UMaine News

Contact: Mary Bird, (207) 581-2434, George Manlove, (207) 581- 3756 ORONO — A public discussion at the UMaine Page Farm and Home Museum on April 3 from 2-4 p.m. will explore ways in which the town of Orono can protect its historic resources while at the same time prepare for inevitable growth. With Orono’s bicentennial […]

Contact: Wally Mason at 561-3350 The University of Maine Museum of Art is pleased to announce a spring exhibition of selected works from Norma B. Marin’s collection of Maine art which spans the past fifty years. The Long View: Selections from the Norma B. Marin Collection of Maine Art The Long View: Selections from the […]

Contact: Kay Hyatt at (207) 581-2761 ORONO– Educators who want to bring some technology “bells and whistles” to their classrooms or who need a good introduction to the basic workings of the computer will find plenty of options at the University of Maine’s annual Summer Technology Institute. Sponsored by the College of Education and Human […]

Contact: Scott Delcourt, associate dean of the graduate school, 207-581-3217; Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO, Maine — Efforts to increase the diversity of the University of Maine graduate student population will get a boost from an annual $132,000 National Science Foundation grant over the next five years. The program will enable the […]

Contact: Jonathan LaBonte, (207) 581-1976, George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 Editors’ note: The first in a series of public sessions is Thursday, March 24, in Augusta and Tuesday, March 29 in Lewiston. ORONO — The University of Maine is reaching out through a series of eight regional public forums to encourage more business owners, government leaders […]

Contact: Patty Henner, (207) 581-4100, George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO — The UMaine Page Farm and Home Museum in Orono is celebrating maple syrup season with a public field trip to a sugaring operation on March 31 and Maine Maple Sunday events on campus for children April 3. The annual spring field trip March 31 […]

Contact: Cathy Billings, Lobster Institute, 207-581-2751 ORONO– The 2005 Canadian/U.S. Lobstermen’s Town Meeting, hosted by the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, will be held at the Delta Brunswick Hotel in Saint John, New Brunswick on Friday, April 22. The focus will be on the management of the lobster fishery, with a related topic […]

Contact: Chris Bartlett, (207) 853-2518, ext. 421 Eastport, ME — On Thursday, April 7, salmon industry personnel, scientists, fish health specialists, and agency representatives will meet at the Washington County Community College Marine Technology Center for the 13th Annual New England Farmed Fish Health Management Workshop. Experts from the U.S. and Canada will give presentations […]

Contact: Hugh Curran, (207) 667-7170/581-2609, George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO — The Peace Studies Program and the Philosophy Department at UMaine are sponsoring a visit by Brian Victoria, author and Zen scholar who has written extensively on themes relating to war and violence in Buddhism. He is scheduled to give two talks on Thursday, April […]

Contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO, Maine — The University of Maine’s Clean Snowmobile Challenge team received a Best Value Award while coming in fourth in competition among 13 teams at Michigan Tech last week. Teams from SUNY-Buffalo, Clarkson University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison took the first three places. UMaine’s modified […]