UMaine News

Contact: Louis Bassano, Washington County office of University of Maine Cooperative Extension, 800-287-1542 ORONO, Maine — Looking to spur creative economic initiatives, nature-based tourism and business activity grounded in fundamental business skills, a coalition of public and private organizations, under the leadership of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, will host the third annual Washington […]

Contact: Paul Collins, Maine Business School ORONO, Me. — The University of Maine MBA program will host a conference entitled, “The Maine Concern,” on April 5, 2005 at 6:30 p.m. in the Donald P. Corbett Building on the UMaine campus. Eight presentations will cover tax and health care reform, the national park proposal, proposed LNG […]

Contact: Mary Bird, (207) 581-2434, George Manlove, (207) 581- 3756 ORONO — A public discussion at the UMaine Page Farm and Home Museum on April 3 from 2-4 p.m. will explore ways in which the town of Orono can protect its historic resources while at the same time prepare for inevitable growth. With Orono’s bicentennial […]

Contact: Wally Mason at 561-3350 The University of Maine Museum of Art is pleased to announce a spring exhibition of selected works from Norma B. Marin’s collection of Maine art which spans the past fifty years. The Long View: Selections from the Norma B. Marin Collection of Maine Art The Long View: Selections from the […]

Contact: Kay Hyatt at (207) 581-2761 ORONO– Educators who want to bring some technology “bells and whistles” to their classrooms or who need a good introduction to the basic workings of the computer will find plenty of options at the University of Maine’s annual Summer Technology Institute. Sponsored by the College of Education and Human […]

Contact: Scott Delcourt, associate dean of the graduate school, 207-581-3217; Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO, Maine — Efforts to increase the diversity of the University of Maine graduate student population will get a boost from an annual $132,000 National Science Foundation grant over the next five years. The program will enable the […]

Contact: Jonathan LaBonte, (207) 581-1976, George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 Editors’ note: The first in a series of public sessions is Thursday, March 24, in Augusta and Tuesday, March 29 in Lewiston. ORONO — The University of Maine is reaching out through a series of eight regional public forums to encourage more business owners, government leaders […]

Contact: Patty Henner, (207) 581-4100, George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO — The UMaine Page Farm and Home Museum in Orono is celebrating maple syrup season with a public field trip to a sugaring operation on March 31 and Maine Maple Sunday events on campus for children April 3. The annual spring field trip March 31 […]

Contact: Cathy Billings, Lobster Institute, 207-581-2751 ORONO– The 2005 Canadian/U.S. Lobstermen’s Town Meeting, hosted by the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, will be held at the Delta Brunswick Hotel in Saint John, New Brunswick on Friday, April 22. The focus will be on the management of the lobster fishery, with a related topic […]

Contact: Chris Bartlett, (207) 853-2518, ext. 421 Eastport, ME — On Thursday, April 7, salmon industry personnel, scientists, fish health specialists, and agency representatives will meet at the Washington County Community College Marine Technology Center for the 13th Annual New England Farmed Fish Health Management Workshop. Experts from the U.S. and Canada will give presentations […]