UMaine News

Contact: Tom Weber (207) 581-3777 ORONO — Peter Jumars, the director of the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences, has received the Distinguished Service Award from the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. ASLO, a leading professional organization for researchers and educators in the field of aquatic science, recognized Jumars for his nearly 30 […]

Contact: Patty Henner, 581-1400 ORONO — The University of Maine’s Page Farm and Home Museum is offering a week-long “Pathways to the Past” day camp June 23-27 — an innovative, hands-on half day program that immerses children ages 6-12 in activities considered fundamental for survival in earlier times in Maine history. “The Page Farm and […]

Contact: Sandy Butler, 581-2382; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Home care workers provide a critical service helping Maine’s elders stay in their homes when they need extra personal care, but the labor pool serving that expanding population is shrinking at a time when it should be growing. Sandy Butler, professor of social work and coordinator […]

Contact: Robert C. Causey, (207) 581-2782 ORONO — The University of Maine has successfully teamed up with Foxcroft Veterinary Service in a creative approach for dealing with the shortage of large animal veterinarians in Maine. In 2007 UMaine’s Maine Agricultural Center funded a study in equine reproduction that was designed to bring veterinary students to […]

Contact: Richard Kersbergen, 207-342-5971 ORONO, Me.–The Maine Grass Farmers Network, with support from University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association and the Natural Resources Conservation Service, has organized a series of pasture walks designed to help new and experienced farmers learn about profitable grazing in Maine. On June 22 from 2-4 […]

Contact: Vicky Blanchette (207) 581-2204; Tom Weber (207) 581-3777 ORONO — The Dearborn Foundation, established to promote the development of inventors and entrepreneurs for the future, recently awarded scholarships to eight students in the University of Maine College of Engineering. Electrical engineering students David Chamberlaine, Michael Clearly and Fred Schwaner, as well as Andrew Farrington […]

Contact: Jerry Ellis, (207) 942-3582; John Hwalek, 581-2302; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO — A recently retired UMaine program director and an engineering professor are hoping to raise awareness and scholarship funds for the university’s Onward Program by bicycling across the United States this summer. Jerry Ellis, former director of the College Success Program’s Onward […]

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 BELFAST, Me. –University of Maine’s President Robert A. Kennedy, along with community leaders and other university officials, broke ground this morning on the Hutchinson Center’s new expansion. Also participating was Frederick Hutchinson, the former UMaine president for whom the eight-year-old facility is named. Through the Hutchinson Center, UMaine provides […]

Contact: Kyle McCaskill, 207-581-3185, kmccaskill@umext.maine.edu ORONO, Me. –University of Maine Cooperative Extension has published 2008 editions of “Conifers of Maine” and “Biodiversity in the Forests of Maine. “ “Conifers of Maine,” the late Fay Hyland’s classic field guide, was first published in 1946. This edition has been updated by his former student, colleague and friend, […]

Contact: Andy Mauery, 299-0282Susan Camp, 570-1076 ORONO — Think sculpture is built to last? Think again. University of Maine students will explore the use of sustainable — and, in many cases, biodegradable — materials in the first Sustainable Sculpture class.     Trash will become treasure. Paper sculptures made with renewable abaca pulp might include seeds […]