In an opinion column in the Bangor Daily News, University of Maine economics and political science major Justin Lynch of Sarasota, N.Y. commented on the Israel-Hamas conflict and current cease-fire. In spite of the aggression by military factions, Lynch, who discussed his own recent visit to Lebanon, said the people in the streets he spoke […]
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The International Galician Studies Association, founded by professor of Spanish Kathleen March in 1985 at the University of Maine, has been awarded the Premio Nacional da Cultura Galega (National Prize for Galician Culture) from the Galician government, A Xunta. The Galician studies association seeks to increase awareness of Galician language and culture worldwide, and has […]
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The four-day event will focus on the American lobster in a changing ecosystem.
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Business experts weigh in on shopping trends and implications for Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
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A new $3.9 million social services project will improve the well-being and safety of the youngest victims of substance abuse in the Penquis region.
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A UMaine analysis finds obese youth could cost Maine $1.2 billion in the next 20 years.
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The University Bookstore will host a book signing from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, with UMaine student and author Kris Sproul Devine autographing copies of her first novel, “Beaten, Blinded by Love.” Devine, writing as Kris Sproul, is a native of Cherryfield, Maine, and a journalism major at UMaine. University Bookstore will […]
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The University of Maine and the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast have been designated two of four institutions in the state to receive Maine Tobacco-Free College Network 2012 Gold Star Standards of Excellence Awards. An awards ceremony is scheduled Nov.15 in Bangor. On Jan. 1, 2011, UMaine became one of a few institutions […]
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Photographs taken during a recent expedition to South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic Ocean – a trip that included several researchers from the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute – are now available for viewing on the expedition website. The Kuli South Georgia Expedition team members were Climate Change Institute Director Paul Mayewski, UMaine […]
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Farm-based tourism, known as agritourism, can provide farmers with significant supplemental income, especially for smaller operations. University of Cooperative Extension, which recognizes the economic impact agritourism can have on individual farmers, is devoting a new program area focusing on educating, promoting and supporting agritourism opportunities throughout Maine’s farming community. UMaine Extension’s Marc Edwards, a tourism […]
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