UMaine News

Contact: Contacts: Nory Jones, 581-1995; George Manlove, 581-3756/ cell phone: 458-9296 ORONO – Back for a second season, members of the UMaine Business School faculty are prepping for a return to the ice at Alfond Arena for the second annual Broomball game to benefit the Bangor offices of the Maine Children’s Miracle Network. This year’s […]

Contact: George Manlove, 581-3756 f=”http://calendar.umaine.edu/details.asp?eventid=2084″>Saving Title IX: A Call for Action, 12:15-1:30 p.m., Bangor Room, Memorial Union, with Lynn Atherley, Janice Clark, Rena Lolar and Kristin Langellier, part of the Women in the Curriculum and Women’s Studies Program Lunch Series Feb. 16 Academic Dishonesty and the Student Conduct Code, 9:30-11:15 a.m., Bumps Room, Memorial Union, […]

Contact: Contacts: Doug Allen, 581-3860; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO – Global controversies over peace, war, politics and human rights are topics to be covered in depth by the UMaine Marxist-Socialist Studies Lecture Series for spring, 2006. Lectures featuring guest speakers, UMaine professors and student perspectives on critical issues of international importance are offered 12:30-1:45 p.m. […]

Contact: Contacts: Pat Pinto (207) 321-2109; Cathy Billings (207) 581-2751; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Me.  —  Your dog can now be a lobster connoisseur.  Blue Seal Feeds, Inc. has launched the newest addition to its dog biscuit line — Blue Seal Lobster “Bisque-its.” — based on a concept devised by the Lobster Institute at […]

Contact: Contact: Charlene Herrick (207) 581-3204; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Me. — UMaine’s Department of Forest Ecosystem Science and Department of Forest Management will come together this summer to form the new School of Forest Resources. Scheduled to take place just weeks after the nationally-known forestry programs bid farewell to their 100th graduating class, […]

Contact: Contact: David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Me. – Working in cooperation with Maine trawler captain Cameron McLellan and the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, UMaine graduate student Emily Knight and UMaine Marine Science Professor Les Watling recently completed a long-term study that examines the effects of groundfish trawling on the complex ecology of the […]

Contact: Contact: Richard Brzozowski, 207-780-4207 or 800-287-0274 NEW GLOUCESTER–Successful Beekeeping in Maine,

Contact: Contacts: Patty Henner, 581-4100; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The life and legacy of celebrated Maine food expert, author and home economist Brownie Schrumpf will be the topic of a lunchtime talk Feb. 16 at the Page Farm and Home Museum at the University of Maine. The speaker for the free public discussion is […]

Contact: Contacts: Karen Cole, 581-4704; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO – The University of Maine School of Performing Arts has announced its spring 2006 music, theater and dance schedule, featuring faculty, students and, in some cases, members of surrounding communities. Admission to the events is $6 and UMaine students are admitted free with a MaineCard, unless […]

Contact: Jennifer Lobley, 207-255-0929 or 800-287-1542 (jlobley@umext.maine.edu) PLEASANT POINT–National 4-H Council, with generous support from the JCPenney Afterschool Fund, has recognized Frank Cleaves of Pleasant Point Indian Reservation with the 4-H Afterschool “Opens Doors” volunteer award. Cleaves is one of 25 4-H after-school volunteers across the county–and the only person from Maine–to receive the award. […]