The University of Maine Interfraternity and Panhellenic councils, in conjunction with the UMaine chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha, will hold a memorial service at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 27 for the three fraternity members killed earlier this month in a plane crash at Knox County Regional Airport in Owls Head, Maine. Tuesday’s memorial service will […]
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University of Maine professor of political science Amy Fried discussed in her Bangor Daily News blog Pollways her recent trip to Montenegro as a guest consultant invited by the United States Embassy there to explain the American electoral system during recent presidential elections. Contact: George Manlove, 207.581.3756
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In an opinion column in the Bangor Daily News, University of Maine economics and political science major Justin Lynch of Sarasota, N.Y. commented on the Israel-Hamas conflict and current cease-fire. In spite of the aggression by military factions, Lynch, who discussed his own recent visit to Lebanon, said the people in the streets he spoke […]
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Comments from Jim McConnon, business and economics specialist and professor of economics with University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the UMaine School of Economics, were included in a Bangor Daily News article about the increasing strength of the Portland-area economy. The Bangor-area economy also is important as a service center for northern and eastern Maine, […]
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The University of Maine Museum of Art in Bangor is hosting its 5th annual “Art Factory” from 11 a.m.–4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 1, a free event for creative expression by area families. Art Factory is an opportunity for families to spend a day at the art museum at 40 Harlow St. in Bangor to […]
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A feature article in the Free Press newspaper in Rockland about seaweed becoming a more common niche snack referred to a seaweed aquaculture workshop held in August by Maine Sea Grant at the University of Maine to discuss emerging new uses for seaweeds. Seaweed is used for animal feed supplements, fertilizers and, increasingly, healthy snack […]
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The International Galician Studies Association, founded by professor of Spanish Kathleen March in 1985 at the University of Maine, has been awarded the Premio Nacional da Cultura Galega (National Prize for Galician Culture) from the Galician government, A Xunta. The Galician studies association seeks to increase awareness of Galician language and culture worldwide, and has […]
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Foster’s Daily Democrat newspaper has posted online an Associated Press article about research by UMaine economist Todd Gabe, who calculated recently that obesity will grow from 7.8 percent of Maine’s youth to nearly 26 percent as the youths grow into obese adults, without intervention, costing $1.2 billion in the next 20 years. Contact: George Manlove, […]
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