UMaine News

Contact: Meilissa Carey (Environmental Defense), (207) 780-4932; Joe Carr (University of Maine) (207) 581-3571 Note: UMaine Prof. Jonathan Rubin will be available on Friday to discuss this publication and its implications. Portland, ME — Environmental Defense today released a guide that will set the stage for the upcoming public discussion over how best to implement […]

Contact: Derek Mitchell, UMaine Student Government, (207) 581-1701; Joe Carr, University Relations, (207) 581-3571 ORONO, Me. — Janine DiGiovanni, a 1983 University of Maine graduate and senior correspondent for the Times of London and Vanity Fair will present a lecture at UMaine entitled “Other than Collateral Damage: The Effect of the War on Women and […]

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Barron’s Educational Series, Inc. has listed the University of Maine as one of the 247 “Best Buys in College Education” in its new reference book by that name. Barron’s ratings are based on written input from colleges and universities and from those institutions’ students. “It is nice […]

Contact: Sarah Joughin, 581-3423; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Travel the globe in a day without leaving campus Oct. 28, as the year’s biggest international event in the region pulls together hundreds of University of Maine international students for Culturefest 2006 — a showcase of talent, style and cuisine from cultures of the world. From […]

Contact: Cindy D’Angelo, 581-1872; George Manlove, 581-3756 AUGUSTA — The University of Maine is offering three open houses this month to introduce prospective students to its popular master’s in public administration degree program taught each year in Augusta. The university offers at least two graduate-level public administration courses in Augusta each semester. The spring 2007 […]

Contact: Pam LaHaye, Extension Educator, 207-342-5971, plahaye@umext.maine.edu WALDO, Me.–“Parents Are Teachers Too,” (PATT) a home-visiting program for new parents offered by University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Waldo County, recently received a grant from the Maine Children’s Trust, the statewide child abuse and neglect prevention organization. The grant specifically supports staffing of “My Time,” an […]

Contact: David Munson, UMaine University Relations (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – UMaine doctoral student Leigh Stearns was recently selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as one of ten graduate students nationwide to participate in the 2006 International Astronautical Congress in Valencia, Spain in October.                       Organized by the International Astronautical Federation, the four-day event […]

Contact: Charlene Herrick (207) 581-3204; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine — After more than a century of promoting responsible forest stewardship and research, UMaine’s Department of Forest Ecosystem Science and Department of Forest Management have merged to form the new School of Forest Resources.  The new school creates a single point of contact for […]

Contact: Merrill Elias (207) 581-2097; Michael Robbins (207) 581-2051; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine — In an ongoing, 30-year study that explores the connections between cognitive abilities and cardiovascular disease, UMaine psychology professors Merrill Elias, Michael Robbins, and Penelope K. Elias are defining the role of the amino acid homocysteine in cognitive function, discovering […]

Contact: Matt Kasson (207) 581-2897; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – Matt Kasson, a master’s degree candidate in UMaine’s newly formed School of Forest Resources, is working to assess the future of Maine’s beech trees, having made it his mission to understand the disease that is rapidly turning one of the state’s top trees […]