About 100 students and teachers from area high schools will celebrate World Languages Day at the University of Maine on Friday, April 10 with a culture bowl, food competition, campuswide scavenger hunt and traditional dance lessons. The event runs from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and is an opportunity for local high school students in […]
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Rachel Goetze, a second-year University of Maine clinical psychology doctoral student from Hampden, is one of 10 winners of the 5th Annual Beck Institute Student Scholarship Competition. She was selected from a pool of 800 applicants to attend an intensive three-day workshop on Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Depression and Suicidality at the Beck Institute in […]
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A public recognition ceremony to honor statewide winners of the 2015 National History Day competition will be held April 7 in Augusta. The 3:30–4:30 p.m. event is hosted by the Maine State Archives, Museum and Library and will be held in the Cultural Building atrium. The free event and reception are open to the public. […]
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University of Maine professors and Center for Research on Sustainable Forests leaders Sandra De Urioste-Stone and Robert Lilieholm are conducting a survey under the Bay-to-Baxter initiative. The study seeks to identify sustainable economic development pathways for the Penobscot River corridor that protect and leverage the region’s natural resources and quality of place. De Urioste-Stone, leader […]
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The Bangor Daily News, Mainebiz and WABI (Channel 5) reported Robert Lilieholm, the E.L. Giddings professor of forest policy at the University of Maine, spoke at a press conference in favor of the Katahdin region’s proposed national park and recreation area. The conference was held to show More than 200 businesses from around the state […]
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Mainebiz reported Top Gun entrepreneurs from 35 companies plan to meet with potential funders from across the state in a “speed dating” format at the new TechPlace startup incubator at Brunswick Landing. The event is organized by the Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development, along with the Target Technology Incubator in Orono and the University of […]
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The Weekly reported the Bangor Public Library in cooperation with the University of Maine and the University of Maine Museum of Art will host the 13th annual POETS/SPEAK! celebration Saturday, April 4. The daylong event is one of the largest free poetry festivals in Maine, according to the article. This year’s program will feature more […]
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More than 300 students and teachers from 36 middle and high schools from around the state will participate in the Maine National History Day competition at the University of Maine on March 28. For the second year in a row, a partnership between UMaine and the Margaret Chase Smith Library, with support from the Maine […]
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A research paper by University of Maine psychologists continues to be in the top 10 most-read articles in the journal Clinical Case Studies. The research focused on the effectiveness of two years of multicomponent treatment of severe body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) in a 14-year-old girl. As defined by the American Psychiatric Association, BDD is a […]
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Forty-seven members of University of Maine community, including 41 undergraduate and graduate students, were inducted into Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and largest collegiate honor society, during the chapter’s annual meeting on campus March 19. Faculty and alumni inductees were Jeffrey Hecker, executive vice president for academic affairs and provost, who was keynote speaker […]
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