UMaine News

Contact: Nick Houtman at (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine — Just over a year after Maine voters approved a jobs bond in June 2003, the University of Maine’s Advanced Engineering Wood Composites (AEWC) Center is humming with activity in a new laboratory funded by the bond. “Many projects involve Maine businesses and communities in need of […]

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — A group of seven students and an adviser from the Mexican university La Universidad de las Am

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — A grand opening for the remodeled Bear’s Den in the University of Maine’s Memorial Union will bring into focus the pub-style facility’s important role in UMaine’s culture, past and present. The grand opening is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 24 at 4 p.m.  The space that formerly held […]

Contact: Todd Gabe, Dept. of Resource Economics and Policy, 207-581-3307, todd.gabe@umit.maine.edu ORONO– University of Maine economists have analyzed the impacts of the proposed one-percent property tax cap by estimating the effect on 2003 local government revenues and expenditures as if the cap had been in place. In a report issued today, they conclude that Maine […]

Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 UMAINE FACULTY RECITAL OFFERS “AMERICAN VOICES” CONCERT ORONO — The UMaine faculty recital, “American Voices,” on Saturday, Sept. 25 features two musicians and a narrator celebrating song collaborations of American composers and poets. The evening includes works by nationally acclaimed composers William Goldberg and Joyce Suskind, putting some familiar […]

Contact: Joe Carr at 581-3571 ORONO — Nearly 200 colleges and universities, from as far away as Alaska and Hawaii, will send representatives to the New England Association for College Admission Counseling (NEACAC) college fair at the University of Maine Sept. 27-28.  This will be the 28th year the UMaine has hosted an event of […]

Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 ORONO — University of Maine Spanish Professor Kathleen March of the Department of Modern Languages and Classics and five current or former students have embarked upon a cooperative pilot project tutoring Spanish-speaking migrant workers Downeast. The twist, however, is instead of helping Spanish-speaking families with English as a second […]

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571, Holly Williams at 581-1700 ORONO — The second annual University Bookstore Commemorative Ornament will be unveiled on Thursday, Sept. 23 at 12:30 p.m. in the University of Maine Bookstore. This program is intended to celebrate and recognize UMaine organizations that best live up to the spirit of the holiday […]

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571, Steve Evans at 581-3809 Please note: an incomplete version of this news release was inadvertently sent yesterday. Please use this copy.  Thank you. ORONO — Nine poets from around the country and abroad will highlight the New Writing Series at the University of Maine this fall. Sponsored, in part, […]

Contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777, houtman@maine.edu ORONO, Maine — In an ongoing collaboration between the University of Maine