UMaine News

Contact: Media contact: Richard Kersbergen, Extension Educator, 207-342-5971 or 800-287-1426 ORONO– Are you a farmer with a great idea for a better way to grow a crop, market a product or engage members of your community in strengthening local agriculture?  Would a little more time (or money) help you to follow up on that idea?  […]

Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine’s annual Howard Schonberger Peace and Social Justice Memorial Lecture Series, scheduled this year for Thursday, Nov. 6, will feature a talk by Rabbi Michael Lerner, founder and editor of “Tikkun,” a progressive Jewish Magazine. The lecture, named in memory of Schonberger, […]

Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO, Me. — An examination of business opportunities in a rebuilding, post-war Iraq will highlight the agenda of a Nov. 13 conference, “Doing Business in Iraq: the Private Sector.”  The conference, which will be held at Black Point Inn in Scarborough, Me., is co-sponsored by the University […]

Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The 2003 edition of Culturefest, the University of Maine’s annual celebration of cultural diversity, is set for Saturday, Nov. 8 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. in the UMaine Field House.  Culturefest activities are designed to promote understanding and to provide the community with opportunities to sample […]

Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine’s winter overnight parking ban will be in effect from Nov. 1, 2003 through May 1, 2004, according to the UMaine Parking Services Office. Faculty, staff, commuter, perimeter and visitor parking areas are closed to overnight parking during this period every year.  […]

Contact: Media contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777; Chuck Simpson, University Forests Office, 207-581-3626. ORONO– For the third time in the last four years, a University of Maine student is the National Collegiate Game of Logging champion. Josh Bubier, a junior in forestry from Monmouth, Maine, won the competition held October 18 at […]

Contact: Media contact: Amos Orcutt, President/CEO, University of Maine Foundation, 800.982.8503 At the 2003 Annual Meeting of the University of Maine Foundation, Robert W. Daigle was elected Chair of the Board for 2003-2004.  A Camden resident, Mr. Daigle is a 1971 graduate of The University of Maine and is President and CEO of Camden National […]

Contact: Media contacts: Joe Carr, University of Maine, 581-3571; Joyce Peterson, The Jackson Laboratory, 288-6058 WHEN:   Thursday, October 23, 2003, 10:30 a.m. WHERE:  Buchanan Alumni House, University of Maine, Orono WHO:    Robert A. Kennedy, Ph.D., Executive Vice President and Provost, University of Maine Susan R. McKay, Ph.D., Professor of Physics and Director of the Center […]

Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO, Me. — University of Maine students, employees and alumni will gather at UMaine’s Buchanan Alumni House on Friday, Oct. 24 at 2 p.m. for a festive event marking the unveiling of the new UMaine Black Bear license plate.  The plates will be widely available for sale […]

Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Seniors across Maine will benefit from a new University of Maine Center on Aging program funded by a $1.3 million Corporation for National and Community Service federal grant.  UMaine won the grant in a national competition for federal funding to address community needs through service. […]