Jonathan Paul, who recently completed a neuroscience Ph.D. in the UMaine Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, has received the outstanding dissertation award from the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology (ISDP). Paul, who finished his UMaine degree in August, is in an NIH postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Texas Medical Branch Maternal-Fetal Center. As the […]
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The Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation, in collaboration with the U.S. Marshal for the District of Maine, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the U.S. Department of Justice and LexisNexis Special Services, Inc. will bring its “Badges for Baseball” program to UMaine on Saturday Sept. 24 beginning at 9:30 a.m. at the Mahaney Dome.
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A Sunday Oct. 2 Hauck Auditorium lobby event will highlight the opening of a new exhibition of photographs and reflections from University of Maine students who visited the Middle East in May. Those students were among a group of eight that attended a conference, “Islam and the West: A Civilized Dialogue,” in Abu Dhabi, United […]
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Education Commissioner Bowen at UMaine Monday Maine Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen is spending Monday Sept. 12 at UMaine, as part of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center Distinguished Maine Policy Fellow Program. Bowen will meet with students, faculty members and staff members, in addition to President Paul Ferguson and Provost Susan Hunter.
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Jim Settele, assistant director of UMaine’s School of Policy and International Affairs, will appear on WVOM radio’s George Hale and Ric Tyler Show, Friday Sept. 9 just after 6 a.m. A retired U.S. Navy captain, Settele served on Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld’s staff from Oct. 2001-Aug 2003. He will share his thoughts on changes […]
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The annual Graduate School picnic is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 14 from 4-6 p.m. on the Stodder Hall patio. Graduate students with their families, faculty members and support personnel are all invited to attend. The rain date is Thursday, Sept. 15
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The Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance (MIBA) in collaboration with the Hudson Museum has received an Indigenous Contemporary Arts Programs grant from the National Museum of the American Indian to support the development of an exhibit of the next generation of Maine Indian basket makers.
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A new survey of alumni of the University of Maine’s largest Ph.D. program — clinical psychology — finds more than 95 percent are licensed practitioners and most are researchers. The majority of those who graduated between 1995 and 2010 live in the Northeast and nearly 67 percent are involved in grant-supported research.
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ORONO — University of Maine master’s student and personal financial planner Sarah Morehead has recently published a book, I Hate Money! Understanding Your Financial Attitude, presenting the basics of finance and consumer attitudes that can interfere with sensible handling of money and credit.
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Passamaquoddy basketmaker Gerald “Butch” Jacobs will conduct a free public basketmaking demonstration Friday, June 3 from 10 a.m. to noon at the UMaine Hudson Museum in the Collins Center for the Arts.
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