Hugh Curran, a resident of coastal Surry, Maine who teaches Peace and Reconciliation courses at UMaine, has an opinion column in the Feb. 1 edition of the Ellsworth American, in which he discusses the loss of public “commons” areas in Maine’s Downeast ocean coves and bays. Curran laments the increasing loss of these public areas […]
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UMaine CLAS-Honors Preceptor of Journalism Justin Martin will be interviewed at 2:15 p.m. Friday on WLIP, a Wisconsin-based radio station that broadcasts from Chicago to Milwaukee, about a recent column Martin wrote for the Christian Science Monitor. Martin will talk about the economics of Generation Y. To listen live, go to the WLIP website.
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The next in a series of one-hour information-gathering sessions President Ferguson has organized over the next few weeks to solicit input for UMaine’s strategic plan will take place Friday, Feb. 3. The first session, which will focus on UMaine students/parents, will take place at 9 a.m. in the McIntire Room in Buchanan Alumni House. The […]
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The University of Maine is hosting the ’Nor’Easter Bowl 2012 Regional Ocean Sciences Competition , a regional ocean sciences competition on Saturday, Feb. 4 with more than 100 top-achieving math and science high school students from Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.
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Several UMaine students and Patty Counihan, director of the UMaine Career Center, were interviewed for a Channel 7 news report on Wednesday’s Career Fair at the New Balance Student Recreation Center. The event attracted hundreds of students and nearly 90 businesses looking to hire interns and full- and part-time employees. The reports starts 9 minutes, […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension water quality and soil specialist John Jemison was interviewed for a Wednesday evening Channel 7 (WVII) news report on a recent study on how farmers view the future of farming in Maine. The report says farmers are optimistic about small and mid-sized farms in spite of challenges. The interview begins […]
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With many of the Feb. 5 Superbowl ads already previewed by millions on the Internet and in the news, UMaine marketing professor Paul Myer, a Maine Business School executive in residence with an extensive national and international background in private industry branding and marketing, is available to discuss the marketing strategies, messages and themes of […]
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The University of Maine Museum of Art is hosting Winter Blues Breaker from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 17. Winter Blues Breaker includes a wine and beer tasting, hors d’oeuvres, music, and a chance to see the museum’s current exhibitions. There will also be a “Kick the Winter Blues – Decorate Your […]
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The University of Maine Center on Aging is working with healthcare and social service providers and the public to determine to what degree impaired driving among older adults in Washington County is a hazard.
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OLD TOWN – There is Planet Earth, which, for the sake of the discussion taking place in Ed Lindsey’s 9th-grade science class at Old Town High School, is a spherical object made of rock, watery on its surface and wrapped in a layer of air. And there is the mysterious Planet Z, identical to Earth […]
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