UMaine News

Contact: Charlene Herrick (207) 581-3204; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine — After more than a century of promoting responsible forest stewardship and research, UMaine’s Department of Forest Ecosystem Science and Department of Forest Management have merged to form the new School of Forest Resources.  The new school creates a single point of contact for […]

Contact: Merrill Elias (207) 581-2097; Michael Robbins (207) 581-2051; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine — In an ongoing, 30-year study that explores the connections between cognitive abilities and cardiovascular disease, UMaine psychology professors Merrill Elias, Michael Robbins, and Penelope K. Elias are defining the role of the amino acid homocysteine in cognitive function, discovering […]

Contact: Matt Kasson (207) 581-2897; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – Matt Kasson, a master’s degree candidate in UMaine’s newly formed School of Forest Resources, is working to assess the future of Maine’s beech trees, having made it his mission to understand the disease that is rapidly turning one of the state’s top trees […]

Contact: Joe Carr at 581-3571 Note: The following appears in the Maine Development Foundation’s newsletter: The Kenneth M. Curtis Leadership AwardRecognizing Extraordinary Achievements by Leadership Maine Graduates James(Jake) S. Ward IV, Executive Director of the Office of Research and Economic Development, University of Maine received the eleventh Kenneth M. Curtis Leadership Award at MDF’s Annual […]

Contact: Cathy Billings, The Lobster Institute (207) 581-2751 ORONO — The Lobster Institute at the University of Maine has received a leadership challenge gift from Riverdale Mills, Inc. of Northbridge, Massachusetts, as part of the institute’s C.O.R.E. Campaign. The award challenges theInstitute to raise $100,000, which Riverdale Mills will then match with its contribution of […]

Contact: Christopher Gardner at 207-581-4048; Joe Carr at 207-581-3571 The following is an alert message from the UMaine Dept. of Public Safety : The University of Maine Department of Public Safety is investigating an alleged assault that occurred on October 14, 2006 at approximately 9:45 p.m. It is reported that the male suspect grabbed a […]

Contact: Richard Brzozowski, 800-287-1471 (in Maine), rbrz@umext.maine.edu BRUNSWICK, Me.–University of Maine Cooperative Extension has scheduled a FAMACHA training for 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 29 at Crystal Spring Farm, 277 Pleasant Hill Road in Brunswick. FAMACHA is a fairly new method of determining internal parasite pressure on individual sheep and goats by scoring eyelid blood […]

Contact: Mazie Hough, 581-1225; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Marjane Satrapi, a contemporary graphic novelist and illustrator born in Teheran, is the 2006 Anne Margaret Johnstone Memorial Lecturer and will speak at the University of Maine Oct. 19 about her life and work. Satrapi will participate at 12:30 p.m., in 130 Little Hall, in “A […]

Contact: Shanda Ivory, sivory@nacac.comKristen Bourke, kbourke@nacac.com Alexandria, VA– Kimberly Johnston, senior associate director of admission at the University of Maine, was elected president-elect of the Board of Directors of the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) at its 62nd National Conference of the last week in Pittsburgh, PA. NACAC is the largest association of […]

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — State Sen. Kevin Raye (R-Perry) will visit the University of Maine on Thursday, Oct.12 as part of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center Distinguished Maine Policy Fellow Program. Raye will spend the day at UMaine, meeting with students, faculty members and staff members. The Distinguished Maine Policy […]