The Weekly has a series of briefs about several upcoming UMaine projects and events, including a student poster session next Tuesday at John Bapst High School in Bangor to highlight local high school students’ research on mercury in watersheds. The students have been working with researcher Sarah Nelson of UMaine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center […]
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UMaine art professor Owen Smith was quoted in a Seattle Times story about a statue created in the 1970s by his father, the late Charles Smith, in Spokane, Washington. The City of Spokane had been considering moving the statue, which is located in a playground, because of its condition and because it is not an […]
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UMaine sophomore Hillary Hoyt of Frankfort will represent the Penobscot Valley region of Maine when she competes in the Miss Maine Scholarship Pageant next month, according to the Village Soup website. Hoyt is an elementary education major with a liberal arts concentration and a minor in dance. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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UMaine’s participation earlier this week in a two-day conference in the United Arab Emirates designed to improve mutual understanding and communication between Islamic and Western cultures was noted on the website of The National, the Abu Dhabi Media company’s first English-language publication. Eight UMaine students and the directors of UMaine’s School of Policy and International […]
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The Weekly section of the Bangor Daily News has posted a UMaine news release on its website advancing the round-table discussion about Franco-American cultural identity May 20-22 in Jenness Hall at UMaine. The event is organized by UMaine’s Franco-American programs. The same edition also included a notice about a performance of Franco-American music at the […]
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The Bangor Daily News published a Monday editorial based on an interview with Patty Counihan, director of UMaine’s Career Center. In the editorial, Counihan provided insights relative to the current job market for graduating seniors and the strategies that are most effective during challenging economic times.
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UMaine Cooperative Extension educator and entomologist Clay Kirby discussed black flies and the pending black fly season in a Channel 5 (WABI) news broadcast Monday. Chilly, wet weather may delay the emergence of black flies, he says, but it won’t reduce the number of the annoying, biting pests. Contact: George Manlove, 581-3756
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The website Smart Grid ran a UMaine news release about a smart phone application developed by students in the classroom of Yifeng Zhu, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering. The app, which is available for free through the online Android Market, is an open-source application that allows users to view weekly class schedules, class […]
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The Bangor Daily News has a brief about the Relay for Life, an American Cancer Society fundraiser which UMaine is hosting beginning Friday at Morse Field. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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UMaine alumna Ashley Underwood, who finished fourth in the recently completed season of the CBS reality show “Survivor: Redemption Island,” discussed her future plans in a Kennebec Journal column. Underwood told Zach Dionne, also a UMaine graduate who is an entertainment editor for AOL’s PopEater, she plans to gain a fitness certification and will soon […]
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