The University of Maine School of Performing Arts Symphonic Band will kick off University of Maine President Paul Ferguson’s inauguration, and a week of related events, with a free performance at 7 p.m. tonight at Merrill Auditorium in Portland, with special guests the Westbrook High School wind ensemble. A reception sponsored by the Southern Maine […]
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The University of Maine System Board of Trustees has approved promotion and/or tenure for 29 University of Maine faculty members. The professors, who represent the broad spectrum of UMaine academic programs, were nominated by University of Maine President Paul Ferguson after an extensive process reviewing their work in teaching, research and community service.
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The University of Maine will host on Thursday, April 12 the annual meeting of the Northeast Regional Migration Monitoring Network, a group of researchers including UMaine biologist Rebecca Holberton, who study the Gulf of Maine’s migrating birds, many of whom face threats from climate change, on- and off-shore wind energy projects and habitat loss.
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The Maine Sea Grant College Program at the University of Maine has announced the recipients of the latest two-year research funding awards from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Sea Grant Office. More than $600,000 will support nine research projects in the Northeast.
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More than a dozen experts from universities, government and business from both sides of the U.S.-Canada border will be at the University of Maine April 23-24 for a conference on increasing the region’s bilateral trade, including an update on an east-west highway proposal in Maine. The two-day conference, “Cross-Border Economic Integration in the Northeast: Current […]
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University of Maine marine scientist Robert Steneck is a member of a task force that recently announced a recommendation to halve global fishing for crucial prey species such as herring, anchovy and other species known as forage fish. The Lenfest Forage Fish Task Force released on April 1 its report, “Little Fish, Big Impact: Managing […]
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Bill Halteman, professor of mathematics and statistics at the University of Maine, was interviewed by the Lewiston Sun Journal for a story on the Mega Millions lottery, which is prompting unprecedented ticket sales in 43 states and territories because of the $640 million jackpot. Halteman calculated the odds of winning at 1 in 175.7 million. […]
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The Katherine Miles Durst Child Development Learning Center at the University of Maine recently earned accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). The center is one of the oldest university-affiliated laboratory schools in the country, providing students in UMaine’s education and early childhood programs the opportunity to learn through teaching […]
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University of Maine graduate student Brad Beauregard of Skowhegan has been named winner of the national Glimmer Train Stories January Competition for his short story “What’s Kept.” Glimmer Train Stories is a quarterly magazine that receives nearly 40,000 submissions a year. Past contributors include many distinguished American authors. Beauregard earned a UMaine BA in English, […]
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An NBC genealogical reality show, “Who Do You Think You Are?” airing Friday, March 23 at 8 p.m., will feature an interview with acclaimed actress Helen Hunt by University of Maine alumna Shannon Risk. Now an assistant professor of history at the University of Niagara in New York, Risk, who received a master’s in American […]
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