UMaine News

Contact: Richard Brzozowski, 207-780-4205 CUMBERLAND, Me. — University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Sheep Breeders Association (MSBA) will offer a hands-on sheep shearing school on Saturday, March 24 at Sunrise Acres Farm, 42 Winn Road in Cumberland. It will begin at 8 a.m. and will continue into the early afternoon. There is space […]

Contact: Renee Kelly, 581-1141, George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO – The University of Maine Student Innovation Center (SIC) is seeking participants for the 2007 statewide Forest Bio-Products Research Project (FBRP) small business development awards competition this spring. Prospective participants are asked to describe the commercialization of a product or service for use in the fields of […]

Contact: Donna Coffin, 800-287-1491 ORONO, ME– University of Maine

Contact: Patricia Counihan, 581-1355; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — This year’s annual University of Maine Career Fair, scheduled Jan. 31 at the fieldhouse, has attracted more employers from Maine and throughout the country than ever before, and they represent an ever-expanding variety of career choices, from engineering to retail management, and even the FBI and […]

Contact: Doug Allen, 581-3860 ORONO — The Maine Peace Action Committee at the University of Maine has announced the spring 2007 schedule for its Peace and Justice Film Series. Films, with discussions to follow, are screened Thursdays at 7 p.m. in Room 140, Little Hall on the Orono campus. Participation is free, and the public […]

Contact: Doug Allen, 581-3860 ORONO — The University of Maine Philosophy Department has announced speakers and topics for its spring 2007 Philosophy Colloquium Lecture Series, a semi-annual program that invites leading authorities to lecture and discuss philosophical theory, analysis and practice. Lectures are free, open to the public and held Thursdays at 4 p.m. in […]

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Recognizing existing faculty strength in academic areas related to policy and international affairs, the University of Maine has created a new interdisciplinary structure to foster and encourage increased collaboration and scholarly activity in those fields. The School of Policy and International Affairs (SPIA) will be formally unveiled […]

Contact: Corey Pickett, 207-789-5803 LINCOLNVILLE, Me. — University of Maine Cooperative Extension’sTanglewood 4-H Camp and Learning Center, an organization that workswith more than 3,000 Maine young people every year, has been granted anational accreditation from the American Camp Association. Accreditedcamps must meet more than 300 standards and safety guidelines set forthby the ACA, going beyond […]

Contact: Steve Johnson, 207-764-3361; Pamela Hickey, 207-764-3361 Caribou, ME — University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host the2007 Maine Potato Conference on January 24 and 25 at the Caribou Innand Convention Center. Registration at the door is $7 per day, or $12for both days; no preregistration is necessary. For more informationcontact Pamela Hickey at 207-764-3361 […]

Contact: Doug Allen, 581-3860 ORONO — The Socialist and Marxist Studies’ Spring 2007 Lecture Series at the University of Maine once again takes up a host of thought-provoking questions and controversial issues, ranging from domestic politics and oil profits to immigration policies and college students. Philosophy Professor Doug Allen, coordinator of Marxist-Socialist Studies program, says […]