Contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO– The National Science Foundation has awarded a $6 million grant to the University of Maine, The Jackson Laboratory and Maine Medical Center Research Institute for the establishment of a Center for Molecular Biophysical Sciences. The funds will be used to establish a research partnership between the […]
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Contact: Kay Hyatt at (207) 581-2761 ORONO– How do uncles distinctively contribute to their nephews’ development? And why has it taken so long for family scholars to ask the question? Robert Milardo, University of Maine professor of human development, hopes to find out by conducting the first in-depth study of uncle and nephew relationships. “Uncles […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Drawings and watercolors created throughout the past seven decades in venues from Great Britain to Grand Manan will be on display in an exhibit and sale, with proceeds benefiting the University of Maine’s Fogler Library. The works on paper by artist Arline K. Thomson will be exhibited […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO– Free tickets are still available for the Friday, May 9 University of Maine lecture featuring former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney. The lecture, scheduled for 11 a.m. in the Maine Center for the Arts, is UMaine’s fourth William S. Cohen Lecture. Cohen, the Bangor native who represented Maine […]
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Contact: Laura Wilson, Cooperative Extension, 207-581-2971; Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO– Hancock County residents with lakeshore property are invited to attend a meeting May 14, 9 to 11 a.m., at the Ellsworth City Hall to discuss the threat of invasive aquatic plants in lakes. Laura Wilson, water quality scientist with University of […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Longtime arts patrons and University of Maine benefactors Renee and Leonard Minsky of Bangor are the recipients of the fourth annual Vincent A. Hartgen Award. The award, sponsored by the UMaine Patrons of the Arts, was presented in a ceremony April 26 on campus. Named for the […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO – For the second consecutive year, the city of Bangor will be home to “May Festival: A Celebration of Generations,” a two-day series of events organized and hosted by the University of Maine’s Center on Aging and the Eastern Agency on Aging. The Center on Aging is part […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571; Amy Engler-Booth at (207) 581-2011 ORONO — May is Better Hearing and Speech Month, the perfect time to communicate some important information about hearing and speech. One in six Americans has a hearing, speech, or language problem–a condition that makes it difficult to communicate with others. Untreated, these problems […]
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Contact: James Acheson, Dept. of Anthropology, 207-581-1898; Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO, Maine — When Jim Acheson was preparing to write his classic book, The Lobster Gangs of Maine (1988, University of New England Press), he spent a year living in a lobstering community. For several days, he lived with a family […]
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Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 ORONO — Art can open the doors to children’s understanding of themselves and the world around them, and the University of Maine is opening its doors again to community children who would like to study with UMaine art education majors. The university’s Art Department currently is accepting applications for […]
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