UMaine News

Contact: Media contact: Cathy Billings at (207) 581-2751 ORONO, Me. — “Everything Lobster,” an old-fashioned clambake and special presentation, both featuring lobster, is scheduled for Warren’s Lobster House in Kittery on Wednesday, Sept. 17.  Members of the public are invited to the event, hosted by the Lobster Institute of the University of Maine and Warren’s […]

Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Domestic violence, women’s advocacy and the oral histories of women military veterans will be among the topics discussed during the University of Maine’s Women in the Curriculum and Women’s Studies Program’s brown bag lunch series this semester. The discussions will be held from 12:15-1:30 p.m. […]

Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO– The University of Maine’s Page Farm and Home Museum has scheduled a Wednesday, Sept. 17 field trip to three central Maine farms.  The field trip is intended to appeal to those interested in modern industrial farming and organic market farming. The tour will leave the Page […]

Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The art of University of Maine art department faculty members will be highlighted in the 36th annual Faculty Exhibition, which runs through Oct. 15 in the 1938 and Carnegie Galleries in UMaine’s Carnegie Hall. An opening reception is set for Friday, Sept. 12 from 5-7 […]

Contact: Media contact: Timothy J. Dalton, Dept. of Resource Economics and Policy, 207-581-3237; Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO, Maine — New agricultural crops stand a better chance of helping to fill the world’s bread baskets, says a University of Maine economist, if plant breeders take farmers’ needs into account early in the […]

Contact: Media contact; Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Members of the University of Maine’s Class of 2007 will arrive on campus on Friday, Aug. 30 as they move into residence halls and participate in UMaine’s unique and successful “Maine Hello” student greeting and orientation program. “Maine Hello” is highlighted by a Friday volunteer […]

Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Despite a weak national economy and uncertainty regarding national security, private giving to the University of Maine increased significantly during the past year, according to Jeffery N. Mills, UMaine’s vice president for advancement and president of the University of Maine Alumni Association.  UMaine’s  Office of […]

Contact: Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Residence halls at the University of Maine will come alive with activity on Friday, when new first-year students move in as part of UMaine’s acclaimed “Maine Hello” student greeting and orientation program. Again this year, UMaine’s residence halls will be at capacity, with a projected 3,777 […]

Contact: Media contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777; Alfred Bushway, Dept. of Food Science and Human Nutrition, 207-581-1629 ORONO– University of Maine professor of food science Alfred Bushway has received two awards for his teaching, research and technical assistance to the food products industry. The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) awarded Bushway its […]

Contact: Media contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777; Steve Adam, College of Engineering, 207-581-2262 ORONO, Maine — The University of Maine College of Engineering will hold a groundbreaking ceremony on August 22 for a building to house a program that is giving a much needed boost to Maine’s manufacturing economy. Since opening last […]