UMaine News

Contact: Aimee Dolloff, 581-3777; Jennifer O’Leary, UMaine Extension marketing leader, (207) 299-7751 Oil prices may have dropped for the moment, but keeping Mainers warm this winter continues to be a concern. University of Maine Cooperative Extension is doing its best to make sure residents are bundled up for the cold season now upon us through […]

Contact: Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777; Bob Bayer, (207) 581-2785; Dan Zawacki, (800) Live-Lob or (800) 548-3562 Supply may be up and price may be down causing those in the lobster industry some stress, but the University of Maine Lobster Institute and a company with local ties are trying to give business a little boost. Lobster […]

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 BELFAST, Me. — Community leaders and University of Maine representatives gathered at UMaine’s Hutchinson Center this morning, to celebrate the connection of the center’s new addition to its existing facility. Hutchinson Center Director Sue McCullough and others signed their names to a steel beam, just before Wright-Ryan Construction, Inc. […]

Contact: Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777; Gustavo Burkett, (207) 581-4183 ORONO, Maine — University of Maine students and staff are going to be thrilled if they’re able to help break a Guinness Book World Record with a little help from Michael Jackson and a flashback to 1983. Just before Christmas in the year of the Cabbage […]

Contact: Mary Rumpho, 581-2806; Vicky Blanchette, 581-2204 ORONO — In observance of October being Breast Cancer Awareness month, volunteers at the University of Maine are planting a third annual Pink Tulip Garden to benefit the Maine Cancer Foundation and raise funds for breast cancer research. Volunteers will gather on Thursday, Oct. 30, at 12 noon […]

Contact: Sierran Lucey at (207)581-143 ORONO- Several University of Maine organizations will host a week-long series of events in recognition of Coming Out Week, Sunday Oct. 26-Saturday Nov. 1 at UMaine. Wilde Stein, UMaine’s gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender( GLBT) organization, will sponsor activities, along with GLBT Services, the Division ofStudent Affairs, and Student Government […]

Contact: Kristen Andresen, 581-3742 ORONO — Onthe heels of Tuesday

Contact: Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777; Rebecca Holberton, UMaine biology professor, 581-2526 ORONO, Maine — Dr. Keith Hobson, wildlife biologist with Environment Canada, the Canadian Wildlife Service, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan will be the guest speaker during UMaine’s School of Biology and Ecology seminar series at 3:10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, in room 102 Murray Hall. Hobson’s […]

Contact: Craig DeForest, Bodwell Center for Service, 581-1796; Aimee Dolloff, 581-3777 ORONO — The Bodwell Center for Service and Volunteerism at UMaine is holding its Fourth Annual “UMaine Cares” service event in Orono, Old Town and the Greater Bangor Area in celebration of National Make a Difference Day on Saturday, Oct. 25. UMaine Cares began […]

Contact: Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777; Kristen Andresen (207) 581-3742 October is quickly coming to an end, and that means Halloween is just around the corner. Here’s a list of Halloween festivities coming up at the University of Maine: