UMaine News

Contact: Media contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777; Steve Kahl, Mitchell Center, 207-581-3286 ORONO, Maine — A University of Maine scientist has become president-elect of the National Institutes for Water Resources, NIWR. Steve Kahl, a geochemist and director of the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research at UMaine, also […]

Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3571 ORONO, Maine — University of Maine research in marine sciences, climate change and composite materials will be on the agenda when Congressman Tom Allen (D-Portland) of Maine’s First District tours laboratories and talks with scientists at the university on December 11. News media representatives are […]

Contact: Media contacts: Tom Bickford, Agent Institute, 207-581-2012; Joe Carr, UMaine Public Affairs, 207-581-3571 ORONO- On Dec. 7, the University of Maine and the Agent Institute will host the 4th FIRST LEGO League’s robotics fair and tournament competition. This event, which will be held at Orono High School, is the season finale for 54 teams […]

Contact: Media contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO, Maine — University of Maine scientists will give presentations about the sun’s influence on global climate, thinning of the Earth’s crust and volcanic dust in Antarctic ice at one of the world’s largest annual gatherings of geophysicists this month. Researchers from the UMaine Climate […]

Contact: Media contact: Richard J. Brzozowski, Cumberland County Cooperative Extension, 780-4205 or 1-800-287-1471 (in Maine) ORONO, Maine — Trees have an honored place at the center of holiday celebrations, and they play many roles in our culture, science and the economy. Maine citizens can learn more about them through the Maine Tree Club, a program […]

Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The 9th annual Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance holiday sale will be held at the University of Maine’s Hudson Museum on Saturday, Dec. 13. The sale and demonstration was launched nine years ago to promote an awareness and appreciation of Maine Indian culture and traditions. The event […]

Contact: Contact: Scott Cromwell, Foxtech Design, Inc., 207-664-0720; Debbie Neuman, Target Technology Incubator, 207-866-3565; Nick Houtman, UMaine Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO, Maine — Foxtech Design, Inc., the first company to take wing from the University of Maine Target Technology Incubator in Orono, has opened an office in Ellsworth. Foxtech specializes in computer aided […]

Contact: Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO, Me. — University of Maine President Peter Hoff has informed officials of the University of Texas System that he is no longer interested in the presidency at the University of Texas-Arlington. Hoff has spent the past two days in Austin, Tex., meeting with the system’s board of […]

Contact: Media contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO, Maine — Governor John Baldacci will highlight a groundbreaking ceremony November 20 for a two-story addition to the Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center at the University of Maine. The 7,100 square-foot expansion will provide laboratory space geared toward technology development and commercialization. The event […]

Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — A memorial service honoring the life of Laurence A. Jones, Jr., a 1992 UMaine graduate, is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 20, 2003.  The service will be held at noon near North Stevens Hall, in front of the Laurence A. Jones, Jr. Memorial Tree. At the […]