UMaine News

Contact: Aimee Dolloff at (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine — For the second year in a row, the University of Maine’s AEWC, Advanced Structures & Composites Center, has been recognized as an industry leader by the American Composites Manufacturers Association. The Center received two awards last year for its blast resistant tent panels made of composite […]

Contact: Owen Smith, 581-4389 or 299-2418 ORONO — Installation artist Liz Nofziger will give two multimedia lectures at UMaine this week: The first, “Site-Specific Installation,” will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22, in 100 Lord Hall. The second, “Aspect: The Chronicle of New Media Art,” is scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 23. […]

Contact: Noelle Keyser (207) 581-3131 ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the UMaine Psychological Services Center will present a new 12-week “Incredible Years” parenting class Monday evenings starting February 9, 2009.  The weekly classes, scheduled for the third floor of UMaine’s Corbett Hall from 5:30-7:30 p.m., conclude on Monday April 27. This award-winning […]

Contact: Kyle McCaskill, 207-581-3185 ORONO, Me. — As the thermometer approached 30 below in many parts of the state, University of Maine Cooperative Extension announced ublication of “Maine Home Energy,” aseries of bulletins designed to help Mainers keep warm, save money, heat safely, and conserve energy. The bulletins can be freely downloaded at extension.umaine.edu (click […]

Contact: WIC/WST Program at 581-1228 ORONO — The University of Maine Women int he Curriculum and Women’s Studies Program Spring 2009 Lunch Series will begin Tuesday, Jan. 27, with “ReafFIRMing the Ideal: A Focus Group Analysis of the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty.” Speakers include Nicole Cloud, adjunct instructor of communication at Kennebec Valley Community […]

Contact: Sandra Horne, 581-1236 ORONO – Stephen Gilson, professor of social work and of interdisciplinary disability studies, Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies, recently received the prestigious 2008 Multicultural Council Award for Leadership in Diversity from the national Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD). The AUCD is a membership organization of three national […]

Contact: Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777; Martin Lawoko (207) 581-2294 ORONO, Maine — Reducing the country’s dependence on petroleum-based products has become a priority and it’s something that University of Maine analytical chemist Martin Lawoko works toward achieving every day as part of UMaine’s Forest Bioproducts Research Initiative. Recently, he published a 68-page book about his […]

Contact: Michael Robbins, (207) 581-2033; Len Kaye, (207) 262-7922; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO, Maine — The University of Maine’s Department of Psychology and the Center on Aging are sponsoring a colloquium Jan. 23 to explore what biological, social and other characteristics are shared by people who live to 100 years or older. Keynote speaker […]

Contact: Kathleen March at (207) 581-2088 ORONO –The University of Maine is one of 76 institutions nationwide to selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to receive its Community Engagement Classification. UMaine was recognized for curricular engagement, outreach and partnerships. “The classification is an honor, and a deserved one,” says Kathleen March, […]

Contact: Patricia Counihan, 581-1355; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — In spite of a flagging economy, more than 100 employers in and around Maine will be looking to the University of Maine’s annual Career Fair Jan. 28 for promising new employees and interns in dozens of career fields ranging from healthcare and social services to engineering, […]