UMaine News

Contact: George Markowsky, (207) 581-3940; Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – In the 1800s, Edward William Lane was Britain’s greatest orientalist. His “Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians,” one of the most influential and widely-cited works in Middle East studies, has never gone out of print. Jason Thompson, who began his teaching career […]

Contact: Gregory Zaro, 581-1857 ORONO — Gordon Hamilton, research associate professor in the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, will present “On Thin Ice: Ice Sheets and Sea Level Rise” from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. Thursday, April 23, at the Bangor Public Library. Hamilton’s talk is the final installment of the season in the Climate […]

Contact: Amy Kaye, (603) 969-0990; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Noted Boston College psychology professor Paul Poteat, an authority on diversity, prejudice and youth, will lecture at UMaine Monday, April 20, 10-11:30 a.m. in Room 316 of Aubert Hall. The lecture is titled “Adolescent Sexual Prejudice:  Its Effects among LGBT and Heterosexual Youth,” and is […]

Contact: Carolyn Ball, 581-4142, George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The College of Business, Public Policy and Health will hold its annual Research Exposition on Wednesday, April 22, 3:30-5 p.m. in the atrium of the Donald P. Corbett Business Building. Members of the public and campus community are invited to attend and learn about end-of-semester research […]

Contact: Nory Jones, 581-1971; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — UMaine Master of Business Administration student Brenton Murray of Orono has won the 2009 Active Citizenship Award in Community Service from the Bodwell Center for Service and Volunteerism for his work organizing a UMaine chapter of Habitat for Humanity and other charitable work. The Active Citizenship […]

Contact: Lud Hallman, 581-1249; George Manlove. 581-3756 ORONO — The Bangor Symphony Orchestra in collaboration with the University Singers  and University of Maine Oratorio Society will present Massenet’s “Marie Magdeleine” April 26 at 3 p.m. in Hutchins Concert Hall of the Collins Center for the Arts. Soloists will be music professor Nancy Ogle (soprano) in […]

Contact: Terry Porter, 581-1990; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The Maine Business School and UMaine Campus Sustainability Alliance are teaming up for a half-day public workshop starting at 8 a.m. on April 29 at the Foster Student Innovation Center to explore “greening” and sustainability in business and the emerging green job market. Workshop co-organizer Terry […]

Contact: Stephani Nola, (207) 581-3285 ORONO — Maine artist and activist Robert Shetterly will present this year’s John M. Rezendes Ethics Lecture on Wednesday, April 22, an annual lecture coordinated by the Honors College at the University of Maine. Shetterly will speak at 4 p.m. in Room 100 of the Donald P. Corbett Business Building. […]

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO –Karen Gordon Mills of Brunswick, Me., President Barack Obama’s choice to serve as Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, will be the University of Maine commencement speaker on Saturday, May 9.  The U.S. Senate confirmed Mills’ nomination earlier this month. As Administrator of the SBA, Mills is […]

Contact: Misa Saros, UMaine sustainability coordinator, (207) 581-1571; Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – With its pledge to create a greener campus at an all-time high, the University of Maine has several events planned for this year’s Earth Day celebration. Held each year on April 22, Earth Day marks the anniversary of the birth […]