UMaine News

Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO– New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson will visit the University of Maine on Tuesday, Oct. 7 to deliver the first installment in the Governor’s Distinguished Lecture Series, a collaborative effort of UMaine and the Maine governor’s office. For its inaugural presentation, the lecture series committee selected Richardson, […]

Contact: Media contact: Bob Potts (207) 581-2586 / 1 (800) 934-2586 ORONO & PORTLAND, ME ~ The Cumberland County Alumni Chapter of The University of Maine (CCAC) and The University of Maine Alumni Association are pleased to announce that William D. “Bill” Johnson ’56 will be honored with the chapter’s Outstanding Alumni Award during the […]

Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Edward “Sandy” Ives, who retired from the University of Maine in 1999 after 44 years on the faculty, first in English and later in anthropology, will be the presenter at UMaine’s Page Farm and Home Museum’s next brown bag lecture.  The talk is scheduled for […]

Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO, Me. — Experts in media law, academics who specialize in the study of journalism and working reporters will gather at the University of Maine on Oct. 29 for an afternoon forum exploring current issues concerning the relationship between the media and government. “The Media Threatened? Protecting […]

Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571; Bob Potts at (207) 581-1494 ORONO — A variety of activities are planned for the University of Maine’s annual Homecoming Weekend, scheduled for Oct. 3-5.  Sponsored and organized by the University of Maine Alumni Association, Homecoming provides an opportunity for UMaine alums to return to campus during […]

Contact: Media contact: Kay Hyatt at (207) 581-2761 ORONO– A career Maine educator has been named to provide leadership and coordination for a regional collaboration working to improve teaching and learning at all levels. Owen P. Maurais, who recently retired as superintendent of Old Town Schools, will provide leadership and coordination for the Penobscot River […]

Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Renowned paleoanthropologist and zoologist Meave Leakey will present a lecture, “African Origins: Sole Survivors of a Diverse Past,” at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 7 at the University of Maine.  The event is scheduled for Hutchins Concert Hall at the Maine Center for the Arts […]

Contact: Media contact: Darrell Donahue, Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering, 207-581-2728; Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO– Darrell Donahue of Old Town, associate professor in the Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering, is serving on a scientific advisory board consultation panel on computational toxicology for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The 15-member […]

Contact: Media contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO– University of Maine faculty and students are moving this month into brightly renovated laboratories, offices and seminar classrooms in Aubert Hall. The public will have a chance to tour the new facilities during an open house celebration on October 1. UMaine President Peter S. […]

Contact: Media contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO, Maine — Three Saturn vehicles that will arrive on the University of Maine campus on Sept. 20 will never see the open road. The General Motors Corporation is donating them to the College of Engineering for use in the Advanced Manufacturing Center for research […]