Wiscasset Newspaper reported Habib Dagher, executive director of the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center, will speak April 25 at the Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission’s 2017 annual meeting at the 1812 Farm in Bristol. The event begins at 5 p.m. with networking and refreshments, and includes highlights of the past year and […]
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Boston Business Journal reported on the “best value” colleges in the country according to a new ranking from SmartAsset.com. The website looked at five factors to determine the ranking: tuition, student living costs, scholarship and grant offerings, retention rate and starting salary, according to the article. The University of Maine was named first in the […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported Maine Attorney General Janet Mills released a revised report on drug overdose deaths for 2016 and said the record-breaking numbers further highlight a need for more treatment as well as prevention and education efforts. The report was prepared by Marcella Sorg, an anthropologist and research professor with the Margaret Chase […]
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Seacoast Online reported horticulturists Reeser Manley and Marjorie Peronto, a professor with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, will talk about their book, “The Life in Your Garden: Gardening for Biodiversity” at 7 p.m. April 18 at the York Public Library. The authors will describe how to create gardens that will help stem the tide […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported the University of Maine 4-H Camp and Learning Center at Bryant Pond was awarded a six-year, $600,000 grant from the Lerner Foundation. Eight community organizations, each partnered with a local school district, will receive a grant as part of a larger effort to spur the post-secondary educational aspirations of rural […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported the University of Maine Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) will host a kickball tournament April 13 to raise funds for mental health services. The tournament, which is open to all UMaine students, is scheduled to kick off at 4 p.m. on Morse Field. The cost is $5 per individual and teams […]
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Several University of Maine students were interviewed by WABI (Channel 5) while enjoying the first warm weather of the season on the Mall. “It’s like campus came alive today,” said freshman Hunter LaVoie. “I’ve been out here for four hours straight and I’m just living it up, soaking up the sun,” said sophomore Micaela Phillips.
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Glenn Taylor, director of Dining Services at the University of Maine, was named a 2017 Source Award winner by the Portland Press Herald. The paper’s Source Awards honor the nonprofits, businesses and individuals who are working in Maine to find real-world solutions to environmental challenges. Taylor was given the Scion Award for his efforts to […]
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WLBZ (Channel 2) spoke with the University of Maine’s 2017 valedictorian, Allyson Eslin of Bangor, and salutatorian, Joshua Patnaude of Sanford. The two top students will receive a total of five degrees at UMaine’s 215th Commencement. Eslin, who is also an honors student, will receive three bachelor’s degrees in economics, political science and psychology; Patnaude, […]
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Bob Duchesne’s “Wild Maine” radio show on 92.9 FM The Ticket took a recent trip to the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center. The show focused on the center and its various research projects that could potentially reinvent Maine’s forest products industry. Stephen Shaler, director of UMaine’s School of Forest Resources and associate […]
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