The Bangor Daily News reported that UMaine women’s basketball coach Richard Barron will moderate the first Black Bears Sportsmanship Academy, during which Barron will talk to a group of area youngsters about good sportsmanship and UMaine student-athletes will direct activities that promote good sportsmanship. The event will be held at 3:45 p.m. Saturday in the […]
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Seaweed is a $6 billion industry worldwide. Different types of seaweed are harvested for a variety of uses including fertilizer, food ingredients, and nutritional supplements.
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Several media outlets covered Monday’s 16th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Breakfast, which was held at UMaine’s Wells Conference Center. The Bangor Daily News noted the focus of the event was on education and King’s vision for how American children should learn — regardless of race, social or economic standing. Phyllis Brazee, a UMaine […]
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Registration is now open for the DeepCwind Consortium’s Windstorm Challenge 2012 and 4thAnnual Maine Wind Blade Challenge, which are competitions for middle school and high school students to design, build, implement and test wind power technology components similar to those being used in an extensive UMaine research program in deepwater offshore wind power.
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A Bangor Daily News story about a local company that is making paddles for L.L. Bean’s centennial noted that a UMaine professor helped Shaw & Tenney of Orono identify a piece of wood. The professor, who is not named in the story, told the company the wood, which was pulled from a lake, will be […]
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The Bangor Daily News advanced the Jan. 16 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration taking place at UMaine. The events include a keynote address by Professor Denise Patmon, director of the undergraduate teacher licensure program at the University of Massachusetts at Boston. UMaine athletes, students and community members will lead the activities, which include crafts, […]
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Karen Horton, a University of Maine associate professor of mechanical engineering technology, joined a group from the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) at a recent event at the White House that recognized local leaders in the effort to recruit and retain girls and women in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.
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The Lewiston Sun Journal ran an article on a peer helper group at Mountain Valley High School in Rumford, where the group recently organized a school-wide wellness day which included an appearance from UMaine Cooperative Extension nutrition educator Kate Chaisson. Chiasson gave a presentation about ideas for healthy eating. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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A WLBZ-TV report about the news that Orono Middle School has been named one of the top schools in the country included comments about the importance of the school’s connection with UMaine. Orono Middle School Principal Robert Lucy said the school’s relationship with UMaine enriches his students’ education. Teacher Ellen Carr said students are able […]
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The Central Maine Morning Sentinel carried a news story about the announcement that UMaine is taking over daily operation and programs of the Margaret Chase Smith Library in Skowhegan. Charles Morris, a senior research associate at UMaine’s Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, told the newspaper the move is an important one for the university system […]
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