Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — A noted science and technology historian from Bates College will make a Women’s History Month presentation at the University of Maine on Thursday, March 20. Rebecca Herzig is associate professor and chair of Women and Gender Studies at Bates. The author of “Suffering for Science: Reason and […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — A University of Maine research team is investigating the stress response in women who suffer panic attacks. The researchers are looking for women to participate in the study. UMaine psychology professor Sandy Sigmon and her graduate students are seeking women who experience the physiological sensations of panic […]
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Contact: Karen Cole at (207) 581-4700 ORONO – University of Maine students will perform a show based on the subject of sexual assault in the next School of Performing Arts “Readers’ Theater” production. The show, “It’s Not That Simple,” will be sponsored by the School of Performing Arts along with the Safe Campus Project, a […]
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Contact: Angela Hart, 581-1228 ORONO — The University of Maine Women in the Curriculum and Women’s Studies Program has announced a slate of 17 talks, films and performances to commemorate Women’s History Month this month. All events in the program, “Women’s History Celebration 2008: Women Speaking Truth to Power,” are free and open to the […]
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Contact: Carey Nason, 581-2515; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The Safe Campus Project and the Women’s Resource Center at UMaine, along with a consortium of other departments on campus, are partnering with the Penobscot Job Corps to host national speaker Tony Porter for a day-long event on April 10. Porter is co-founder of the national […]
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Contact: Contact Joe Carr at 207-581-3571 CHERRYFIELD, Me. — A project focusing on sustainable tourism development in Washington and Hancock counties has been named “Outstanding Area-Wide Project of the Year” by Downeast Resource Conservation and Development. The Resource Guide for Sustainable Tourism in Down East Maine and Southwest New Brunswick, produced by the Vacationland Resources […]
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Contact: Robert Strong, 581-1986; George Manlove, 581-3756 The Fed took unprecedented action over the weekend to provide emergency financing to cash-strapped Bear Stearns through JPMorgan Chase & Co. after the financial services corporation agreed to buy its Wall Street rival Bear Stearns for $236.2 million in a deal that represents a stunning collapse for one […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at 207-581-3571 Ancestral alewives A genetic study of alewives living in landlocked lakes in Connecticut found that the popular baitfish evolved from a common anadromous rather than a freshwater ancestor. The research found no evidence to uphold a common belief that all Connecticut landlocked alewife populations are nonnative, the result of intentional […]
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Contact: Rick Kersbergen, Sustainable Dairy and Forage Systems Educator, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, 1-800-287-1426 WATERVILLE –University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Organic Milk Producers (MOMP) will sponsor the 2008 Dairy Forage/Grain conference with a focus on processing grains for their livestock. The conference will provide information to answer the question, “Is it […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Two internationally acclaimed experts on U.S. foreign policy and international relations will visit the University of Maine on Monday, March 17, to discuss issues related to terrorism and political extremism. Ambassador Mark Bellamy, senior fellow in residence in the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ Africa and […]
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