The Florida A&M University (FAMU) Board of Trustees announced Thursday University of Maine professors Elizabeth Allan and Mary Madden have been named to the FAMU Anti-Hazing Committee, according to a news release from the Tallahassee school. (more…)
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Madden, Allan Named to Florida A&M Anti-Hazing Committee
Friday, February 10th, 2012UMaine’s 2012 International Dance Festival Set for Feb. 18
Friday, February 10th, 2012The University of Maine’s eighth annual International Dance Festival, showcasing an array of traditional music, dance and costumes of some of the 400 international students at UMaine is set for Saturday, Feb. 18, at the Collins Center for the Arts. (more…)
UMaine Coach Issues Play4Kay Head-Shaving Challenge
Thursday, February 9th, 2012Richard Barron, the UMaine women’s basketball coach, announced recently he would shave his head bald if the community raises $10,000 for the Play4Kay initiative, which raises funds for the Kay Yow Foundation to support breast cancer research. If the goal is met, Barron will shave his head at center court following the Black Bears’ home game on Wednesday, Feb. 15. (more…)
Warren T. Burns, 1924-2012
Thursday, February 9th, 2012Warren Burns, a former UMaine speech professor, passed away on Feb. 6 in Brewer. According to an obituary in the Bangor Daily News, Burns joined the UMaine faculty in 1968 after completing a master’s in theater arts and a doctorate in speech communication from Penn State. He retired from UMaine in 1991. Burns was a current member of the UMaine Black Bear Men’s Chorus. Survivors include his second wife, Geraldine “Jerry” Douglas Burns, and sons, including Thomas Burns, who played basketball for UMaine. Friends may call 6 p.m.-8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, at Brookings-Smith, 133 Center St., Bangor. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, at St. Paul the Apostle Parish, St. John Roman Catholic Church, 207 York St., Bangor. Spring interment will be at Riverside Cemetery, Orono.
Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
Mechanical Engineer’s Robotic Flytrap Aids Artificial Muscle Research
Thursday, February 9th, 2012An article by University of Maine mechanical engineering professor Mohsen Shahinpoor in a recent issue of the science journal Bioinspiration & Biomimetics describes a robotic replica of the carnivorous Venus flytrap Shahinpoor created with nano-sensors and a thin, pliable metal composite material that he invented as part of his ongoing artificial muscle research. Recent articles in such publications as Wired, Science News Daily, Popular Science, among dozens of other journals, newspapers and magazines, have featured Shahinpoor’s invention. The device offers promise in the development of electrically stimulated artificial muscle that could be implanted in people to help overcome muscular disease or paralysis.
Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
Blue Sky Listening Session Thursday
Thursday, February 9th, 2012The next in a series of one-hour information-gathering sessions President Ferguson has organized over the next few weeks to solicit input for UMaine’s strategic plan will take place will take place Thursday, Feb. 9, from 6-7 p.m. in the Bangor Room of the Memorial Union. The subject is Student Life. For information, contact Kenda Scheele at Kenda_Scheele@umit.maine.edu or Judith Josiah-Martin: Judith_Josiah-Martin@umit.
In preparing a summary, participants are encouraged to answer any or all of the following questions:
What do you see as a key area of distinction at UMaine?
What do you see as an opportunity or challenge that UMaine faces?
What solution do you propose?
How will this solution enable UMaine to achieve a new vision of institutional excellence and realize its position as a leading 21st century Land and Sea Grant University?
How would you assess whether this solution is successful?
What do you see as a key area of distinction at UMaine?
What do you see as an opportunity or challenge that UMaine faces?
What solution do you propose?
How will this solution enable UMaine to achieve a new vision of institutional excellence and realize its position as a leading 21st century Land and Sea Grant University?
How would you assess whether this solution is successful?
New director named to lead UMaine’s Brunswick Engineering Program
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012An aeronautical engineer whose research focuses on engineering education as well as aerodynamics and energy efficiency has been named director of the University of Maine’s new Brunswick Engineering Program. (more…)
Blue Sky Listening Session Wednesday
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012The next in a series of one-hour information-gathering sessions President Ferguson has organized over the next few weeks to solicit input for UMaine’s strategic plan will take place will take place Wednesday, Feb. 8, from 10-11 a.m. in the McIntire Room of Buchanan Alumni House. The subject is Community Engagement. For information, contact Laura Lindenfeld, (207) 581-3850 or Mike Swartz, (207) 581-2624.
For a complete list of topics, dates and locations, visit www.
In preparing a summary, participants are encouraged to answer any or all of the following questions:
What do you see as a key area of distinction at UMaine?
What do you see as an opportunity or challenge that UMaine faces?
What solution do you propose?
How will this solution enable UMaine to achieve a new vision of institutional excellence and realize its position as a leading 21st century Land and Sea Grant University?
How would you assess whether this solution is successful?
What do you see as a key area of distinction at UMaine?
What do you see as an opportunity or challenge that UMaine faces?
What solution do you propose?
How will this solution enable UMaine to achieve a new vision of institutional excellence and realize its position as a leading 21st century Land and Sea Grant University?
How would you assess whether this solution is successful?
UMaine Faculty Artwork on Display
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012The University of Maine Department of Art will present new work by art faculty in an exhibition in the Lord Hall Gallery. (more…)
Brazilian engineering student part of broader STEM exchange program
Monday, February 6th, 2012Brazilian student Lucas Ramos is studying chemical engineering at the University of Maine courtesy of Science Without Borders, a program funded by the Brazilian government and aimed at advancing that country’s economic standing and technological expertise. The program eventually will place 100,000 promising students at participating colleges and universities in the U.S. and abroad, covering all the students’ expenses as they study for one year in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math and participate in a professional or academic internship. Read more about 21-year-old Lucas Ramos and the Science Without Borders program here.
Contact: Meg Haskell, (207) 581-3766
