“Picturing America: The Golden Age of Pictorial Maps,” the latest book by University of Maine geographer Stephen Hornsby was featured in the National Geographic article, “Geography isn’t sacred in the playful world of pictorial maps.” Pictorial maps thrived in the United States from the 1920s to the ’60s, according to Hornsby, director of the Canadian-American […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported on “Can We Really Coexist: A Multifaith Panel Discussion” that was held on campus as part of University of Maine Diversity Week. Panelists spoke about a range of beliefs to inform and spark discussion, according to the report. “What unites us is way, way bigger than what separates us,” said UMaine […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported the University of Maine Sports Hall of Fame will induct an eight-member class this fall, including the first team inductee to the 187-member hall. Honorees include the 1993 Men’s Ice Hockey National Championship team, National Football League (NFL) veteran Mike DeVito, multi-record setting swimmer Charles “Chuck” Martin, state champion runner […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported the Literacy Volunteers of Bangor’s Literacy Tea fundraiser will be held at John Bapst Memorial High School from 3 to 5 p.m. April 2. The fifth annual event is sponsored by the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development. The idea for the event came from Susan Bennett-Armistead, an […]
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An economic impact study conducted by the University of Maine was mentioned in a WLBZ (Channel 2) report about the town of Bar Harbor’s proposal to turn one of its ferry terminals into a cruise ship hub. Town officials want to buy the ferry terminal off Eden Street from the state and create a maritime […]
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The Weekly reported on the 28th annual Maine Women’s Hall of Fame celebration held in March at the University of Maine at Augusta. Ann Schonberger, a former mathematics professor and director of what was then called the Women’s Studies Program at the University of Maine, was honored during the event. Schonberger also is a faculty […]
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VillageSoup reported the Warren Historical Society will host a free talk on pruning trees and shrubs at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 4. The talk will be led by Liz Stanley, who coordinates adult and youth gardening programs for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Knox, Lincoln and Waldo counties. Stanley will discuss how to […]
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The Associated Press and Maine Public reported a team of University of Maine researchers has predicted that hemlock trees will be at risk of accelerated decline as winters warm in the Northeast. Today, an estimated 26 percent of the region’s hemlock stands are at high risk. As winters get warmer, the decline will increase, with […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported the University of Maine Army Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) recently was awarded the prestigious General Douglas MacArthur Award. UMaine was one of eight schools, selected from among the 275 senior Army ROTC units nationwide, as the top programs in the country. The award is based on a combination of the […]
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Allyssa Torrey, a University of Maine student and president of the UMaine Miracle Network Dance Marathon, visited the studio of WABI (Channel 5) to talk about the upcoming 12-hour fundraiser to help area hospitals support local children. The dance marathon will be held from 1 p.m. Saturday, April 1 to 1 a.m. Sunday, April 2 […]
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