The Bangor Daily News reported on a $10,000 national Pearson Prize awarded Monday to UMaine financial economic and business administration major Rachel Binder-Hathaway, a Millinocket native who established a non-profit organization, Seeds of Change, to help impoverished women and street orphans in Bangladesh access food, medical care and educational opportunities. Binder-Hathaway has been living in […]
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University of Maine business and economics student Rachel Binder-Hathaway, currently in Bangladesh helping impoverished people access small business loans, has received a prestigious Pearson Prize in Higher Education.
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Tuesday’s Bangor Daily News includes a front-page story based on a recent interview with President Ferguson. In the story, Ferguson shares his initial impressions of UMaine and offers some details on his plans for his first year as UMaine’s president.
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WVII television (Channel 7) covered a Monday high school summit on Positive Behavior Intervention and Support (PBIS), held at UMaine’s Buchanan Alumni House. Owen Maurais and Jim Artesani of the UMaine College of Education and Human Development were among the primary organizers of the event, which featured a presentation from a New Hampshire high school […]
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In an interview with the Bangor Daily News, University of Maine President Paul Ferguson listed research and a 21st century focus as keys to the future.
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There were several reports from Sunday’s Mitchell Institute scholars lunch, which was held at UMaine’s Wells Conference Center according to the Bangor Daily News. Senator George Mitchell was the keynote speaker. Bangor television station WABI noted the institute has awarded more than $8.2 million in scholarships to more than 1,800 Maine high school graduates since […]
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The website Crazy Engineer has a story about a $1.2 million Department of Energy grant awarded to UMaine professors Robert Lad and Mauricio Pereira da Cunha to develop sensors that can continuously monitor power plants, with the ultimate goal of zero-emission fossil fuel plants. Business Week also ran an Associated Press report about the grant […]
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Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will visit UMaine on Thursday Aug. 18, one of several stops that day to be hosted by U.S. Sen. Susan Collins. Salazar will visit the Advanced Structures and Composites Center to learn more about UMaine-led research into technology development for deepwater offshore wind power initiatives. A brief Associated Press […]
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A Saturday Bangor Daily News report provided details about recent and ongoing construction projects at UMaine. Elaine Clark, UMaine’s executive director of facilities, real estate and planning described the $70 million worth of construction during the current year, along with the ways in which the university has leveraged five percent of that total to bring […]
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An Associated Press story, posted on several news Web sites, reports on a new book by UMaine Prof. Sandra Caron and Mike Hodgson, a former Black Bear football player who now works as a fundraiser in the UMaine athletic department. “Tackling Football: A Woman’s Guide to Understanding the College Game,” provides insights for those who […]
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