Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — University of Maine System Chancellor Joseph Westphal has approved two recent University of Maine appointments. Robin Toderian has been promoted to the role of Assistant Vice President of Auxiliary Services and June Baldacci has been named director of Purchasing and Resource Efficiency. “In two years as UMaine’s […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — University of Maine and Orono police have received reports of 16 vehicle burglaries that occurred during the evening of Jan. 1 and the morning of Jan. 2. Each of these incidents occurred on the UMaine campus or in adjacent residential areas. Investigators are hoping for help from […]
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Contact: Judy Perkins Walker, (207) 581-2003; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO — People who are recuperating from a stroke are being sought for participation in a research project by a University of Maine communication scientist. Judy Walker, an associate professor in the Department of Communication Science and Disorders, studies the effect of stroke on the […]
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Contact: Karen Cole, (207) 581-4704; George Manlove, (207) 581-3751 ORONO — The University of Maine School of Performing Arts has announced its 2005 spring performance schedule, featuring music and theater by students, faculty and special guests.All events are $6, unless otherwise noted. UMaine students are admitted free with MaineCard. Discounts are available for students, seniors […]
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Contact: Laura Wilson, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, 207-581-2971, lwilso91@maine.edu ORONO–Lincoln area residents will have the opportunity this winter to learn about water quality in lakes and how to protect it. The University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering its Watershed Stewards program starting February 16 at the Lincoln Town Office. The program will run […]
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Contact: Nory Jones, 581- 1995; Nancy Dysart, 973-5055; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO–It won’t exactly be the Clash of the Titans, but a group of University of Maine Business School faculty have challenged the UMaine women’s hockey team to a 10-minute game of broomball, a fundraising battle on ice, Jan. 29, during the period breaks at […]
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Contact: Carla Fearon, (207) 817-7355, Laura Lindenfeld, (207) 581-3850, John Bear Mitchell, (207) 581-1417; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO–Dozens of Penobscot Nation children will have a chance to become songwriters as a result of a special cultural project taking place in April through a collaboration of the Penobscot Nation Boys and Girls Club and the […]
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Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO–Part-time Women’s Studies faculty member Margaret Cruikshank has been awarded an honorable mention by a national human rights center for her latest book, “Learning to Be Old: Gender, Culture and Aging.” The book, published in 2003 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., of Boulder, Colo. was one of fewer than […]
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Contact: Kay Hyatt at (207) 581-2761 ORONO–The highly anticipated report, Sports Done Right – A Call to Action on Behalf of Maine’s Student Athletes, will be unveiled Jan. 6, 2005 at the Augusta Civic Center. Superintendents, school board members, athletic directors, student-athletes and community recreation representatives are expected to attend the event, receive a copy […]
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Contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777, houtman@maine.edu ORONO–Paul Smitherman is counting on radon. The radioactive gas has been the subject of research at the University of Maine and elsewhere for more than 20 years, largely as a potential health risk in homes, schools and work places. No one, however, has yet to satisfactorily […]
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