Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine has been selected to host a statewide Higher Education Alcohol Prevention Partnership (HEAPP) meeting on Friday Feb. 6. UMaine is one of 17 partner schools working with the state Office of Substance Abuse on a statewide initiative to implement five strategies to reduce […]
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Contact: Jill Coffren, state coordinator, Cooperative Extension 4H Japanese exchange program, 207-645-3248. ORONO– Ryota Toda is a 12-year-old boy from Kyoto, Japan, who has a black belt in karate and is an avid stamp collector. This year he hopes to come to the United States and live with a Maine family. He can’t wait to […]
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Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 ORONO — “Spitting in the face of Hitler” was how Phillip Silver, an assistant professor of music at the University of Maine, felt last year when he brought life to music of Holocaust-era composers killed or banished in Nazi Germany. This year, as he prepares for his fourth annual […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Prospective University of Maine students and their families are invited to UMaine’s next admissions open house on Monday, Feb. 16. Activities include workshops on financial aid, admissions and student life; the opportunity to interact with current UMaine students; college displays; tours and consultations with staff from academic […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Games Day is a February school vacation tradition at the University of Maine’s Hudson Museum. This year’s event, the 14th annual Games Day, is scheduled for 10 a.m.-noon on Thursday, Feb. 19. Children will have an opportunity to play games of skill and chance from around the […]
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Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 ORONO — Don’t tell University of Maine Assistant Professor of Music Phillip Silver the department’s new Steinway grand piano is just another instrument. It does not live and breathe; but it has life, personality and a soul, he says. It also is highly sensitive to temperature, humidity and its […]
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Contact: Kay Hyatt at (207) 581-2761 ORONO, Maine — Twelve University of Maine students preparing to be science and mathematics teachers in grades 6-12 have each received $3,500 awards as 2003-04 Robert Noyce Scholars. The scholarships were awarded through the Maine Mathematics and Science Teaching Excellence Collaborative (MMSTEC), a National Science Foundation-funded program to address […]
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Contact: John Jemison, Cooperative Extension, 207-581-3241Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO, Maine
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Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 ORONO – Two University of Maine sociologists have reaffirmed a connection between religion and emotional well-being in older people. Steven Barkan, a professor of sociology and chair of the university sociology department, and Susan Greenwood, a lecturer in the department, found that people 65 and older tend to be […]
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Contact: Nick Houtman, Dept of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO– Reuben Caron isn’t quite ready to start his own business, but he’s getting closer. Before he graduates in May, the University of Maine senior in Electrical Engineering Technology from Portage, Maine, has a few courses and a senior project to complete, and he may enroll in […]
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