Contact: Amy Witt, 207-780-4205 PORTLAND, ME — University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the organizers of the Portland Flower Show are asking kids to respond to the question “How we can care for the environment by gardening?” in the Portland Flower Show’s third annual student essay contest. For a contest application and rules,c ontact the […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at 581-3571 ORONO — Three experts will discuss “Population Dynamics: Community, Science and Policy in the Gulf of Maine Fisheries” on Wednesday Jan. 28 from 12:10-1:30 p.m. in the University of Maine’s Jenness Hall. Scheduled panelists are UMaine Prof. Teresa Johnson, MacArthur Foundation Fellow Ted Ames and Glen Libby of Port […]
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Contact: Taylor Bloedon at (207) 581-4058 ORONO — The University of Maine’s Healthy U Employee Wellness Program, working with the American Heart Association, is planning a series of events for National Wear Red Day on Thursday, Feb. 5. Members of the UMaine community are invited to participate in the Go Red for Women campaign, wearing […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — A presentation by University of Maine economist Todd Gabe was added this morning to “Building a Vibrant Maine Economy,” a UMaine Web project providing research-based insights on Maine’s economic future. The site, described by UMaine School of Economics Director George Criner as “a virtual conference,” is online. […]
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Contact: Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777; Habib Dagher (207) 581-2110 ORONO, Maine — A National Geographic special commissioned by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will feature a University of Maine project that has created secure shipping containers equipped with sensors to tell handlers when the cargo unit has been tampered with. “Hi-Tech War on Terror” […]
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Contact: Liam Riordan, 581-1913; Betsy Arntzen, 581-4225 ORONO — The University of Maine’s Department of History and Canadian-American Center are presenting a series of public lectures and teacher workshops on the American Revolution, in Bangor, Belfast and Portland, to draw attention to and provide Maine teachers with educational material about the American Revolution, loyalism and […]
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Contact: John Mahon, 581-1968; Andrei Strukov, 581-1925; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Special travel-study courses offered through the University of Maine previously have focused on Canada, Europe, China and other regions, as international interest keys on areas of rising global significance. Now, as the world watches to see how Russia manages perhaps the largest mass […]
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Contact: Michael Palmer, 329-5015 ORONO — Thanks to an anonymous individual or individuals, a professor in the UMaine Department of Political Science has received financial backing to create a new controversial speakers series on campus. The first speaker inaugurates the series today from 3:15-4:30 p.m. in the Bangor Room of the Memorial Union. James W. […]
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Contact: Alan Davenport, 581-1341; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The University of Maine Maynard F. Jordan Planetarium will host several specially choreographed musical laser shows in February, featuring iconic musical selections from over the decades, and selected through an online voting process by the public. Planetarium director Alan Davenport says the show Feb. 15-21 will […]
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Contact: Yanghee Kwon, 992-7593; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Members of UMaine’s Pi Beta Phi sorority are holding an unusual race to take place during the halftime intermission of the UMaine men’s basketball game Sunday, Jan. 25 — a reading-aloud race to raise funds for a children’s book charity. The sorority has recruited two volunteer […]
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