UMaine News

Contact: Mary Ellen Camire (207) 581-1627; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Me. – A state-of-the-art densitometer will soon contribute to an array of research programs being carried out by the UMaine Food Science and Human Nutrition (FSHN) faculty. The programs focus on the growing problems of obesity and osteoporosis around the world. Utilizing a grant […]

Contact: Gregory Porter (207) 581-2943; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Me. – UMaine Agronomy researcher Gregory Porter was recently awarded more than $250,000 in funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for an ongoing eight-state potato breeding project aimed at creating improved potato varieties for cultivation in the Eastern United States. Maine’s potato industry generated […]

Contact: William DeSisto (207) 581-2291; Clinton Colmenares (207) 581-3742 ORONO, Me. – William (Bill) DeSisto, assistant professor of Chemical Engineering, has received the most prestigious honor the National Science Foundation awards to young researchers, the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award. CAREER awards go to junior faculty who “most effectively integrate research and education within […]

Contact: Sarah Joughin, 581-3423; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Student dancers from North and South America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia are pulling out the stops for the second annual International Dance Festival planned Saturday, Feb. 18, at 7 p.m. at the Maine Center for the Arts on the UMaine campus. Dancers from India, […]

Contact: Clinton Colmenares at 581-3742 Bangor businessman, philanthropist and long-time University of Maine benefactor Larry Mahaney died Sunday, Feb. 12, in West Palm Beach, Fla. after suffering a massive stroke five days earlier. The former chairman of the board and CEO of Webber Energy Fuels was born in the small Aroostook County town of Easton […]

Contact: Brenda Zollitsch, 866-4323; Catherine Schmitt, 581-1434 Editors’ note: Maine communities sending teams include Ashland, Corinth, Bath, Poland, Sanford, Waterville and York. Names of local high school team coaches and best interview opportunities for reporters can be obtained by calling the contact people listed in this release. ORONO – So you think you know marine […]

Contact: Jose Cordero, 581-1425, George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO – Black History Month is being observed throughout the month of February at UMaine with speakers, films and, on Feb. 24, a free Black History Month dinner with a national speaker. The month is designed to provide students and the public with a better insight into the […]

Contact: Karen Cole, 581-4704; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO – The University of Maine School of Performing Arts will present eight performances of “Jesus Christ Superstar” beginning Feb. 16 in the newly renovated Hauck Auditorium. The rock opera written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice combines hard-driving rock tunes and soulful ballads to create a […]

Contact: MaJo Keleshian, 581-3267; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — An exhibit of 30 recent landscape paintings by UMaine art professor Michael Lewis currently is on exhibit at the University of Maine Department of Art’s Carnegie Gallery 1 at Carnegie Hall on the Orono campus. “Michael Lewis, Recent Paintings,” will be on display from Feb. 10 […]

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Thomas Remington, professor and chair of the Political Science Department at Emory University in Atlanta, will visit the University of Maine later this month for a series of presentations to share his perspectives on contemporary Russia and the post-Soviet region. “Understanding the nature and direction of political […]