inventor,” will be the guest speaker at Friday’s Student Innovation Center ribbon cutting […]

Contact: Bob Potts, Marketing & Creative Services, (207) 581-1149 or (800) 934-2586 “Paint The Town BLUE!” theme captures essence of Homecoming celebrationAppearance by “Motor Booty Affair” to highlight weekend ORONO, Me. — The University of Maine Alumni Association has announced the schedule of events for the 131st Homecoming Weekend at UMaine, October 20, 21 and […]

Contact: Amos Orcutt, President/CEO, University of Maine Foundation, 800.982.8503 ORONO — John I. Simpson of Bangor was elected 2006-2007 chair of the University of Maine Foundation Board of Directors at the foundation’s Oct. 4 annual meeting. Simpson is a 1971 graduate of the University of Maine; he also received an MBA in 1983. He is […]

Contact: Owen Smith, 299-2418; George Manlove, 581-3756; Walter Tisdale, 942-3119 ORONO — The newest exhibit at the Department of Art’s Lord Hall Gallery at UMaine focuses a good deal on books, in addition to the creativity that emerges when artists and writers collaborate, but to appreciate the show, visitors must suspend their ingrained concept of […]

Contact: Richard Brzozowski, 800-287-1471 (in Maine) ORONO–University of Maine Cooperative Extension and several farm equipment dealers have joined forces to offer free “Slow Moving Vehicle” (SMV) signs to Maine farmers this fall. Maine motorists should be on the lookout for these bright signs— fluorescent orange triangles bordered with reflective red—which are mounted on the rear […]

Contact: Len Kaye, 581-3483; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Mercury aside, Len Kaye wonders how much blood pressure medication, cholesterol regulators, birth control pills or prescription painkillers are winding up in the tuna fish in his sandwich. Kaye, director of the Center on Aging at the University of Maine, serves on the leadership board of […]

Contact: Kathryn Jovanelli at 207.561.3352 Bangor, Maine — The University of Maine Museum of Art is pleased to present two printmak-ing exhibitions as part of Celebrating 200 Years of Printmaking in Maine and in collaboration with The Maine Print Project. Richard Estes: Prints and John Marin: A Print Survey will draw from the museum’s important […]

Contact: David Munson, UMaine University Relations (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – UMaine doctoral student Leigh Stearns has been selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as one of ten graduate students nationwide to participate in the 2006 International Astronautical Congress in Valencia, Spain in October.                            Organized by the International Astronautical Federation, the four-day event […]