UMaine News

Contacts: Len Kaye, (207) 262-7922; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO, Maine – The first-in-the-nation pharmaceuticals mailback program launched in 2007 by the University of Maine’s Center on Aging with federal funding and partnering agencies has officially ended as a pilot and continues for another two years as a program of the state. The program has […]

Contact: Theresa McMannus, 581-2441 ORONO – The University of Maine College of Education and Human Development has recognized the work of the following students and faculty members with 2010 excellence awards. Jenna Ouellette, a scholar-athlete from Winnipeg, Manitoba, graduated with a degree in kinesiology and physical education, was named Outstanding International Student. Kathryn Blynn, a […]

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Kathryn “Katie” Blynn of Fryeburg, Maine, has been named the Outstanding Graduating Student in the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development. Blynn majored in elementary education with a concentration in English. She transferred to UMaine as a sophomore and changed her major from broadcast […]

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571, joecarr@maine.edu ORONO — The University of Maine will further establish itself as a national hub of hazing-related research when it hosts the 6th annual National Hazing Symposium on Thursday Oct. 1 and Friday Oct. 2 at Memorial Union. The program, expected to draw 50 hazing researchers and experts to […]

Contact: Jim Artesani, 581-4061 ORONO — More than 250 state policymakers, stakeholders, lawmakers and educators will gather at the University of Maine July 27-28 for the 2009 Maine’s Dropout Prevention Summit. With funding this year from America’s Promise Alliance, founded by General Colin Powell and his wife Alma Powell to reduce school dropout rates, summit […]