Four UMaine faculty members who edited the book “Somalis in Maine: Crossing Cultural Currents” will take part in a July 15 discussion and book signing in Searsport, according to the Village Soup website. The faculty members are Kimberly A. Huisman of the department of sociology; Mazie Hough, the associate director of the Women in the […]
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A WLBZ (Channel 2) television story referred to an economic impact study to be done at UMaine in partnership with the Maine State Golf Association. The MSGA director told the TV station that the study will look at the economic impact of golf in Maine. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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Comments from UMaine entomologist Andrei Alyokhin about nonnative species and biodiversity were posted on the website Nature, and also included in a story on the same topic posted on the website of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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The Strong Minds-Strong Bodies Inc.’s Wellness and Nutrition Summer Youth Camp founded by former UMaine football player Roosevelt Boone was featured recently on WABI (Channel 5) and also mentioned in the Bangor Daily News. A brief in the BDN announced the camp is providing free meals for eligible children through the Summer Food Service Program […]
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The website Inside Higher Ed has a story about the recent history and background of imposing penalties for NCAA violations, particularly the penalty of vacating games. The story mentioned that television bans as penalties have fallen out of favor, and the television ban was last applied to a Division I institution in 1996, when the […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension specialist and professor of economics Jim McConnon was interviewed for a Tuesday news broadcast by Channel 7 (WVII) on a new webinar available for merchants and vendors interested in tips for effective marketing to the thousands of passengers from cruise ships docking in and visiting Maine’s 12 cruise line ports. […]
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The international classical music website “criticaclassica” has posted a laudatory review of a recently released world premiere CD of music from Holocaust-era Italian composer Leone Sinigaglia, recorded by pianist and UMaine associate professor of music Philip Silver, cellist Noreen Silver, also a member of the UMaine music faculty, and Ukrainian violinist Solomia Soroka, violin professor […]
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The Lewiston Sun Journal reported on a talk that UMaine graduate Andrew DeRoche, a Maine native who now teaches at the University of Colorado, Boulder, gave last month in Bethel. The lecture, part of the 2011 Bethel Historical Series, focused on Bethel native Margaret Joy Tibbetts, who was U.S. ambassador to Norway. DeRoche earned a […]
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UMaine’s partnership with a new early childhood education program at Kennebec Valley Community College was mentioned in a story on the website of Village Soup. The new associate degree program allows students to complete the majority of their work online, with some required class meetings. A pilot version of the program will begin in January […]
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A Saturday Bangor Daily News story featured several UMaine coaches and their children, who were interviewed about the rewards and challenges of playing sports with a parent who is a coach. Football coach Jack Cosgrove and his daughter Jeri, who will be a sophomore at UMaine next fall, and son Matt were featured along with […]
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