University of Maine President Paul Ferguson has been elected to serve a two-year term on the steering committee of the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC). His term begins July 1. ACUPCC is a consortium of 677 colleges and universities committed to reducing carbon emissions and aggressively promoting energy efficiency. The 33-member steering […]
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Adrienne Leppold, a University of Maine Ph.D. candidate in the School of Biology and Ecology, has been awarded a Robert & Patricia Switzer Foundation fellowship for her work studying songbird migration in the Gulf of Maine. Leppold works with UMaine bird biologist Rebecca Holberton, who leads the Northeast Regional Migration Monitoring Network. More information about […]
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A University of Maine Hudson Museum video of an interview with Passamaquoddy basketweaver Molly Neptune-Parker of Princeton, Maine, was posted on the National Endowment for the Arts website as part of an announcement that Neptune-Parker was named one of nine National Heritage Fellows. The video was created by the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance and the […]
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The America East Conference has announced that the University of Maine had 134 of its winter and spring student-athletes named to the 2011-12 America East Honor Roll. Students had to earn grade-point averages of 3.0 or higher to receive the recognition. Out of those 134 student-athletes, 74 were named to the America East Commissioner’s Honor […]
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University of Maine women’s cross country and track and field standout Corey Conner has been named to the Capital One/CoSIDA Women’s Cross Country and Track Academic All-American second team. A senior nursing major from Townsend, Mass., Conner earned second team All-American honors this year after placing 16th in the 5,000-meter race at the 2012 NCAA […]
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A new book, “The Lobster Book,” by Virginia Wright and published by Down East magazine, includes a chapter devoted to the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine and mentions several lobster byproducts developed there. The author interviewed Lobster Institute Director Robert Bayer, who described research into such industry elements as lobster behavior, disease, regulation […]
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Erin Victoria Carter, a University of Maine biochemistry and molecular/cellular biology major, has won a prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. Carter’s academic goal is to attain a Ph.D. in immunology or molecular biology and her career goal is to conduct AIDS or autoimmune disease research for a university or other research facility. She will be […]
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University of Maine sociology professor Steve Barkan, who received a Text and Academic Authors Association (TAA) Textbook Excellence Award for his latest textbook, “Sociology, Understanding and Changing the Social World,” at the association’s annual conference recently in New Orleans, also received the TAA President’s Award for his service to the association and for his record […]
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UMaine’s Summer Music Theatre Festival will present new productions of “Gilbert and Sullivan Musicale” and “Johnny Baseball” later this month and next, and in August, respectively. Both productions will be performed in Hauck Auditorium. “Gilbert and Sullivan Musicale” includes a complete performance of “Trial by Jury” and selections from Gilbert and Sullivan classics “The Mikado,” […]
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The University of Maine Museum of Art is kicking off the summer with four new exhibitions and a fresh rotation of the museum’s permanent collection. Exhibits include painter Arnold Mesches’ “Arnold Mesches: A Minispective,” sculptor Richard Haden’s “Carved Signs” and installation artist Chris Natrop’s “Lily Ponder.” The summer exhibitions begin June 22 and run through […]
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