The NCAA has nominated Parise Rossignol, former standout player and now assistant coach for the University of Maine women’s basketball team, for its Woman of the Year award. The award recognizes academic achievement, athletic excellence, community service and leadership. Rossignol is pursuing a master’s degree in secondary education. As an undergraduate secondary education major, she […]
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Stuart Kestenbaum, Maine poet laureate, will read Michael Alpert’s poem, “Walden Pond,” on Maine Public on June 28, at 1:55 p.m. and 7:55 p.m. and on Maine Public Classical at 11:55 a.m. and 4:55 p.m. Alpert is the director of the University of Maine Press, a division of Fogler Library. The reading is part of […]
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Heather Leslie and Carl Wilson will discuss “Building Coastal Community Resilience in Maine” at 10:30 a.m. June 28 in Brooke Hall at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center in Walpole. Leslie is the director of the DMC and a Libra Associate Professor of Marine Sciences. Her research on the ecology, policy and management of […]
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The University of Maine recognized 2,330 students for achieving Dean’s List honors in the spring 2019 semester. Of the students who made the Dean’s List, 1,649 are from Maine, 623 are from 35 other states and 58 are from 30 countries other than the U.S. Listed below are students who received Dean’s List honors for […]
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James Olivier won the 800-meter at the USA Track & Field U20 Outdoor Championships on Sunday in Florida to earn a spot on Team USA that will compete in the 2019 Pan American U20 Championships in Costa Rica. The graduate of Cony High School won the final in 1:50.67. In March, Olivier set a UMaine […]
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The Maine Science Festival has compiled a 2019 playlist of its 5-Minute Genius presentations. This year, those presenters included Nicholas Giudice, University of Maine professor of spatial informatics and executive director of the VEMI Lab. His presentation was titled “Blinded by Vision: What the Brain Tells us About Technology Development.”
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When James Olivier runs the 800-meter at the USA Track & Field U20 Outdoor Championships, he’ll be striving for a spot on Team USA that will compete in the 2019 Pan American U20 Championships in Costa Rica. To qualify, the rising sophomore needs a time of 1:48.80 or better at the Ansin Sports Complex in […]
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Conservation photographer and marine biologist Jenny Adler will deliver a free brown bag lunch seminar at noon Tuesday, June 25 in the library classroom at Darling Marine Center in Walpole. The Florida-based freelance photojournalist has traveled the world to capture the connection between people and water in a changing climate. “Science Storytelling: Communicating Science Through […]
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More than 5,000 issues of the University of Maine’s student-run newspaper, the Maine Campus, are now available online. Patrons can search the 130-year archive and download complete issues from anywhere in the world through Digital Commons at UMaine, an online repository managed by Raymond H. Fogler Library. The online archive is the result of a […]
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The University of Maine has been awarded $1 million from the Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) to build a demonstration scale nanocellulose plant that will advance next generation bio-based products. U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King announced the NBRC will award $1,250,000 in grants to UMaine and the town of East Millinocket. Both projects […]
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