Channel 5 (WABI) reported on Saturday’s “Paint the City” project and fundraiser in Bangor for local artists. The University of Maine Museum of Art and Bangor Art Society collaborated in organizing the event. Local artists were invited to paint scenes from downtown Bangor and the work was auctioned off later in the day. Contact: George […]
Read more
The Bangor Daily News interviewed University of Maine Cooperative Extension tree fruit specialist Renae Moran for a report on this year’s poor apple crops. She said the erratic pre-season weather — an abnormally warm spring and a late killing frost — has reduced the yield. Moran estimated the harvest will be about 700,000 bushels statewide and that […]
Read more
The University of Maine has selected five former student-athletes for induction into the 2012 Sports Hall of Fame. Former women’s basketball standout Kim Corbitt (2005), men’s basketball player Charlie Goddard (1950), hockey star Steve Kariya (1999), track and field record-holder Richard Nason (1964) and softball great Michelle Puls (1998) will be inducted in the 2012 […]
Read more
C.K. Kwai has been appointed Director of the University of Maine Office of International Programs, effective Oct. 1, according to Stuart Marrs, UMaine associate provost and dean for undergraduate education. Kwai replaces Karen Boucias, who will continue to serve as director of International Admissions along with other related duties. Kwai is currently the exchange program […]
Read more
Students, staff and faculty members are invited to join friends and colleagues of Maine Business School professor Carol Gilmore as they celebrate her life with an informal tea at the Buchanan Alumni House from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sept. 19. Friends of Gilmore, who died May 9, are invited to contact Martha Broderick […]
Read more
The Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program at the University of Maine has been reaccredited for the next seven years, the longest professional accreditation period granted to only the strongest programs reviewed by the Washington, D.C.-based American Psychological Association (APA). Accreditation by the APA reflects the quality of educational programs, speaks to a sense of public trust […]
Read more
Paul Ferguson was interviewed on WLBZ (Channel 2)’s 207 about his first year as President of the University of Maine.
Read more
University of Maine President Paul Ferguson was interviewed for a Maine Campus profile article titled, “The man behind the brass nameplate.”
Read more
Channel 5 (WABI) reported on the 2nd annual Bangor Paint Day, a free event being held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday at the University of Maine Museum of Art in Bangor, in cooperation with the Bangor Art Society. The event gives people of any age an opportunity to paint any scene in […]
Read more
The Bangor Daily News published an article about the work of FoodCorps representative Genna Cherichello, who has overseen the growth of community gardens in the Rockland area. FoodCorps is a national program, administered in Maine by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, to introduce young people to healthful foods and gardening. Cherichello also is organizing […]
Read more