The Sun Journal reported the University of Maine 4-H Camp & Learning Center at Bryant Pond is working on a service project with a sixth-grade class at Paris Elementary School in Paris, Maine. Students in the class are seeking to educate tourists and locals about the history of one-room schoolhouses and other local historic sites […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the 5th annual Undergraduate Research and Academic Showcase sponsored by UMaine’s Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR). Presentations from 149 students in the form of 77 posters, 21 oral presentations or performances, and nine exhibits were featured. Several presentations included multiple students. Ali Abedi, director of CUGR, told WABI the showcase […]
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University of Maine students and married couple John and Christine Carney were featured in a Bangor Daily News report about the three married couples who are finalists for the $1,000 grand prize of the Big Gig. The Big Gig is a series of business pitch events for entrepreneurs in Greater Bangor designed to bring together […]
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The Maine Campus reported on the University of Maine Humanities Initiative (UMHI) in the article “UMaine elevates humanities through community engagement.” Jeff Hecker, UMaine’s executive vice president of academic affairs and provost; Justin Wolff, UMHI director and an associate professor of art history; and Liam Riordan, a UMHI advisory board member and associate professor of […]
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The Morning Sentinel and Kennebec Journal reported on the Maine Water & Sustainability Conference held at the Augusta Civic Center and organized by the Senator George J. Mitchell Center at the University of Maine. Several hundred people who work with or are interested in water resources and environmental sustainability, such as water resource professionals, engineers […]
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The Bangor Daily News published an opinion piece by fourth-year University of Maine student Liam Nee, who is studying journalism and political science. Nee’s article is titled “What’s in it for a recent college graduate to stay in Maine?”
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The Bangor Daily News reported on University of Maine System Chancellor James Page’s budget forum held at the University of Maine. Page told UMaine community members that reducing faculty size is the inevitable result of a budget shortfall that the entire system is facing. Page spoke alongside UMaine President Paul Ferguson and UMS trustees Samuel […]
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The Forecaster reported University of Maine President Paul Ferguson will be one of three judges of the final round of Gorham Savings Bank’s Launchpad competition April 10 in Portland. Five independent Maine businesses will pitch their products and services to the judges for a chance to win $30,000. The Bangor Daily News also carried the […]
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The Free Press reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Sea Grant will offer free training sessions for Signs of the Seasons, a program for volunteers to contribute local plant and animal life-cycle data for climate change research. Sessions are open to all interested volunteers, and registration is required. Sessions in the midcoast […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke with Robert Milardo, a professor of family relations at the University of Maine, for the article “Glenburn family upset after 13-year-old girl, older sister turned away from father-daughter dance.” Milardo said father-daughter and mother-son dances are “wonderful ideas in principle” because they recognize the important roles parents play in children’s […]
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