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UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

Year: 2008

Martin Luther King Breakfast at UMaine Jan. 19

Contact: Diane Khiel (dkhiel@adelphia.net); Joe Carr (joecarr@maine.edu) ORONO– The Greater Bangor NAACP and the University of Maine will host theannual Martin Luther King Breakfast Celebration on Monday Jan. 19 atUMaine’s Wells Conference Center. Doors will open at 8 a.m., with thetwo-hour event scheduled to begin at 8:30. Outgoing Maine Attorney General Steven Rowe will provide […]

New Map Chronicles Champlain’s 13 Years of Exploration in the St. Lawrence River Valley

Contact: Mike Hermann at (207) 992-3411Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO, ME. –To commemorate the 400th anniversaries of French explorer Samuel Champlain’s founding of Qu

New Recreation, Fitness Center Wins Another Award

Contact: Kenda Scheele, 581- 1403; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The University of Maine Student Recreation and Fitness Center has become one of 10 new building projects throughout the United States and Canada to receive a prestigious 2008 Athletic Business Facility of Merit Award from Athletic Business Magazine. The award, accepted Dec. 5 in San […]

UMaine Library Closing Next Four Saturdays

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine’s Raymond H. Fogler Library will be closed on the following Saturdays: December 20 and December 27, 2008 and January 3 and January 10, 2009. For complete hours please call 581-1664 or visit http://www.library.umaine.edu/about/hours.htm

UMaine Scientist Recognized For Images

Contact: Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777; Sara Lindsay, (207) 581-2739 ORONO, Maine They’re far from a family portrait, but University of Maine marine science professor Sara Lindsay’s images of tiny marine worms have earned recognition by two international imaging competitions. Using confocal microscopy, which uses optical sectioning and lasers to create detailed images from specimens […]

Study Shows Exercise May Mitigate Mental Risks Caused by ‘Belly Fat’

Contact: Greg Dore, (207) 581-2022; Pete Elias, (207) 581-2097; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO, Maine — New research from the University of Maine Department of Psychology has established that that belly fat carried around the middle (central adiposity) is related to decreased cognitive (mental) functioning, with adjustment for multiple cardiovascular risk factors. However, adjustment (statistical […]

UMaine Scientist Participates in Children’s Climate Change Book

Contact: Aimee L. Dolloff, (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine — Climate change is a difficult subject to explain to adults, but even more complicated to explain to children because of its magnitude. In a new children’s book, “How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate,” University of Maine Professor Paul Mayewski and other scientists […]

Warhola Paper Published in Forum on Public Policy

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 Dr. James W. Warhola, a faculty member of the University of Maine, recently published a paper titled “Dilemmas of the Modern Secular State: The Case of Russia under Putin” in the Forum on Public Policy, a journal of the Oxford Round Table. Dr. Warhola’s paper was published in Volume […]

Memorial Ceremony Planned Dec. 12 for Mumbai Terror Victims

Contact: Pank Agrrawal, (610) 570-6903 The South Asian Association of Maine (SAAM) at UMaine has scheduled a memorial ceremony Friday, Dec. 12, at 4-5 p.m. at the Memorial Union to remember the victims of the terror attack in Mumbai, India. A ceremony and a short talk by Doug Allen, professor of philosophy, will be part […]

Zeph Receives Service Award from Association of University Centers on Disabilities

Contact: Sandra Horne, 581-1236 Photo available upon request ORONO – Lu Zeph, director of the University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies (CCIDS) and associate professor of education, recently was honored for six years of service (2002-2008) to the Association of University Centers on Disabilities’ board of directors. Zeph served as president […]

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