UMaine News

Contact: Michael Howard, 581-3861George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — UMaine philosophy professor Michael Howard recently won first prize in an essay contest conducted by Basic Income Studies, a new international academic journal that focuses on basic income issues and universal welfare policies. Howard received the award at the Eleventh Congress of the Basic Income Earth Network […]

Contact: Amos E. Orcutt, (207) 581-5100 or (800) 982-8503 ORONO — The University of Maine Foundation has accepted the largest one-time gift ever donated to the University of Maine by a private individual or family, a $4.2 million personal residence at 200 Woodville Road in Falmouth.  Eric and Peggy Cianchette, the home’s previous owners, finalized […]

Contact: Richard Brzozowski, 207-780-4205, rbrz@umext.maine.edu AUGUSTA –University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Alternative Poultry Association (MAPA) will sponsor an afternoon of practical training for poultry producers, 12:30 – 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 10 at the Augusta Civic Center. The training is part of the 2007 Maine Agricultural Trades Show (www.getrealmaine.com), scheduled for […]

Contact: Richard Brzozowski, 207-780-4207, rbrz@umext.maine.edu AUGUSTA, Me. — University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer an informational session for 4-H Leaders on establishing a Maine poultry team for the 2007 Avian Bowl competition in Louisville, Ky.; the session will feature poultry specialist Jacqueline Jacobs of University of Minnesota Cooperative Extension. This meeting will be Tuesday […]

Contact: Major James C. Moreno, enrollment officer, University of Maine Army ROTC, Room 112, Armory, 581-1125 ORONO — The Black Bear Battalion will hold its cadet commissioning ceremony Saturday, Dec. 23 for two army ROTC cadets at UMaine. Candyce Jacobson of Winterport and Nicolas Phillips of Stuttgart, Germany, will be commissioned into the United States […]

Contact: Jennifer Crittenden, 581-2249; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — A recently completed study by the UMaine Center on Aging on alcohol and drug problems among older adults in Hancock County has revealed that abuse is pervasive and getting worse as Baby Boomers age. The center found through a year-long study that as drug and alcohol […]

Contact: Gretchen Faulkner, 581-1901; Patricia Henner, 581-4100 ORONO — The Hudson Museum and the Page Farm and Home Museum at the University of Maine will be closed over the holidays, from Dec. 23 to Jan. 2. Both will reopen at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 2.

Contact: Richard Grant, 581-1971; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — A team of graduate students from the UMaine Business School recently placed second in an international business plan competition held in Fredericton, New Brunswick. All international students pursuing masters of business administration degrees, the UMaine students competed against 19 other student teams composed of both graduate […]

Contact: Kathryn Jovanelli, 207-561-3352 kj@umit.maine.edu, www.umma.umaine.edu Digital images available Bangor, Maine– The University of Maine Museum of Art is pleased to present three exhibitionsbeginning January 26. Saul Leiter Early Color provides a survey of the artist’s seminalwork in color photography throughout the 1950s into the 60s with the city ashis subject matter. Witty, Sexy, Gimmicky […]

Contact: Ali Abedi (207) 581-2231; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – UMaine has been selected as a recipient of the 2006 Supporting Friend of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Regional Activities Award. Approved by the IEEE Regional Activities Board in November, the award was established to recognize those organizations that encourage […]