Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 Note: a photo of the scholarship recipients is available upon request ORONO — The University of Maine Pulp and Paper Foundation recently distributed more than $262,000 in scholarship funds to engineering and forestry students interested in pulp and paper industry-related careers. The fall 2010 semester scholarship recipients were announced […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Prolific and acclaimed writer David Madden will spend the day at the University of Maine on Monday, Nov. 1. Louisiana State University’s Robert Penn Warren Professor of Creative Writing, emeritus, Madden will visit with UMaine English students and faculty members to share his insights and expertise on […]
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The UMaine equestrian team recently traveled to New Hampshire for two horse shows. Seven riders competed at Dartmouth College’s IHSA horse show on Saturday Oct. 16. The next day, five members of the team competed at Colby-Sawyer’s point rider show, where Kaitlynn Pouliot qualified for the “ride-off challenge” for the title of reserve high point […]
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The Portland Press Herald story about poll numbers in Maine’s gubernatorial race included comments from Kenneth Palmer, UMaine political science professor emeritus. Palmer said with Republican candidate Paul LePage’s numbers steady, election watchers are waiting to see if either Democrat Libby Mitchell or Independent Eliot Cutler will make a move in the polls.
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UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer is quoted in an Associated Press story about absentee balloting in the Maine governor’s race. Brewer told the AP based on the numbers of returned absentee ballots so far, Republicans are holding their own against Democrats.
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The rise of university club football teams in the Northeast was highlighted in a New York Times story. UMaine’s club football team was mentioned in the story as being in a league with teams from Boston University, Vermont and Clarkson. The story also includes an anecdote about the Clarkson team’s trip to Orono for a […]
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The annual Sen. George J. Mitchell Lecture on Sustainability given Thursday by Nobel laureate Elinor Ostrom was covered by several media outlets, including WABI and WLBZ. Ostrom spoke about sustaining natural resources in a rapidly changing world.
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The Kennebec Journal wrote a preview of the documentary film “Her Game,” about the 1997-98 UMaine women’s basketball team which featured current UMaine head coach Cindy Blodgett. The documentary will have two showings Saturday, the first at 10 a.m. at the Penobscot Theater in Bangor and the second at 3:30 p.m. at Railroad Square Cinema […]
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Contact: Nancy Fishwick, (207) 581-2607 ORONO — The University of Maine School of Nursing programs have been reaccredited for another 10 years by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), officially recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education as a national accreditation agency. The school, which is part of the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry […]
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Fran Sulinski, assistant director of UMaine’s Cooperative Extension, will discuss “Handling Difficult and Irate Customers” on Thursday, Oct. 28 from 12-1 p.m. in Room 122 in Libby Hall, a free talk presented as part of the UMaine Employee Assistance Program’s Lunch and Learn Series. Seating is limited to 10 people, but others can watch the […]
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