Contact: Kay Hyatt at (207) 581-2761 ORONO, Maine — A statewide panel charged with shaping core principles and practices to guide interscholastic sports turned to the experts today to glean information about the athletic experience in Maine’s high schools and middle schools. Approximately 300 athletes and the adults responsible for their sports programs poured onto […]
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Contact: Kay Hyatt at (207) 581-2761 ORONO, Maine — More than 300 student-athletes, coaches, principals, athletic directors and other schools officials are at the University of Maine today, adding their ideas to a growing compilation of information to guide healthy interscholastic sports programs in Maine. Participants at the Maine Sports Summit represent 85 high schools […]
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Contact: Bob Potts, Alumni Programs & Marketing, (207) 581-1149 / 1 (800) 934-2586 ORONO, ME ~ The University of Maine Alumni Association is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2004 Alumni Awards. They are as follows: Alumni Career Award (UMAA’s highest honor): Senator Olympia J. Snowe ’69, Falmouth, ME Bernard Lown ’42 Humanitarian Award […]
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Contact: Laura Wilson, Cooperative Extension, 1-800-870-7270, 581-2971 ORONO, Maine — Cumberland County’s Forest Lake will come under scrutiny by citizens and water quality specialists participating in the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Watershed Stewards Program this spring. Citizens can register for the program which will begin March 31 and meet from 6:30 to 9 p.m. […]
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Contact: Wally Mason at 561-3350 ART EXHIBITION April 2 — June 19, 2004 The University of Maine Museum of Art is pleased to present the work of three New England artists at Norumbega Hall in downtown Bangor. Marguerite Robichaux Over Yonder Marguerite Robichaux’s recent paintings and drawings, on view at The University of Maine Museum […]
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Contact: Nick Houtman, 207-581-3777 ORONO– Few migrating juvenile Atlantic salmon make it out of Down East Maine’s Shorey Brook these days without getting noticed. University of Maine researchers are placing tiny transmitters inside each fish and picking up the signals with antennae downstream. Before the young salmon begin their migration to the sea, researchers are […]
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Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 ORONO — By studying the early creation of international laws that divide up what once were the world’s most lucrative fishing waters, off the Canadian Maritimes and New England, University of Maine Ph.D. student Brian Payne hopes to help prevent overfishing elsewhere. Such is the basis of research Payne […]
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Contact: Lisa Phelps, UMaine Cooperative Extension at 1-800-287-1471 ORONO — In an effort intended to provide educational and community service experiences for young people around the state, Maine 4-H plans to renew its Flag and Flower Project, which links veterans groups with youth organizations. The program began in 2003, with the intention of connecting veterans […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — As a companion to a the much-anticipated University of Maine visit by Native American author, poet and screenwriter Sherman Alexie, UMaine will offer a one-credit, five-week course based on Alexie’s work. The course, “Building the Fire: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry and Films of Sherman Alexie,” will be […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine’s entry finished third in the Feb. 27-29 competition for teams in the Northeast Student Affiliate of the National Block and Bridle Club and the American Dairy Sciences Association. UMaine served as the host for the competition, which was held at the Pineland Center […]
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