Contact: Christopher Gardner at 207-581-4048; Joe Carr at 207-581-3571 The following is an alert message from the UMaine Dept. of Public Safety : The University of Maine Department of Public Safety is investigating an alleged assault that occurred on October 14, 2006 at approximately 9:45 p.m. It is reported that the male suspect grabbed a […]
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Contact: Richard Brzozowski, 800-287-1471 (in Maine), rbrz@umext.maine.edu BRUNSWICK, Me.–University of Maine Cooperative Extension has scheduled a FAMACHA training for 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 29 at Crystal Spring Farm, 277 Pleasant Hill Road in Brunswick. FAMACHA is a fairly new method of determining internal parasite pressure on individual sheep and goats by scoring eyelid blood […]
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Contact: Mazie Hough, 581-1225; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Marjane Satrapi, a contemporary graphic novelist and illustrator born in Teheran, is the 2006 Anne Margaret Johnstone Memorial Lecturer and will speak at the University of Maine Oct. 19 about her life and work. Satrapi will participate at 12:30 p.m., in 130 Little Hall, in “A […]
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Contact: Shanda Ivory, sivory@nacac.comKristen Bourke, kbourke@nacac.com Alexandria, VA– Kimberly Johnston, senior associate director of admission at the University of Maine, was elected president-elect of the Board of Directors of the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) at its 62nd National Conference of the last week in Pittsburgh, PA. NACAC is the largest association of […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — State Sen. Kevin Raye (R-Perry) will visit the University of Maine on Thursday, Oct.12 as part of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center Distinguished Maine Policy Fellow Program. Raye will spend the day at UMaine, meeting with students, faculty members and staff members. The Distinguished Maine Policy […]
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Contact: Gretchen Faulkner, 581-1904; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO – Meteorologist “Altitude Lou” McNally, the Hudson Museum’s Archaeology Month Lecture speaker on Oct. 25, will discuss three decades of climate change in Maine and how it has and will continue to affect Mainer’s lives. The lecture is at 7 p.m. in the Bodwell Lounge in the […]
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Contact: Alexander Grab, 581-1928; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — A group of University of Maine history professors opposed to the war in Iraq will hold a “teach-in” Oct. 24 on the Orono campus to offer background and historical perspective on the subject. The public is invited to the free forum, starting at 7 p.m. in […]
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Contact: Gretchen Gfeller, University of Maine Raymond H. Fogler Library, 207-581-1696 ORONO — Several individuals who were there at the beginnings of Maine’s foremost literary journal, the Puckerbrush Review, will gather to tell its story and celebrate its achievements in publishing Maine authors and in bringing international authors to Maine readers over the better part […]
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Contact: Gretchen Faulkner, 581-1904; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The Hudson Museum at the University of Maine has three new exhibits, featuring illustrations from a children’s book by Maine artist Robert Shetterly, fabric collections from the Kuna Indians of the San Blas Islands of Panama and an exhibit celebrating the legacy of former UMaine anthropologist […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Doug Hall, a 1981 University of Maine graduate whose success as an inventor and entrepreneur has gained widespread recognition and a role as one of the four judges on the ABC television program “American Inventor,” will be the guest speaker at Friday’s Student Innovation Center ribbon cutting […]
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