Contact: Maureen Smith, 581-4450, Sandra Butler, 581-2382 ORONO — The University of Maine’s Maine studies program is pleased to announce Valerie Mitchell of West Old Town and Holly Blanchard-Reed of Portland are the winners of the 2008 Maine Studies Research and Creativity Awards. A history major with minors in Native American studies and museum studies, […]
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Contact: Sandra Horne, 581-1236 ORONO – Lucille A. Zeph, director of the University of Maine’s Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies and associate professor of education, has been invited to serve on the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee’s Strategic Planning Workgroup. The invitation came from Dr. Thomas R. Insel, director of the National Institute of […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Laurie Lachance, president and CEO of the Maine Development Foundation, will visit the University of Maine on Wednesday, April 30 as part of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center Distinguished Maine Policy Fellow Program. Lachance will spend the day at UMaine, meeting with students, faculty members and […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine will award approximately 1,860 degrees at its 206th Commencement, scheduled for Saturday, May 10 at Alfond Arena. UMaine’s graduation format calls for two separate indoor ceremonies. During the 10 a.m. ceremony, degrees will be awarded to graduates from the College of Business, Public […]
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Contact: Herb Crosby (207) 581-2134; Tom Weber (207) 581-3777 ORONO — Trying to navigate wheelchairs over rough, hilly terrain can be a risky business, as their more outdoorsy users can tell you. A chair can roll backwards should your hands come off the wheels even for an instant, and tipping over on an incline is […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — For the first time, the top two graduating students in a University of Maine class are international students. Marianne Schneider of Jena, Germany is the class valedictorian and Anh Do of Hanoi, Vietnam is the salutatorian. They are the top students among the 1,860 graduates scheduled to […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO –An informal survey of noise levels in four area video arcades found decibel peaks capable of causing temporary hearing loss in people exposed to them for as little as 30 seconds. The concern is that extended or frequent exposure to such high decibels can compound damage to the […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 VIDEOCONFERENCE DIALOGUE SET FOR WEDNESDAY AT NOON ORONO — A group of 16 University of Maine students will discuss “The Future of American Foreign Policy in the Middle East” with their student counterparts at American University in Cairo on Wednesday April 30 from noon-1:30 p.m. Using videoconferencing technology, the […]
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Contact: Amy Witt, 207-780-4205 BATH, Me. — University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a Butler Head tree tour on Merrymeeting Bay in Bath on Friday, May 30 from 10 a.m.-noon. Thomas Hoerth, Bath city arborist and tree warden, will lead the tour, which will give participants an opportunity to see a tidal cove, a […]
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Contact: Tom Weber (207) 581-3777 ORONO — Sarah A. Hall, a marine biology major in the University of Maine’s School of Marine Science, was a co-winner of the President’s Award for the best undergraduate research presentation made at the 47th Annual Northeast Algal Society meeting held April 18-20. Hall, who is from Waterville and will […]
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