UMaine News

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Under a bright blue sky, 1,803 new University of Maine graduates received degrees during a morning commencement ceremony at Harold Alfond Sports Stadium.  The university’s 201st commencement ceremony, it was attended by an estimated 11,500 family members and friends.  This morning’s event is believed to have been […]

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Eight graduating University of Maine students, four valedictorians and four salutatorians, were publicly recognized at this morning’s commencement ceremony.  The eight graduates were seated on the stage during the ceremony and each was introduced by UMaine President Peter S. Hoff, who presided over the ceremony.  The eight […]

Contact: Warren Riess, Darling Marine Center, 207-563-3146; Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO, Maine — Marine historians will gather at the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath at the end of May to share the results of their research on military, cultural and economic use of the oceans. About 80 members of the North […]

Contact: Mary Tyler, Biological Sciences, 207-581-2543; Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO– When politicians and the public debate bans on human cloning, Ryan Joyce cringes. It’s not that Joyce, a University of Maine senior in biology and a member of the Honors College from Topsham, Maine, advocates human cloning. He doesn’t. It’s what […]

Contact: Roberta Laverty, Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center, 207-581-2110; Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO– The Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center at the University of Maine, in partnership with the American Forest & Paper Association and APA – the Engineered Wood Association, will host a three-day conference this summer on the use of […]

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO —  The University of Maine Campus Recreation Maine Bound Program and the American Canoe Association (ACA) have scheduled an Adaptive Paddling certificate course for instructors from May 22-25, 2003. The ACA offers programs to open avenues to water-based recreation, such as canoeing, kayaking and sea kayaking, to people […]

Contact: Kay Hyatt at (207) 581-2761 ORONO, Maine — The first group of graduates from a pioneering alternative teacher certification program will be recognized at a commencement ceremony Friday, May 9.at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. The eight mid-coast area educators have spent the past two years meeting the rigorous demands of […]

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney will visit the University of Maine on Friday, May 9 to deliver UMaine’s fourth William S. Cohen Lecture.  Mulroney, who was prime minister from 1984-1993, will discuss “Canada and the U.S.: Friends and Neighbors in the Post Sept. 11 World.”  The […]

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO AND BANGOR — The University of Maine Museum of Art will debut an exhibition of the works of Melville McLean and George Lloyd, along with wood engravings from the museum’s permanent collection, on May 16.  The exhibition will continue through July 5.  The following describes the works that […]

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Representatives of the Henry Company, a California construction materials company, will return to the University of Maine on Monday, May 12 to hear marketing plan presentations by 16 UMaine student groups. The students, who are in a capstone marketing class taught by UMaine Prof. Harold Daniel, have […]