Contact: Ed Grew, 581-2169 Edward Grew, UMaine research professor of geological sciences, presented a talk, “Rare minerals in the Australian Antarctic Territory” at the Antarctic Science Planning Workshop in Hobart, Australia Sept. 21. The workshop was one of several organized by the Australian Antarctic Division to design implementation plans for the newly developed Australian Science […]
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Greg Curtis, head of Fogler Library’s Government Publications, Maps, GIS & Microforms, is reminding the UMaine community and researchers of the availability of 85,000 sheet and folded maps, 3,000 atlases of various kinds and an estimated 200,000 maps enclosed within publications at the library. Locations include the Map Area on the first floor, and the closed […]
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A WLBZ news report highlights the work of the UMaine School of Economics Knowledge Transfer Alliance. That initiative brings UMaine resources to businesses working to get established or to expand. The news story describes the efforts of UMaine graduate student Bernardita Silva, working with a Passadumkeag business that involves the manufacture of landing nets made […]
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Contact: Lisa Morin, 581-4194, Nory Jones, 581-1971 ORONO — Saturday’s football game against UNH won’t be the only competition on campus at UMaine. A competitive food drive is set for Saturday, Oct. 2. The Maine Business School Corps, the Alumni Association, the Bodwell Center for Service and Volunteerism, the Athletics Department, Greek Life, Residence Life, […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The Maine Speech-Language-Hearing Association (MSHLA) will bring its 2010 fall conference to the University of Maine Thursday Oct. 7-Saturday Oct. 9. The conference is scheduled for UMaine’s Wells Conference Center. UMaine’s Dept. of Communication Sciences and Disorders will host the sessions, in conjunction with MSLHA. MSLHA works […]
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University of Maine cross-country runners David Currier of Sidney, Maine and Corey Conner of Townsend, Mass. have been named the America East Cross Country Performers of the Week. Currier won the dual meet against New Hampshire in a time of 25:25 for the 8K men’s race while Conner took top honors in the 5K women’s […]
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The annual Hockey East coaches’ poll was released Wednesday at the league’s media day in Boston. The Maine Black Bears, who lost last year’s league championship game in overtime, are ranked second behind Boston College. Coach Tim Whitehead’s Black Bears, led by 2010 Hobey Baker Award finalist Gustav Nyquist, open their season with a Sunday […]
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The University of Maine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center, along with the DeepCwind Consortium, will host the First Annual Maine Deepwater Offshore Wind Conference on Tuesday, Oct. 19, at the Point Lookout Resort and Conference Center in Northport. The event will be open to the public. The list of invitees is expected to include […]
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Contact: Todd Gabe, (207) 581-3307; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO, Maine — A new report on the knowledge economies of 287 cities in the United States and Canada shows that Portland, Maine, is a “Thinking Region,” according to Todd Gabe, professor of economics at the University of Maine and one of the study’s co-authors. The […]
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Contact: Mary Rosser, 581-2445; Anne Pooler, 581-2441 ORONO — The University of Maine Reading Recovery initiative is part of a national network of 16 colleges and universities receiving $45.6 million to help improve literacy skills for an estimated 500,000 first-graders struggling with reading and writing. UMaine’s College of Education and Human Development is receiving $2.9 […]
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