Two brothers from Orrington, Maine, have won top prize in the first annual UMaine Business Challenge for UMaine student entrepreneurs. UMaine marketing student Luke Thomas and Jake Thomas, an outdoor recreation and business student at the University of Maine at Farmington, won $5,000 cash and start-up business support to promote and market their company, AerialFly, […]
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As part of its designation as a StormReady Campus, the University of Maine will host a National Weather Service SkyWarn storm-spotter training class at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 23 in the Bangor Room of the Memorial Union. Presented by the National Weather Service office in Caribou, training topics include storm identification, reporting procedures, awareness and […]
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The University of Maine’s doubleheaders Friday and Saturday against America East conference leader Stony Brook will be the stage for a series of events before, during and after the games. Friday’s doubleheader, which starts at 3 p.m., features a Goodwill clothing drive for which donations are welcome. There will be fireworks following the second game. […]
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Readings from “The Glooskape Chronicles: Creation and the Venetian Basket,” written by author and University of Maine adjunct faculty member Donna Loring, and directed by Native American author and playwright William S. Yellow Robe, Jr., is being offered free in Room 101 of Neville Hall at 7 p.m. on Monday, May 21. The cast includes […]
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Lawn-killing white grubs are being reported in outbreaks in Old Town, Orono and surrounding communities, and now is the time to take preventative measures for the summer and even next year, says Jim Dill, University of Maine Cooperative Extension pest management specialist and professor of biological sciences. Dill is available at (207) 581-3879 to discuss […]
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The University of Maine Department of Art will present starting May 24 two new exhibits at the Lord Hall Gallery. “Art of the 80s,” which represents a wide spectrum of American art created in the 1980s, will feature works from the University of Maine Museum of Art Collection. “Structures” features works by Matt R. Foster, […]
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Howard Segal, professor of history at the University of Maine, recently published a new book, “Utopias, A Brief History from Ancient Writings to Virtual Communities,” with publishers at Wiley-Blackwell. The book complements his earlier publications on utopia and utopianism, “Technological Utopianism in American Culture,” written in 1985 and revised in 2005, by now delving into […]
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension has posted online the May 2012 issue of Maine Home Garden News. Articles are written by UMaine Extension specialists, educators, and horticulture professionals, as well as master gardener volunteers in Maine. Topics, including how-to videos, cover gardening preparations best suited for May, garden planning, composting, soil temperatures, garden placement […]
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The University of Maine will hold its annual Clean Sweep Sale on from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, May 18 and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 19 at Estabrooke Hall. Items being sold were donated by students who moved out in early May or by the university. Items for sale include twin beds, dressers, […]
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Carol Bankart Gilmore, 71, retired professor of business management at the University of Maine and owner of Windrift Farm in Charleston, passed away on May 9, 2012. She suffered a stroke, according to her obituary in the Bangor Daily News. Gilmore was born Dec. 18, 1940. She taught at UMaine from 1977 until the end […]
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