UMaine News

Contact: Gary Anderson, 207-581-3240 or 800-287-7170 PORTLAND–Any one of the four Ds

Contact: Karen Cole, 581-4704; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The University of Maine Symphonic Band and the Greenville High School Band will present a concert in Hutchins Concert Hall of the Maine Center for the Arts at 7:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 21. The Greenville High School Band under the direction of Ron Dobra will present […]

Contact: MaJo Keleshian, 581-3264; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The annual University of Maine Art Department faculty exhibition is up in the Carnegie Hall galleries, showcasing some of the favorite works by 17 of the department’s professors and lecturers. The exhibit opened Nov. 4 and runs through Dec. 2, with an artists’ reception from 5-7 […]

Contact: Esperanza Stancioff, 207-832-0343 or 800-244-2104 WALDOBORO–Robert W. Spear will deliver one of his last speeches as commissioner of the Maine Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension

Contact: Emily Ann Cain at (207) 581-3308 ORONO — Twenty-three students, three faculty members, and five staff members from the University of Maine Honors College returned home on Sunday after enjoying five days in St. Louis, Missouri at the National Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference. This year’s conference theme, “Gateway to Exploration and Discovery,” paved […]

Contact: George Markowsky, 581-3940; George Manlove, 581-3756 Rescheduled for Wed. Nov. 15, 2:10 p.m., Corbett Business Building _______ We apologize for any inconvenience that was caused by the cancellation of the 11/14/05 lecture. ORONO — Famed mathematician, author and computer science pioneer Seymour Papert will be on the UMaine campus Nov. 15 to discuss the […]

Contact: Louise Kirkland, 207-942-7396 or 800-287-1485 ORONO –Three University of Maine Cooperative Extension educators captured national awards at a conference held in Philadelphia earlier this fall. They were honored by the National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (NEAFCS) on Sept. 28. NEAFCS, responsible for such high-profile national campaigns such as Living Well,

Contact: Doug Allen, 581-3860 ORONO — Long time peace activist, attorney and author Jerry Elmer will discuss lessons learned from the Vietnam War that might help understand today’s war in Iraq during a Maine Peace Action Committee lecture Nov. 10 from 5:30-7 p.m. in the Bangor Room of the Memorial Union at UMaine.. Elmer’s talk […]

Contact: Kay Hyatt at (207) 581-2761 ORONO, Maine — The University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, in partnership with the Old Town-Orono Kiwanis Club, has launched the 28th annual drive to collect books for needy youngsters. The public is invited to join in the tradition by donating new books suitable for toddlers […]

Contact: Karen Cole, 581-4704; George Manlove, 581-3756 Composer and poet Jan Gilbert, a music lecturer at Macalester College in Minnesota, an authority on the music of Africa and Asia and a former UMaine faculty member in the 1980s, is visiting campus classrooms and performance halls Nov. 9-13. Gilbert, appearing at the invitation of UMaine music […]