UMaine News

Contact: Ali Abedi (207) 581-2231; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – A high-tech collection of robotic super-mice will come together on the UMaine campus April 29, ready to pit the engineering and programming skills of some of the country’s brightest young minds against one another in the 2006 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers […]

Contact: David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – UMaine School of Engineering Technology Professor Raymond Hintz has been awarded the 2006 Earl J. Fennel Award from the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping. The award is presented each year to recognize outstanding contributions to ACSM and the surveying and mapping profession. Hintz, a longtime UMaine […]

Contact: Mary Ellen Camire (207) 581-1627; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – Nine faculty, staff and students from the University of Maine’s Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition presented their research at the Experimental Biology Annual Meeting in San Francisco, April 1-5. Their research addressed major health issues such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, […]

Contact: Dorothy Klimis-Zacas (207) 581-3124; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – Maine’s wild blueberries continue to prove that they are more than just a splash of tasty color in muffins and pancakes. New research conducted at UMaine suggests that a serving of wild blueberries can go a long way toward a healthier heart. Research […]

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — William A. Klemperer, Erving Research Professor of Chemistry at Harvard University, will be the guest speaker at the 2006 University of Maine Phi Beta Kappa initiation.  The event is scheduled for Thursday, April 13. at 3 p.m. in the Buchanan Alumni House. Klemperer, a National Academy of […]

Contact: Jeff Hecker, 581-2033; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Gayle Iwamasa, Ph.D., a Visiting Libra Diversity Professor at UMaine and an internationally recognized expert on emic approaches to researching psychological difficulties among Asian Americans, and a full range of other diversity issues, will be on campus for her second Libra visit April 24-26 to speak […]

Contact: Len Kaye, 581-3716; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — This year’s Spring 2006 Professional Excellence in Geriatrics Series (PEGS), sponsored by the University of Maine Center on Aging, runs April 25-May 22 in Augusta, Bangor, Belfast, Orono, Presque Isle and Portland. The series, in combination with the Geriatric Organizational Leadership Development Seminar (GOLD), is a […]

Contact: Extension Veterinarian Scott Haskell, 207-581-2789 ORONO–Two new fact sheets published by University of Maine Cooperative Extension affirm that avian influenza (AI) currently represents little risk to humans, and that eating properly handled and cooked poultry is safe. “What Maine People Need to Know About Avian Influenza” provides information for the general public about the […]

Contact: Lynette Dexter at (207)581-1349 ORONO, Me. — The local celebration of National Volunteer Week, scheduled this year for April 23-29, will focus attention on the extraordinary efforts that members of the University of Maine community put into making the world around them a better place. A series of volunteer activities is scheduled for that […]

Contact: Wayne Ingalls, 581- 1990; Justin Hafford, 581-3173; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO – When you see Wayne Ingalls’ accounting students around the University of Maine campus with iPods and earphones, it’s entirely possible they’ll be doing their homework, not just listening to the latest music from John Mayer or Sheryl Crow. Ingalls, a lecturer in […]