The University of Maine’s Collins Center for the Arts will hold an informational event at noon on Wednesday, Sept. 19, starting at the Hilltop dining facility, to introduce students to the benefits available to them through Collins Center events and special offers. The event will move during the noon hour from Hilltop to the Memorial […]
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A Bangor Daily News article has information about a Saturday event, during which UMaine baseball and softball coaches and players and other Department of Athletics staff members will partner with local law enforcement officials to host “Badges to Baseball” for underprivileged youths. The program, sponsored by the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation, aims to develop character, […]
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News that the tidal power project in Eastport, Maine, for which UMaine engineers, marine scientists, oceanographers and social scientists provided research, is now providing energy to the U.S. power grid for the first time was reported in several national media outlets. An Associated Press story was posted on the Washington Post, Huffington Post and CBS […]
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The release of a report about the value of offshore wind power brought several media mentions of research being done at UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center, which is looking at deepwater offshore wind turbines in the Gulf of Maine. Center director Habib Dagher told the Bangor Daily News that, while growing technologies such as […]
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Florida’s WCTV is reporting that UMaine education professor Elizabeth Allan, who in 2008 along with fellow faculty member Mary Madden authored a groundbreaking national study on hazing, will participate in a Sept. 20 town hall meeting at Florida A&M University. FAMU has been the site of recent hazing incidents. Contact: Jessica Bloch, (207) 581-3777
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Despite an increase this year in pests such as worms and moths, University of Maine Cooperative Extension cranberry professional Charlie Armstrong says this year’s cranberry crops “are looking super, overall,” and is available to discuss some of the factors influencing the yield. Armstrong says cranberry fruitworm populations were very high this year, as much as […]
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The University of Maine is hosting an Oct. 19 conference on nonprofit fundraising featuring University of Washington faculty member and consultant Susan Howlett, who will deliver a talk titled, “Boards on Fire! Inspiring Leaders to Raise Money Joyfully.” The conference will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at UMaine’s Wells Conference Center. Other […]
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The poet Edna St. Vincent Millay will be the focus of a University of Maine School of Performing Arts performance at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 21. “Rediscovering Millay,” which honors the 100th anniversary of Millay’s discovery at the Whitehall Inn in Camden, Maine, will take place in UMaine’s Minsky Hall. UMaine faculty members Nancy […]
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Sharon Barker, director of the University of Maine’s Women’s Resource Center provided background information for a Maine Public Broadcasting Network report on a Colby College program designed to teach women how to prepare to negotiate for fair and equal pay in the workplace. While studies show that women are paid about 75 percent of what […]
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The University of Maine Museum of Art will host MOSAIC, its fourth annual gala event, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 22, at the museum at 40 Harlow Street in downtown Bangor. The museum galleries will be transformed into a creative stage for music, art and mingling with fellow museum and art […]
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