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UMaine Continuing Ed for Maine Business Speaks to Bottom Line Skills

Contact: Contacts: Linda Godfrey or Wanda Westley, 581-3414; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO – In a state like Maine, where many business leaders rise through the company ranks with excellent job skills but often little training in managing people, the learning curve can be expensive in terms of time and money. Over the last 20 years, […]

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Winter Art Camp Feb. 20-24, 2006

Contact: Media Contact: Kathryn Jovanelli (207) 561-3352 BANGOR — Brighten up your child’s February vacation at the second annual University of Maine Museum of Art Winter Art Camp, an in-depth art experience held at the Museum of Art in downtown Bangor. The camp will run from Monday, Feb. 20 through Friday, Feb. 24 for students […]

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UMaine Professor Honored by American Physical Society

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — University of Maine Professor of Chemistry Jayendran C. Rasaiah has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). Rasaiah, who also is a cooperating professor of physics at UMaine, specializes in physical, theoretical and computational chemistry and chemical physics. He was cited by APS for […]

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UMaine Students, Alum Take First in International Business Plan Competition

Contact: Contacts: Matthew Rodrigue, 774-487-8396; Richard Grant, 581-1971; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — As winter descended on the Canadian Maritimes last month, the timing for two University of Maine students and a recent graduate couldn’t have been better to introduce at an international business plan competition a marketable proposal to improve the efficiency of home […]

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Food Science Project Studies Fruity Ways to Prevent Diabetes

Contact: Mary Camire (207) 581-1627; David Munson (207) 581-3777 With type 2 diabetes on the rise in Maine, UMaine Food Science and Human Nutrition researcher Mary Camire and graduate student Amy Henderson are studying the ways in which common foods may reduce the risk of developing the disease. Utilizing a $61,700 grant from the Gustavus […]

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A Well-engineered Family

Contact: David Munson 581-3777; Steve Adam 581-2262 Five members of the Sargent family, spanning four generations, were honored at the University of Maine’s Francis Crowe Society Induction Ceremony on December 16 for their successes in engineering and their family’s ever-growing list of accomplishments in the construction trades. UMaine College of Engineering alumni Herbert Sargent, James […]

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Biodiesel Project shows Promise in Northern Maine

Contact: David Munson 581-3777; Peter Sexton 764-3361 UMaine Cooperative Extension Crops Specialist Peter Sexton’s expertise has played a key role in examining biodiesel as an alternative form of energy in Northern Maine. Working through a cooperative arrangement with the Presque Isle consulting firm Regent Associates, he contributed to a feasibility study for the Houlton Band […]

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Rasaiah Honored as American Physical Society Fellow

Contact: David Munson 581-3777; Jayendran Rasaiah 581-1179 UMaine professor Jayendran C. Rasaiah was recently recognized for his many contributions to eletrolyte theory and thermodynamics research when he was elected by his peers into Fellowship of the American Physical Society (APS). No more than one-half of one percent of APS members are elected to Fellowship, which […]

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School of Performing Arts Introducing New Jazz Minor

Contact: Contacts: Karel Lidral, 581-1256; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO – The UMaine School of Performing Arts’ Music Division has created a new jazz studies minor, to be introduced in the fall of 2006. Karel Lidral, associate professor of music and director of jazz studies at UMaine, says the new program will substantially round out music […]

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Etna Artist Paints State Plate for Farmers

Contact: Contact: Willie Grenier, (207) 287-7548; Charlie Armstrong (207) 581-2940 Note: a JPEG image of the agriculture license plate is available on request.  ORONO–Etna artist Charlie Armstrong has volunteered his talent and time to help make the Maine Ag Tag

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