Contact: Joe Carr, (207) 581-3571 ORONO, Maine — Robert S. Steneck, University of Maine professor of oceanography, marine biology and marine policy, will give the 2008 Geddes W. Simpson Distinguished Lecture. The lecture is set for UMaine’s Maine Day, Wednesday, April 30 at 3 p.m. in Buchanan Alumni House’s McIntire Room. Steneck will give a […]
Read more
Contact: Mazie Hough, 581-1228; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Farzana Doctor, a Toronto-based lesbian writer, educator and social worker, will be at the University of Maine and at the Bangor Public Library April 15 and April 16 to read from her critically acclaimed first novel Stealing Nasreen. Doctor’s appearance has been organized by the Women […]
Read more
Contact: John Hwalek (207) 581-2302; Tom Weber (207) 581-3777 ORONO — A small hydrogen-fueled vehicle built by a team of University of Maine chemical engineering students took top honors at the northeast regional Chem-E-Car competition, held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. With the first-place win on March 25, the second in three years by […]
Read more
Contact: Alan Davenport, 581-1341 ORONO — It’s spring cleaning time and UMaine’s Maynard F. Jordan Planetarium is polishing up its stars for special duty this school vacation week, April 20-26. Children, friends and family can see a variety of star shows for young and old that will take them on adventures into the cosmos. Every […]
Read more
Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Three authorities on Maine politics will participate in a Thursday, April 24 University of Maine panel discussion on ethnicity and politics in Maine. The forum is scheduled for 3-5 p.m. in Memorial Union’s Bumps Room. Christian Potholm, the DeAlva Stanwood Alexander Professor of Government at Bowdoin College, […]
Read more
Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Camp CaPella, a Lucerne facility that provides summer camp programming for children and adults with developmental or physical disabilities, will benefit from an April 26 5K run sponsored by the University of Maine Navy ROTC unit. All proceeds will go directly to Camp CaPella to support its […]
Read more
Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Col. Michael J. Meese, a U.S. Military Academy at West Point professor who leads that institution’s Combating Terrorism Center, will deliver a University of Maine talk on Friday April 18 from 11 a.m.-12 noon at Minsky Recital Hall. Meese is also head of the academy’s Dept. of […]
Read more
Contact: Nancy Kelly, (207) 581-2378; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO –The University of Maine School of Social Work and the Community Child Welfare Conference Committee is inviting people who work with children in child welfare systems to attend the 14th Annual Child Welfare Conference, Thursday, April 17, at the Buchanan Alumni House on the Orono […]
Read more
Contact: Sherry Treworgy, 581-1356; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The nation’s largest employer — the United States government, with a workforce of 1.8 million workers — is facing significant and immediate personnel reductions, as nearly a million people will be eligible to retire as soon as this year. Recognizing an urgent need to fill 193,000 […]
Read more
Contact: Stephanie Palmer, 207-650-0457, Ashley Hoskins, 944-9519, or Casey Johnson Bromberg, 949-0497 Delta Zeta Brings Resolution for Sororities to Join Together to Fight Global Warming by Acting Locally ORONO — In anticipation of Earth Day later this month, the University of Maine’s Delta Zeta Sorority will present a resolution at this Thursday’s UMaine Panhellenic Council […]
Read more