Richard Barron, the UMaine women’s basketball coach, announced recently he would shave his head bald if the community raises $10,000 for the Play4Kay initiative, which raises funds for the Kay Yow Foundation to support breast cancer research. If the goal is met, Barron will shave his head at center court following the Black Bears’ home […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on Sunday’s Girls Hockey Day, which was held at UMaine’s Alfond Arena. About 35 girls from around the state met for an on-ice skills competition, a tour of the Alfond facilities, and listened to former UMaine women’s players Kim Meagher, Rachel Gettings and Jennie Gallo talk about how hockey had […]
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In a sidebar to an article about the connections between early childhood development and economic development, Mainebiz noted the Child Care Research Partnership at the University of Southern Maine and UMaine, which provided classroom observations of Educate Central Maine in Waterville, a state-of-the-art early childhood learning center. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine will host this summer’s Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium (SISS), a biennial cultural event that will bring eight internationally recognized sculptors to the UMaine campus to create stone artwork for permanent display at eight locations in Orono, Old Town and Bangor.
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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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