The Maine Edge reported the University of Maine Museum of Art (UMMA) in downtown Bangor will offer a Winter Art Camp from 8:30 a.m. to noon Feb. 15–19 during school vacation week. Children in grades three and four will enjoy gallery games, art projects and a Friday art show and reception for family and friends. […]
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A publication that Steve Evans, an English professor at the University of Maine, contributed to was included in The New York Times 2015 Holiday Gift Ideas and Guide. Evans wrote four essays for “Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College, 1933–1957,” the catalog for an exhibition of the same name at the Institute of Contemporary […]
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Mainebiz reported Congress on Friday passed a $1.8 trillion package of spending measures and tax legislation that was then signed into law by President Obama. The bill includes a five-year extension of the New Markets Tax Credit program, which encourages investment in low-income areas, according to the article. In a press release, Sen. Susan Collins, […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot and The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release about the university’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service Community Partnership Project. In honor of King, members of the community will pack between 20,000 and 30,000 meals for distribution to local food pantries on Jan. 23. The university recently […]
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Following the announcement that Joe Harasymiak will become the next University of Maine football head coach, effective Jan. 1, the Associated Press wrote a feature article on the youngest football coach in Division I. “I haven’t thought about my age,” the 29-year-old said. “I’ve done a good job with opportunities that I’ve had at Maine, […]
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Recent research by Jonathan Borkum, an adjunct associate professor of psychology at the University of Maine, was cited in the Boston Globe article, “On the pathway to preventing migraines.” Borkum scanned through more than 2,000 scientific studies about migraine triggers, then focused on a subset of about 30 key papers on how given triggers, such […]
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The Portland Press Herald published the article, “Club sports provide serious competition at UMaine.” According to the report, 619 students play on the 31 club sports teams at the University of Maine. The article featured the stories of club sport athletes including Samantha Frank, a wrestler; John Golder, who plays rugby; and Melissa May, a […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported on energy testing being conducted at the Harold Alfond W2 Ocean Engineering Lab in the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center. RTI Wave Power of York, Maine, has been testing its sixth generation RTI F2 QD, a 1:50-scale wave energy converter at the facility. The lab is one of […]
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Several University of Maine student-athletes, coaches and athletic trainers were quoted in a Bangor Daily News article on treating concussions in college sports. UMaine’s athletic training staff, which cares for more than 400 student-athletes, focuses on education, prompt evaluation and cautious treatment when it comes to concussions, according to the article. “Medical disqualifications from concussions […]
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Dartmouth News reported on a collaboration between Dartmouth researchers and the University of Maine’s Virtual Environmental and Multimodal Interaction (VEMI) Lab. Mark Williams, a professor of film and media studies at Dartmouth, and John Bell, lead applications developer in Dartmouth’s Academic Commons, were awarded a two-year research and development grant from the National Endowment for […]
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