The Maine Edge had kind words for Stephen King’s latest book in an online review. In “Hearts in Suspension,” King and some of the friends, activists, teachers and fellow writers he crossed paths with while attending the University of Maine in the late 1960s and early 1970s, share memories of those turbulent years on the […]
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When she was looking for graduate programs in literacy education, Tammy Ranger knew the University of Maine had a reputation for having an outstanding program. Nearly 10 years after earning her Master of Education degree from UMaine, Ranger is the 2017 Maine Teacher of the Year, and she credits her time at the university for […]
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Read transcript The innovative Maine Track Program, a partnership between Maine Medical Center and the Tufts University School of Medicine, is building a pipeline of physicians with skills in rural Maine medicine. Learn about the program and hear from University of Maine graduates India Stewart and Kim Dao about their experiences in medical school and […]
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Barbara F. (Fraser) Csavinszky, longtime associate professor of home economics and health education at the University of Maine until her 1995 retirement, died Dec. 25 at a Bangor hospital. She was 82. Csavinszky earned her M.Ed. at UMaine. Her husband, former UMaine physics professor Peter J. Csavinszky, died in 1995. Contributions in her memory may […]
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Janet (Kahrer) TeBrake, a longtime professor in the History Department, died after a brief illness Dec. 26 at a Bangor hospital. She was 69. TeBrake earned a Ph.D. in modern Irish and British history at UMaine. And from 1991 until her retirement in 2013, she was a faculty member at the university. TeBrake, formerly of […]
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Jill Pelto’s watercolor “Decline in Glacier Mass Balance” is the cover art for the Mainebiz 2017 Book of Lists, published Dec. 26. Pelto is a graduate student in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences at the University of Maine, where she graduated in December 2015 with bachelor degrees in studio art and Earth science. […]
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On Tuesday, Nov. 29, the Advanced Manufacturing Center at the University of Maine will hold an event to thank General Electric (GE) for their recent donation of two 3-D printers. Earlier this month, GE donated the printers to benefit both the AMC and the Mechanical Engineering Technology program. The 3D Systems’ ProJet 5000 is a […]
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Cassie Vaillancourt ’12 (MBA) is using her business degree in the forest products industry. Vaillancourt, who earned a bachelor’s degree in forestry from the University of Maine in 2010, works as an operations planner in the supply chain department at Sappi North America in Skowhegan. “I am responsible for planning production of the mill’s three […]
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The Bangor Daily News, WLBZ (Channel 2), WVII (Channel 7), WABI (Channel 5) and The Boston Globe covered author Stephen King’s book launch and talk Monday evening at the University of Maine’s Collins Center for the Arts. In “Hearts in Suspension,” King and 11 classmates and friends who attended UMaine with him share personal essays […]
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Author and University of Maine alumnus Stephen King spoke with the Bangor Daily News, WABI (Channel 5) and WLBZ (Channel 2) about his latest book ahead of his Nov. 7 appearance at the Collins Center for the Arts. At the event, King will read from his newest book, “Hearts in Suspension,” and will talk about […]
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