Contact: Karen Boucias, 581-3433; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO – The University of Maine’s fifth annual International Dance Festival is being held Saturday, Feb. 14, in the newly renovated Collins Centre for the Arts on the Orono campus, showcasing homeland dances and traditional costumes of some of the many international students at UMaine. Two shows are […]
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Contact: Gregory Zaro at 581-1857 PLEASE NOTE DAY CHANGE ORONO — Joe Kelley, chair of the University of Maine’s Department of Earth Sciences and a professor in UMaine’s Climate Change Institute, will present “The Rise and Fall of the Maine Coast: People and a Drowning Shoreline” from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19, at […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine will conduct a full-scale test of its emergency communications system at approximately 12 noon on Friday, Feb. 13. This will include a full-volume sounding of the external siren system, for a period of several minutes. A cornerstone of UMaine’s emergency communications plan, the […]
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Contact: Kristen Andresen at 581-3742 Sometimes, wearing your heart on your sleeve — or your shirt — is a good thing. New Media students at the University of Maine have developed technology that allows those looking for love, friendship or business connections to do just that. In last semester’s interactive Web development class, students created […]
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Contact: Mary Davis, (617) 627- 4719, or Joe Carr (207) 581-3571 Note: Prof. Davis will be available for interviews on Friday afternoon. She will also present a seminar on this research at 3:15 p.m. Friday in UMaine’s Neville Hall. ORONO, Maine – A new study by a University of Maine economist estimates the cost of […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Two top scholars in the field of Russian politics will visit the University of Maine Wednesday and Thursday Feb. 11-12 for a series of presentations, “The Changing Role of Russia in the World: Menace or Opportunity?” Prof. Brian Taylor of Syracuse University and Prof. Thomas Remington of […]
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Contact: Mark Wells, (207) 581-4322; Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3571 ORONO, Maine – Toxic algal blooms have the potential to produce devastating impacts on fishing industries in coastal communities, and also can pose a threat to the health and safety of humans and animals. To better understand the potential threat to coastal Maine waters, University of […]
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Contact: Laura Wilson, 207-581-2971 Fort Kent, ME—University of Maine Cooperative Extension, working in cooperation with the St. John Valley Soil & Water Conservation District will offer Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) training on Friday, Feb. 27 from 9 a.m. 3:30 p.m. at Fort Kent Community High School. Project WET’s curriculum and activity guide represent […]
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Contact: Susan K. Gardner, 581-3122 ORONO — University of Maine doctoral students complete their programs at higher rates than the national average, according to research by a faculty member in the UMaine College of Education and Human Development. Susan K. Gardner, an assistant professor of higher education who studies doctoral student success and retention, spent […]
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Contact: Jonathan Rubin, (207) 581-1528; Per Garder, (207) 581-2177 Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3571 ORONO, Maine — Slippery travel conditions, snow drifts, and potholes are part of living in Maine in the winter, and keeping the state’s roads as passable as possible during winter is costly. “Maine spends $23 million on winter road maintenance and snow […]
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