A free four-week program exploring stress-reduction strategies is being offered to UMaine faculty and staff from 8:30–10 a.m. or 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. each Tuesday in February in the Multipurpose Room of the Memorial Union. Leslie Forstadt, University of Maine Cooperative Extension faculty member and child and family development specialist, will lead the classes. Attendance is […]
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Lloyd Elliott, University of Maine President from 1958–65, died Jan. 1 at the age of 94. After leaving UMaine, Elliott served as president of George Washington University from 1965 until his retirement in 1988. He then became the president of the National Geographic Education Foundation. “Lloyd Elliott was a nationally recognized educational leader,” says University […]
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The future of United States and Pakistan relations is the subject of a free public presentation at 5 p.m., Monday, Jan. 7 at the University of Maine Buchanan Alumni House. Sponsored by the UMaine School of Policy and International Affairs and the Bangor Foreign Policy Forum, the talk by Husain Haqqani, a Pakistani scholar and […]
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The University of Maine Museum of Art will extend its free admission policy for the public in 2013 as a result of a gift from Penobscot Financial Advisors. Penobscot Financial Advisors has been a longtime sponsor of UMMA’s Community Partners Program, which provides support for education and exhibition programs, according to George Kinghorn, museum director […]
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University of Maine professor emeritus Charles Buck, who taught molecular and biological sciences classes at UMaine for 30 years, died at his home in Stillwater Sunday, Dec. 16, according to his obituary in the Bangor Daily News. He is survived by his wife Elizabeth, two brothers, three sons and a grandson. Calling hours are from […]
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An article about high tunnel gardening techniques in Maine by University of Maine Cooperative Extension faculty members Caragh Fitzgerald in the Kennebec County office and Mark Hutton of the Highmoor Farm office in Monmouth appears in the latest issue of the Journal of the NACAA (National Association of County Agricultural Agents).
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Barbara Baker, University of Maine Cooperative Extension associate professor and a principal investigator of a 4-H Engaging Youth, Serving Community Program in Maine, coauthored a paper about 4-H being a successful case study on engaging youth in community service activities. The paper is part of a research-based series of papers, The Kinder & Braver World […]
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Liam Riordan, associate professor of history at UMaine, who spent more than six months in Glasgow, Scotland as a Fulbright Scholar, writes about his and his family’s experiences in the fall 2012 issue of the Maine Humanities Council Newsletter.
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A new paperback book, Skating Thru Hockey: A Fan’s Guide to Youth, College and the Professional Game, by Sandra Caron, UMaine professor of family relationships and human sexuality, and UMaine men’s ice hockey coach Tim Whitehead explains in lay terms ice hockey rules, objectives and terminology at community, college and professional levels. Artist and UMaine […]
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The University of Maine Foster Center for Student Innovation, in its support of businesses started or managed by UMaine students, graduates or employees assisted by the center, is encouraging holiday shoppers to consider several of those businesses for seasonal purchases or charitable gift giving. The center’s website lists several UMaine-affiliated options. Contact: George Manlove, 207.581.3756
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