Stories about University of Maine
Volunteer dogs help UMaine students relax, relieve stress of final exams
ORONO, Maine — On a day that traditionally serves as the last chance for University of Maine students to blow off steam before a tough week of finals, canine volunteers helped students relax and smile inside Fogler Library on Wednesday. May 1 was Maine Day at UMaine — a day ...
University of Maine System ‘rainy day’ money well short of $177 million, most already assigned to campus projects, officials say
BANGOR, Maine — University of Maine System campuses have plans for their shares of the system’s $177 million in reserves that include upgrading aging infrastructure to lay the groundwork for the future of higher education, according to system officials. Pulling money away from those projects to close current budget shortfalls ...
Graffiti vandals strike four buildings on University of Maine campus
ORONO, Maine — Vandals tagged several buildings at the heart of the University of Maine campus sometime Saturday afternoon, causing $500 to $1,000 in damage, according to university spokeswoman. Someone or some group used a blue permanent marker to leave 14 graffiti tags on the walls inside the Class of ...
Fire crews respond to roof fire at UMaine’s Hilltop Commons
ORONO, Maine — Firefighters from Orono, Old Town and Veazie have been sent to the University of Maine campus for a report of a roof fire, a dispatcher from the Penobscot Regional Communications Center has confirmed. Watch www.bangordailynews.com for updates.
First-place UMaine baseball team seeks consistency early in America East season
ORONO, Maine — Three weeks into the America East schedule, the University of Maine baseball team finds itself atop the conference standings. Coach Steve Trimper’s Black Bears (15-14, 6-3 AE) have won two of three games in each of their first three league series, which gives them a one-game lead ...
University of Maine’s Memorial Union evacuated briefly after kitchen fire
ORONO, Maine — Memorial Union at the University of Maine was evacuated for a short time Tuesday morning after a small fire broke out in the kitchen, according to a university spokeswoman. The fire flared up in the union’s marketplace around 10:30 a.m., prompting a response by Orono Fire Department ...
Driver of bus carrying UMaine women’s basketball team listed in good condition
BANGOR, Maine — The driver of the Cyr Bus Lines motor coach that crashe d Tuesday night while taking members of the University of Maine women’s basketball team to a game in Massachusetts remained hospitalized in Boston on Thursday. Jeff Hamlin, 55, of Charleston was listed in good condition Thursday ...
Project linking UMaine students with IT employers launches first events
ORONO, Maine — University of Maine computer science students rubbed elbows with potential employers Monday evening during the first in a series of statewide events geared toward doubling the number of Maine information technology graduates in four years. Leaders of the initiative, called Project>Login, say that the shortage of trained ...
Firefighters extinguish papers left on wood drying oven at UMaine
ORONO, Maine — Someone at Nutting Hall left a bunch of papers on top of a wood dryer and it caught fire early Wednesday, but luckily two University of Maine students noticed the flames and called for help, said UMaine spokeswoman Margaret Nagel. “We had a catalog or binder left ...
Despite ‘low probability’ of success, offshore wind project could be Maine’s ‘bonanza,’ PUC chairman says
AUGUSTA, Maine — The chairman of the Maine Public Utilities Commission defended his decision Tuesday to support a pilot wind energy project in the Gulf of Maine despite what he called a low probability of success. Thomas Welch said he changed his position to support Statoil North America’s offshore wind ...
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UMaine researchers working to shape the future of virtual sight
ORONO, Maine — Boardman Hall at the University of Maine is engulfed in flames. Fire alarms blare in the background and thick, disorienting smoke impairs your vision. But with the click of a mouse at a nearby computer, the corners, doorjambs, door handles suddenly come into view, illuminated by white ...
POLL QUESTION
Some Grove tenants suspect mold is cause of health problems
ORONO, Maine — A tenant of The Grove apartment complex who filed a complaint about housing conditions with town officials earlier this month believes that mold could be the cause of some health symptoms he has experienced. The parents of two other tenants have similar suspicions. “I’ve never been so ...
Lawrence standout Spencer Carey commits to UMaine football program
FAIRFIELD, Maine — Spencer Carey, the two-way standout who led Lawrence High School to back-to-back Eastern Maine Class A football championships in 2011 and 2012, has made a verbal commitment to continue his playing career in that sport at the University of Maine beginning next fall. “I’ve always wanted to ...
UMaine, MMA set to deploy prototype floating wind turbine in Castine
CASTINE, Maine — Starting this spring, Castine Harbor will be the temporary home to cutting-edge wind energy technology created here in Maine. A one-eighth scale prototype of a floating deep-sea wind turbine developed at the Advanced Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine will be placed in the ...
Groundbreaking University of Maine skate park concept becoming more concrete
ORONO, Maine — A meeting of students, community members, and groups interested in funding and building what they’re calling the nation’s first sports and skate park on a college campus drew 14 people, a lot of ideas, and at least two priorities on Friday afternoon. “I’m really happy about the ...
No MLK Day breakfast at UMaine this year because of planning problems
ORONO, Maine — There will be no 17th Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast this year at the University of Maine because local NAACP officials had other commitments and ran out of time to organize the event, chapter leaders said Wednesday. The breakfast is planned each year by the Greater Bangor ...
UMaine Chamber Music program welcomes Danish String Quartet
on Jan. 14, 2013, at 3:16 p.m.
ORONO, Maine — The University of Maine Chamber Music Society will host the Danish String Quartet at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 20, at UMaine’s Minsky Recital Hall. The quartet made its debut in the Copenhagen Summer Festival in 2002. The group has participated in numerous chamber music competitions with great ...
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University of Maine research professor honored to have 2 minerals named after him
ORONO, Maine — Two Russian geologists have named two minerals after a longtime University of Maine geologist and research professor. Evgeny Galuskin and his wife Irina discovered two minerals new to science and decided to name them after Edward Grew, who has been at the University of Maine since 1984. ...
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Is the end of the world at hand? Mayan calendar prophecies examined at Jordan Planetarium
ORONO, Maine — The ancient Maya — who developed a written language and advanced calendars more than 11 centuries ago — created one calendar that has become a pop-culture phenomenon: Conspiracy theorists believe it predicts the end of the world on Dec. 21, 2012. Some of those who believe the ...
UMaine to train students to stem high school drug use, bullying, depression
ORONO, Maine — A group of University of Maine professors and graduate students plan to train high schoolers to battle depression, bullying and drug use in their schools. On Dec. 5, nine Piscataquis Community Secondary School students and four from Blue Hill Harbor School will learn how to serve as ...
Report: University of Maine System teacher-training programs rank among worst in nation
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LePage fails to surprise on Medicaid expansion
Obama’s gamble in Syria
The cost of requiring more renewable power
Maine Sports Hall of Fame revokes Dana Wilson’s 2012 induction
Pellerin enthusiastic about job as new Lawrence High School boys varsity basketball coach
Rask gives Bruins 2-1 series lead
Retiring Hermon High School athletic administrator Soucy maintains love of sports
25 things to do this summer — boats, barbecue, the Bard and everything else
Saying goodbye to our Pakistani daughter