UMaine News

Contact: Russ Van Arsdale, (207) 581-2761 ORONO, Maine — The University of Maine College of Education and Human Development is again joining the Old Town-Orono Kiwanis Club in an effort to collect books for needy youngsters. It’s the 29th drive, which is held each year at this time. Members of public are invited to join […]

Contact: Dee Potter, Livestock Specialist, 1-800-287-1421 (in Maine) or (207)834-3905 WATERVILLE — Maine

Contact: Vivianne Holmes, 207-353-5550, vholmes@umext.maine.edu BANGOR, Me. — On Dec.8, 9 and 10, the Bangor Ramada Inn will be the site of Women Connecting 2006: Field, Forest and Self,

Contact: Marie Hayes, 973-4963George Manlove, 581-3756 BANGOR — A Seattle-based child psychologist and specialist in research and intervention in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) — a condition that is common in Maine — will be in Orono and in Bangor on Nov. 9 to speak on the topic. Heather Carmichael Olson, Ph.D., a research professor […]

Contact: George Manlove, 581-3756 The following is a list of special events offered through or at the University of Maine in Orono and scheduled for this month. Athletic events are not included, but can be accessed on the UMaine Athletics Department website (http://goblackbears.cstv.com/). Nov. 3Latino Heritage Celebration 2006!, 7 p.m.-11 p.m., Stodder Hall and Commons, […]

Contact: Capt. James C. Moreno, Enrollment Officer, University of Maine Army ROTCRoom 114, Armory, Orono, Maine 04469, 207-581-1125 ORONO — Cadets from the Army and Navy ROTC programs at the University of Maine will participate in the annual Veterans Day Vigil on Friday, Nov. 10. The solemn event will occur from 10 a.m. until 2 […]

Contact: Karel Lidral, 581-1256; George Manlove, 581-4756 ORONO — The new University of Maine Chamber Jazz Ensemble will debut its first formal concert with a program of great jazz standards on Nov. 7 in Minsky Recital Hall, Class of 1944 Hall on the Orono campus. The program, beginning at 7:30 p.m., will include original tunes […]

Contact: David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine — UMaine doctoral student Christy Finlayson recently placed first in the 4th European Conference on Biological Invasions poster competition in Vienna, Austria with her poster “Considering Biocontrol and Biological Invasions: An Experimental Unit for Primary and Secondary School Classrooms.” Selected from more than 200 other posters, Finlayson’s entry […]

Contact: Joyce Longcore (207) 581-4396; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine — Researchers around the world now have a valuable new tool for studying the deadly Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis fungus, thanks to the efforts of scientists at the Broad Institute, Timothy James of Duke University and UMaine researcher Joyce Longcore. The fungus’ genome sequence was recently […]

Contact: Michael Kinnison (207) 581-2575; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – UMaine researcher Michael Kinnison will be bringing his considerable expertise in population and evolutionary biology to a five-year, $5 million project aimed at defining the real-time relationships between evolution and ecology in the wild streams of Trinidad’s jungle.           One of just three projects […]