Contact: Alan Parks, 581-2320 ORONO — The University of Maine’s TRIO-Student Support Services program, helping Maine’s first-generation, low-income and students with disabilities achieve bachelor’s degrees, has received renewed funding — almost $3 million from the U.S. Department of Education. Program Director Alan Parks estimates the five-year grant will assist 400 students in each of the […]
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President Barack Obama has nominated University of Maine alumnae Pamela Ann White, a Career Minister with the Senior Foreign Service, to be the State Department’s U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of The Gambia. White, who received a B.A. in Journalism at UMaine in 1971, has served since 2008 as the USAID Mission Director in Liberia. […]
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Maine EPSCoR and UMaine’s Office of Research and Sponsored Programs will host “Getting to Yes: Creating Successful Relationships with Foundations and Developing Winning Proposals,” a free workshop scheduled for 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday Sept. 21 at Wells Conference Center. The workshop is intended for researchers, students, grant writers and others seeking guidance on how to […]
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Contact: Joe Carr, joe.carr@umit.maine.edu ORONO — A new University of Maine Pulp and Paper Foundation award will annually recognize a UMaine employee who supports that industry through research, innovative student recruitment or teaching that inspires current engineering students. That name will bear the name of its first recipient: long-time UMaine chemical engineering professor Joseph Genco, […]
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Fogler Library has opened a new Research Consultation Area. Located on the first floor in the Information Commons, the area will be used by Fogler librarians, the Writing Center, and the Tutor Program for individual or small group assistance, generally on a by-appointment basis. Fogler librarians will use the facility during the day, and can […]
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President Kennedy is inviting members of the UMaine community to the Annual Employee Breakfast Wednesday, Sept. 15 from 7-9 a.m. at Wells Conference Center and the annual Employee Sandwich Break Tuesday, Sept. 14 at 9:30 p.m. at Wells. President Kennedy will offer brief remarks on Wednesday morning and Vice President Janet Waldron and Executive Director […]
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A Maine Sunday Telegram report on issues related to arsenic and groundwater in Maine notes that UMaine biochemist Julie Gosse is leading a study investigating the potential link between well water arsenic and asthma. More information is in an April UMaine news release announcing a grant to support that study.
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Geral Coulombe’s “Maine Observer” column in the Sept. 12 Maine Sunday Telegram described life as a newly-married student and Korean War veteran at UMaine in the 1950s. Coulombe, a retired school administrator who lives in Connecticut, wrote about the “South Apartments,” mostly occupied by married students but also by some faculty members. Those professors included […]
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The New York Times Sunday Sept. 12 “City Room” blog detailed this summer’s analysis of the remains of an 18th century ship, discovered in a New York City landfill near the World Trade Center site. UMaine marine archaeologist Warren Riess has been one of the lead researchers working to determine the origin of that wreckage, […]
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Contact: Corie Washow, (207) 353-5550 or 1-800-287-1458, or corie.washow@umaine.edu ORONO — A national program aimed at helping farmers, farm workers and farm family members with chronic health conditions or disabilities continue to farm successfully and live independently is now available in Maine through the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. Maine AgrAbility, a collaboration between UMaine, […]
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