UMaine News

Contact: Joyce Peterson, The Jackson Laboratory, 207-288-6058; Nick Houtman, University of Maine, 207-581-3777; Louise Berlin, Maine Medical Center Research Institute, 207-885-8108 What: Opening reception for the Institute for Molecular Biophysics (IMB), a collaborative research facility with the University of Maine, Maine Medical Center Research Institute and The Jackson Laboratory Where:  The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor […]

Contact: Kay Hyatt at (207) 581-2761 ORONO, Maine — Online matchmaking was bound to happen when the Internet began linking strangers as never before, says a University of Maine graduate student whose research examines development of intimate relationships between adults seeking suitable partners virtually. The seemingly futuristic method of dating is a present reality that […]

Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 ORONO — The University of Maine Center on Aging has received a $200,000 grant to help detect and prevent elder abuse through a unique screening program being launched in Penobscot and Piscataquis counties this summer. The “Maine Partners for Elder Protection Project,” funded by a grant from the Maine […]

Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 ORONO — More than 150 student journalists and teachers from 27 schools, in addition to newspaper reporters and editors from throughout the state, will converge on the University of Maine May 12 for the 11th Annual Student Journalism Conference. The event is an opportunity for aspiring young journalists to […]

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Two women from Hancock County will cap exceptional performances as University of Maine students when they are honored as the Class of 2004 valedictorian and salutatorian at UMaine’s May 8 commencement ceremony. Brittney Lee Astbury of East Orland is the Class of 2004 valedictorian.  She will graduate […]

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The Class of 2004, which will graduate at the University of Maine’s May 8 commencement ceremony, will be the largest in the university’s history.  Some 1,901 students will receive a UMaine degree; 320 of them are graduate students, 26 at the doctoral level.  Of that group, 1,608 […]

Contact: Kathryn Olmstead, 581-3844 ORONO — The University of Maine College of Liberal Arts and Sciences honored faculty members and students for dedication and accomplishments April 28, giving the award for outstanding teaching and advising posthumously to the husband of a popular psychology professor who died in an auto accident last fall. Carrying his young […]

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Four prominent University of Maine alums, representing alumni success in business, politics, law, literature, athletics and journalism, will be honored on April 30 with UMaine’s prestigious Stillwater Society Presidential Awards for Achievement.  Those to be recognized are: A. Manette Ansay, an acclaimed novelist who has achieved both […]

Contact: Bob Potts, Advisor, Senior Skull Honor Society, (207) 581-1149 or 1-800-934-2586 Orono– The Senior Skull Honor Society at The University of Maine in Orono is pleased to announce its newest inductees, Class of 2005. The Senior Skull Honor Society was founded in 1906 to publicly recognize, formally reward, and continually promote outstanding leadership and […]

Contact: Andrea Grygo, Mitchell Center, 207-581-3233 ORONO– The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental & Watershed Research at the University of Maine has appointed Andrea Grygo as research assistant. Grygo will be developing SPARC (Searchable Park Access to Research Catchments), an interactive online consortium of watershed research sites located in the nation’s national parks, […]