Contact: Professor Darrell W. Donahue, (207) 581-2728 The Council of Canadian Academies (CCA) has selected University of Maine Chemical & Biological Engineering Professor Darrell W. Donahue to serve as an expert on a panel on Approaches to Animal Health Risk Assessment. As a panelist, he will aid in the preparation of a report for the […]
Read more
Contact: Vicki Nemeth, Maine EPSCoR Director, 581-3399,maineepscor@umit.maine.eduJoe Carr, 581-3571, joecarr@maine.edu ORONO — Gov. John Baldacci and other state leaders joined University of Maine and University of Southern Maine officials on Wednesday morning to announce a $20 million National Science Foundation EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) grant for a wide-ranging new project called the […]
Read more
Contact: Joe Carr, (207) 581-3571 ORONO – Gov. John Baldacci and other state government leaders will join University of Maine and University of Southern Maine officials on Wednesday to announce a $20 million National Science Foundation EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) grant to create the Center for Sustainability Solutions. The announcement event is […]
Read more
Contact: Sheila Pendse, 944-9263; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Up to 20 middle school students from the greater Bangor area are getting a close look at careers in engineering and transportation over the next two weeks as participants in the annual Maine Summer Transportation Institute at the University of Maine. Cosponsored by the Maine Department […]
Read more
Contact: Chet Rock, 581-2218; April Mulherin, 778-7081 ORONO — The University of Maine and the University of Maine, Farmington, are collaborating to offer a five-year dual degree program resulting in liberal arts and engineering degrees. Beginning in the fall of 2009, students can spend three years pursuing a bachelor of arts degree at Farmington, then […]
Read more
Contact: Kelly Hoovler, 581-1581 ORONO — Henry B. Metcalf, associate professor emeritus of general engineering at UMaine, has received the university’s 2009 Barbara Hikel Award, presented annually to a retiree who has continued to serve the institution as a volunteer. The annual award was established in 2006 by the president of the University of Maine […]
Read more
Contact: Victoria Blanchette, 581-2204; Eric Landis, 581-2170 ORONO, Maine – Students from Monmouth Academy will put spaghetti noodles — Delverde perciatelli #6, to be precise — to the test during the seventh annual Spaghetti Bridge Breaking Competition at the University of Maine. The event will be held on Tuesday, June 2 in Boardman Hall, room […]
Read more
Contact: Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777; Victoria Blanchette, (207) 581-2204 ORONO, Maine – Eight engineering professionals recently were inducted into the University of Maine College of Engineering Francis Crowe Society for their outstanding contributions to the engineering industry. Each year, members of UMaine’s engineering programs are invited to nominate an individual who has made distinguished contributions […]
Read more
Contact: George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Benjamin Gordon Freedman of Caribou has been awarded a 2009-2010 graduate fellowship from Tau Beta Pi, the world’s largest engineering honor society. Freedman, the son of Dale Gordon of Caribou and Jon Freedman of Bangor, will pursue a doctoral program in bioprocess engineering at Virginia Tech, focusing on the […]
Read more
Contact: Kristen Andresen, 581-3742 We humbly apologize, but the original version of this release contained an error. Laura Wood’s hometown is Scarborough, not South Portland. ORONO — Two University of Maine students have received theM orris K. Udall Scholarship. Established in 1992 to commemorate Udall’s 30 years of service in the U.S. House of Representatives, […]
Read more