UMaine News

Contact: Patty Henner, (207) 581-4115, George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO — Backyard maple sugaring is the focus of a University of Maine brown bag lunch talk March 15 from noon to 1 p.m. at the Page Farm and Home Museum on the Orono campus. Kathy Hopkins, an extension educator in the university’s Somerset County Extension […]

Contact: Kay Hyatt (207) 581-2761 ORONO, Maine –Twelve Maine school districts have been selected as pilot sites to develop and implement local policy and practices reflecting the University of Maine’s Sports Done Right recommendations at their high schools and middle schools. The 12 sites, comprising 29 separate schools, were selected from a total of 25 […]

Contact: Roberto Lopez-Anido, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 207-581-2119; Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO, Maine — University of Maine engineering students hope that their understanding of composite material design and construction will launch them into exciting careers after graduation. But first, they intend to launch something else in an international competition […]

Contact: Tyler Sing at (207) 866-7755 ext. 318 QUINCY, Mass.–The University of Maine

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — A group of approximately 35 Maine legislators is scheduled to visit the University of Maine on Wednesday, March 2 to learn more about the university’s research capabilities and infrastructure, along with its role as a statewide cultural resource. Interim President Robert Kennedy will greet the group at […]

Contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO, Maine — Staff members of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension will hear the latest advice on food, nutrition and physical activity at a training session March 2 at the University of Maine. News media representatives are welcome to attend and cover discussion of subjects such […]

Contact: Rani Gould, (207) 581-1259, George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 Editors: A schedule with workshop times and locations is available from the Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3756 ORONO — Hundreds of Maine middle school girls will spend a day at college March 1, learning about science-oriented careers historically pursued by males. Coming from all corners of […]

Contact: Kay Hyatt, (207) 581-2761 ORONO, Maine –Alternatives to cutting, friction between school sports and youth sports, and the impact of specialization will be among the timely issues discussed at the Middle Level Sports Conference taking place Wednesday, March 30 at the Augusta Civic Center. “Developing Healthy Middle Level Students through Sports” is the theme […]

Contact: Lisa Phelps, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Cumberland County, 207-780-4205 PORTLAND– Sometimes finding a source of locally grown food or a new walking path for an evening stroll can be difficult. This spring and summer, 4-H and school groups in Portland and Bowdoinham will collect such information and make it available on maps and […]

Contact: Michael Peterson, Mechanical Engineering, 207-581-2129; Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO– Want to know the future of snowmobiles? Just ask a member of the University of Maine’s Clean Snowmobile Challenge team. Thirteen students in the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and three students in Mechanical Engineering Technology are installing sensors, writing software and […]