The Huffington Post features a blog entry based on research conducted by UMaine Prof. Sandra Caron and her former student, Nicole Proulx. In a 2006 study, Caron and Proulx looked at marriages where the wife is at least ten years older than the husband.
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Chris Treister’s overtime two-point conversion score, which gave the UMaine Black Bears a 25-24 Saturday win over James Madison, was #2 on ESPN Sports Center’s “Top 10 Plays” on Sunday morning. A Virginia television station’s news coverage includes video highlights from the game, including the decisive play. More game details are in a Maine Sunday […]
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UMaine’s Classified Employees Advisory Council and Bodwell Center for Service and Volunteerism, in partnership with radio station WBFB (97.1 FM), are planning a “stuff the bus” food drive for Friday Oct. 14, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. near the Black Bear statue outside Memorial Gym. Members of the UMaine community are invited to donate non-perishable food items […]
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Blackstone Charitable Foundation has announced it is committing $3 million to accelerate growth in Maine. The initiative involves UMaine’s Innovation Engineering program, preparing students for tomorrow’s workforce.
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Saturday’s Bangor Daily News features a story about a centuries-old ceramic pot that’s part of UMaine’s Hudson Museum collection. The pot, which contains the cremated remains of a member of the Hohokam people, has been in Maine since it was given as a gift to William C. Wells of Orono in 1937. He donated it […]
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Former UMaine police officer David Lint has died at the age of 59. An Orono resident who was also a well-known Celtic storyteller, Lint served on the UMaine police force for 26 years. He is survived by four children and his wife of 38 years, Claire Lint, UMaine’s assistant manager of dining services. One of […]
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The 2011 Maine Heritage Lecture at the University of Maine Monday, Oct. 24, from 7-8:30 p.m., will feature UMaine McBride Professor of History Richard Judd discussing “Saving Second Nature: The Environmental Movement in New England” at the Wells Conference Center.
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Some 63 companies that employ engineers will be at UMaine Wednesday, Oct. 19, looking to meet future employees or prospective interns from the College of Engineering.
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Members of the University of Maine Chamber Jazz Ensemble will present their formal concert in Minsky Recital Hall in the Class of 1944 Hall Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 7:30 p.m.
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Several news outlets, including the Boston Globe covered Thursday’s announcement that the Blackstone Foundation has launched a $3 million fund to help Maine’s entrepreneurial community create more innovative companies and jobs, and expand innovation engineering offerings through UMaine’s Foster Center for Student Innovation. Jake Ward, UMaine assistant vice president for research, economic development and governmental […]
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