Several news organizations, including the Boston Globe’s Boston.com carried an Associated Press article about the planned relocation of the University of Maine’s collection of 107,000 insects to a climate-controlled room at the Maine State Museum in Augusta. Channel 5 (WABI) and the Portland Press Herald also carried the AP report. The collection dates back to […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on several staff changes in the UMaine Department of Athletics. Head athletic trainer Paul Culina is becoming director of men’s and women’s hockey operations, Ryan Taylor is the new athletic trainer and Michelle Bowers and Kelleigh O’Neill have been named assistant athletic trainers. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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The Maine Edge newspaper reported on the closing ceremony of the 2012 Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium, held this year in partnership with the University of Maine. Large-scale public artwork resulting from the six-week project will be placed at locations in Bangor, Old Town and Orono, including three sculptures on the UMaine campus. Contact: George Manlove, […]
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The Maine Folklife Center at the University of Maine has a new exhibit on Maine Memory Network website, developed from its oral history research with Eastern Fine Paper Company in Brewer. With images dating back to the early 20th century, the exhibit profiles the company from its inception in 1889 to the mill’s closure in […]
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The UMaine School of Computing and Information Science is inviting the campus community to join students at 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7 on the plaza in front of Boardman Hall for an informal barbecue, open house and to learn about the activities of the Cyber Defense Club, the Association for Computing Machinery, the Computing Honor […]
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Gregory Zaro, associate professor of anthropology and climate change at the University of Maine, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture and conduct research at the University of Zadar in Croatia during the Spring 2013 semester. According to the United States Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, Zaro […]
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Channel 6 (WCSH) and affiliated Channel 2 (WLBZ) carried a report quoting a downtown Orono restaurant manager who said returning UMaine students already have boosted business in the restaurants. The manager said students are critical to the business. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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The Bangor Daily News reported on the breakup by area law enforcement agencies of a party involving college students and guests Saturday and Sunday at The Grove apartment complex on Route 2 in Orono. The only arrest involved an 18-year-old non-resident. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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Jonathan Ippolito, a new media faculty member at the University of Maine, discussed with Maine Public Broadcasting Network a new social media trend that is gaining momentum worldwide. The Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response replicates online familiar sounds or activities that, when isolated, can produce a tranquil, calming effect. Ippolito said the phenomenon creates a platform […]
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The Examiner.com news aggregator posted information from a Bangor Daily News article reporting that enrollment within the University off Maine System has stabilized after a system-wide decline. The report attributed the development to increasing use of social media and marketing to in-state and out-of-state student prospects, along with affirmation that UMaine remains the state’s flagship […]
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