The University of Maine at Presque Isle baseball team, which had not played a home game since 2005 because of season-long snow, ended its 2009 season at a nearby high school.

Maine University names former St Bonaventure University coach Billy McCaffrey as assistant coach

ORONO -- Richard J. Wilson, a professor at American University's Washington College of Law (WCL), will make a Thursday March 26 University of Maine presentation, "Guantanamo: Reflections from a Lawyer...

Denver University defeats Maine University, 1-0, to win NCAA hockey championship; photo

Denver University defeats Minnesota University-Duluth, 5-3, to advance to NCAA championship final; Maine University defeats Boston College, 2-1

Maine University prepares to face Boston College in NCAA hockey's Frozen Four tournament

ORONO, Maine - University of Maine senior wildlife ecology major Ben Wasserman has been selected by the Northeast Section of The Wildlife Society as the outstanding undergraduate senior within the Nor...

ORONO -- The University of Maine System Board of Trustees, meeting March 16, promoted and/or tenured 18 University of Maine faculty members.   PROMOTED TO PROFESSOR   College o...

ORONO -- The members of the University of Maine Chamber Jazz Ensemble will present a formal concert Tuesday, March 31, at 7:30 p.m.at Minsky Recital Hall, Class of 1944 Hall. The organization i...

ORONO -- Members of UMaine's Athletic Department staff are fielding a team to play a benefit basketball game with the Harlem Superstars April 4 at Memorial Gym -- an event that promises an exciting ev...

ORONO -- The University of Maine business school and the University of Maine School of Law in Portland are rolling out a new joint degree option in the fall, allowing students to concurrently get an M...

ORONO -- Deborah Wing-Sproul, a Maine-based artist, will lecture and lead a hands-on public workshop at the University of Maine March 26-27. Wing-Sproul works in video performance, sculpture a...

ORONO -- The University of Maine System Board of Trustees, meeting March 16, promoted and/or tenured 18 University of Maine faculty members.   PROMOTED TO PROFESSOR   College of ...

ORONO--Daniel Flannery of Bangor, a student in the University of Maine's Intermedia master of fine arts program, has won a grand prize in the children's music category of the prestigious John Lennon...

ORONO -- The universe will open for discovering stars, planets and more when "Stella-Baloo" comes to the UMaine campus April 4, a public event sponsored by the Maynard F. Jordan Planetarium and the Pe...

PORTLAND, ME'Nine Portland-area students won prizes in the Portland Flower Show essay contest sponsored jointly with University of Maine Cooperative Extension. Student essays addressed the subject ''ho...

ORONO - Louis Bassano, Extension professor with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Washington County, and James McConnon, Extension specialist and professor of economics at the Universit...

BANGOR -- The University of Maine Museum of Art's 11th annual Summer Art Camp will begin in late June with the first of seven week-long sessions where children can have a fun, educational art experien...

ORONO -- In the next seven years, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management estimates that nearly half of the nation's more than 2 million federal workers will retire or leave government careers for oth...

ORONO --Women, the environment and sustainability will take center stage during the University of Maine's Women's History Celebration, March 16-31 on campus. Presented by Women in the Curriculu...

BANGOR -- The University of Maine Museum of Art will host workshops, one on flower arranging and one on making handmade books, in March and April.  Those interested in participating should call 5...

ORONO - Hundreds of Maine middle school girls will spend a day at college on Thursday, March 12, learning about math- and science-oriented careers historically pursued by males. Coming from thr...

ORONO - The Page Farm and Home Museum at UMaine is celebrating Maine Maple Sunday March 22, and invites area children and their families to join in the annual celebration and traditional rite of sprin...

ORONO, Maine - The University of Maine College of Engineering will host the Haskell Energy Conference: Electricity's Role in Meeting Our Energy Needs from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, April 2, at the...

ORONO -- S?ren Hermansen, a professor of environmental studies at the University of Aahus in Denmark, will discuss "Denmark's Renewable Energy Island: Success on the Path to Energy Independence," on W...

ORONO -- The Council on Academic Accreditation (CAA) in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology is reviewing UMaine's Dept. of Communication Science and Disorders for reaccreditation.  This proce...

ORONO- University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host the 16th annual Maine Garden Day on Saturday, March 28 at Central Maine Community College in Auburn. The event features more than 35 gardenin...

ORONO -- The first annual public Community Engagement Gala is scheduled April 2 at Wells Conference Center to recognize, support and celebrate partnerships between the University of Maine and communit...

ORONO, Maine - A University of Maine professor has received the distinction of being named a 2009 Fellow of the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI) for his extraordinary contr...

ORONO, Maine - The University of Maine has received a $350,000 grant to join the National Science Foundation's Center for Advanced Forestry Systems (CAFS). This grant makes UMaine a member of ...

ORONO - The University of Maine Department of Art is accepting applications for the spring 2009 after-school ArtWorks program for area children in kindergarten through grade 6. ArtWorks classes...

Because winter can last until May at the University of Maine at Presque Isle, the players board a bus and hit the road all season long.

The University of Maine at Presque Isle baseball team, which routinely plays its entire season away from home, has been put in some unusual circumstances on the road.

Because winter can last until May at the University of Maine at Presque Isle, the players board a bus and hit the road all season long.

ORONO -- The University of Maine School for Performing Arts Dance Division is welcoming at least 350 college student dancers, dance instructors and adjudicators to campus this week and Saturday for th...

ORONO -- High school students from three regions -- Bangor, Portland and Castine -- will assemble Thursday, Feb. 26, for the 2009 Junior Achievement Titan Challenge, a state competition in which stude...

AUGUSTA -- On Wednesday, University of Maine faculty members presented the report, "Maine's Climate Future: An Initial Assessment," to Gov. John Baldacci. UMaine professors described their findin...

PORTLAND --  Volunteers from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Cumberland County Master Gardener program are preparing for the group's annual plant auction, scheduled for the Portland...

ORONO, ME'University of Maine Cooperative Extension and  several farm equipment dealers have joined forces to offer free ''Slow-Moving-Vehicle''(SMV) signs to Maine farmers this year. These...

ORONO -- Stress and hardship can bring out the best in people, or the worst. With that in mind as the economic crisis stresses so many people, the University of Maine President's Council on Women is l...

ORONO -- A team of University of Maine scientists will visit the State House in Augusta Wednesday, Feb. 25, to present a report, "Maine's Climate Future: An Initial Assessment," to Gov. John Baldacci....

ORONO -- Gov. John Baldacci, Sen. Susan Collins and Rep. Michael Michaud participated in a Friday morning University of Maine event announcing the commercialization of UMaine technology related to com...

ORONO -- Maine will have a solar system visitor in the evening sky, which anyone can find from the backyard during the last week of February. Comet Lulin will be closest to planet Earth on Feb...

ORONO -- The second annual public Alternative Spring Break Art Auction is scheduled March 21 at Buchanan Alumni House to raise funds for an endowment to help with expenses for student service trips ar...

ORONO -- How does the current financial situation affect the ability of the U.S. and other global leaders' ability to influence world affairs? It's a question being posed by organizers of the 22nd Ann...

ORONO -- Gov. John Baldacci, Sen. Susan Collins and Rep. Michael Michaud will all be at the University of Maine Friday, Feb. 20 for a news event related to UMaine research and technology commercializa...

ORONO - Throughout the Maine coast, conflicts over access to and from the water are becoming more common. Now, people on the coast have a new resource to help them understand the legal background and ...

ORONO, Me.'University of Maine Cooperative Extension has announced publication of Maine Home Garden News, a statewide newsletter designed to equip home gardeners with practical information on successf...

University of Maine biology and ecology Professor Jasmine Saros has co-authored a paper detailing the importance of lakes and reservoirs in understanding climate change. Saros, also of UMaine's...

ORONO -- With research showing men make up 80 percent of the nation's -- and 86 percent of Maine's -- engineering undergraduates, the University of Maine is launching an initiative Feb. 16-20 aimed at...

ORONO, Maine -- Two University of Maine researchers have received a nearly $500,000 grant to combine and broaden their studies of the seafloor by looking at the ecological and biological processes of ...

ORONO -- In observance of Black History Month, lectures, discussions, a bake sale fundraiser and a poetry jam are some of the events are scheduled through Feb. 23 at the University of Maine. Ev...

ORONO -- Robert Kennedy has announced that he will continue as the University of Maine's president.  Kennedy had been under consideration for the president's job at Kansas State University, where...

ORONO, Maine - University of Maine physics Professor R. Dean Astumian has received a Humboldt Research Award, one of the most prestigious scientific honors in Germany. The prize from the Alexan...

PLEASE NOTE DAY CHANGE ORONO -- Joe Kelley, chair of the University of Maine's Department of Earth Sciences and a professor in UMaine's Climate Change Institute, will present ''The Rise and Fall...

ORONO - The University of Maine's fifth annual International Dance Festival is being held Saturday, Feb. 14, in the newly renovated Collins Centre for the Arts on the Orono campus, showcasing homeland...

ORONO -- The University of Maine's Onward Program is inviting prospective new students to a series of informational workshops to explain opportunities the program can offer people who might not see a ...

ORONO -- The University of Maine will conduct a full-scale test of its emergency communications system at approximately 12 noon on Friday, Feb. 13.  This will include a full-volume sounding of th...

Note: Prof. Davis will be available for interviews on Friday afternoon.  She will also present a seminar on this research at 3:15 p.m. Friday in UMaine's Neville Hall. ORONO, Maine - A new...

Fort Kent, ME'University of Maine Cooperative Extension, working in cooperation with the St. John Valley Soil & Water Conservation District will offer Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) tr...

ORONO -- Two top scholars in the field of Russian politics will visit the University of Maine Wednesday and Thursday Feb. 11-12 for a series of presentations, "The Changing Role of Russia in the World...

ORONO, Maine - Toxic algal blooms have the potential to produce devastating impacts on fishing industries in coastal communities, and also can pose a threat to the health and safety of humans an...

ORONO, Maine - Slippery travel conditions, snow drifts, and potholes are part of living in Maine in the winter, and keeping the state's roads as passable as possible during winter is costly. "...

ORONO -- University of Maine doctoral students complete their programs at higher rates than the national average, according to research by a faculty member in the UMaine College of Education and Human...

ORONO, Maine - The CANEUS Fly-by-Wireless Sector Consortium, part of an international non-profit organization that serves the needs of the aeronautics, space and defense communities, has tapped Uni...

ORONO - The University of Maine is hosting the "Nor'Easter Bowl 2009 Regional Ocean Sciences Competition" Feb. 7, a regional ocean sciences competition among more than 100 top-achieving math and scien...

ORONO - Members of the Habitat for Humanity - UMaine Campus Chapter A - are sponsoring a concert Feb. 7 as a follow-up to the Feb. 2-4 sleep-out, when students at the University of Maine will camp out...

ORONO--The Beta Eta Chapter of Beta Theta Pi, the University of Maine's oldest fraternity, will hold its 16th annual sleep-out Feb. 13 at the fraternity house at 12 Munson Road on the Orono camp...

The University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Sea Grant is working to keep Maine's coastal beaches safe and clean, and recently received funding to continue their work. Since 2002, th...

FACILITY RIBBON-CUTTING FRIDAY AFTERNOON ORONO -- A ribbon-cutting event at the University of Maine's renvated Cutler Health Center is scheduled for Friday afternoon, Jan. 30.  Officials w...

ORONO - The Beta Eta Chapter of Beta Theta Pi, the University of Maine's oldest fraternity, will hold its 16th annual sleep-out Feb. 13 at the fraternity house at 12 Munson Road on the Orono campus....

ORONO - The Beta Eta Chapter of Beta Theta Pi, the University of Maine's oldest fraternity, will hold its 16th annual sleep-out Feb. 13 at the fraternity house at 12 Munson Road on the Orono campus. &...

ORONO - The Lord Hall Gallery, on the University of Maine campus, is presenting a new exhibit, ''Articulating Mystery: The Art of David Larson,'' Feb. 6. through March 20. The exhibit is free and...

ORONO - The Spring 2009 Socialist and Marxist Studies Luncheon Series (Controversy Series) at UMaine begins Feb. 5 with a lecture about the implications of the home heating oil crisis in Maine and con...

ORONO - UMaine School of Performing Arts associate professor of theater Sandra Hardy knows she will raise eyebrows when she bandies the word ''freak'' around in explaining the latest student theatrical ...

ORONO - University of Maine Business School accounting students under the supervision of accounting professor Steven Colburn are offering free income tax filing assistance to the public on Monday afte...

ORONO, Maine - Building snow forts is one way to ward off winter boredom, but imagine how impressed your friends will be when they find out you can build a traditional igloo. Dr. Bert Yankielun...

ORONO -- The Maine Center for the Arts at the University of Maine will host a brief news conference and tours of the recently completed renovation on Thursday, January 29, 2009 at 10 a.m. in anticipat...

ORONO -- Professor Harlan J. Onsrud at the University of Maine has been selected for a Fulbright Specialists project in Law in Australia at The University of Melbourne during February and March 2009, ...

ORONO - The University of Maine's Department of History and Canadian-American Center are presenting a series of public lectures and teacher workshops on the American Revolution, in Bangor, Belfast and...

ORONO, Maine - A National Geographic special commissioned by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will feature a University of Maine project that has created secure shipping containers equipped wi...

ORONO -- A presentation by University of Maine economist Todd Gabe was added this morning to "Building a Vibrant Maine Economy," a UMaine Web project providing research-based insights on Maine's econo...

ORONO -- Three experts will discuss "Population Dynamics: Community, Science and Policy in the Gulf of Maine Fisheries" on Wednesday Jan. 28 from 12:10-1:30 p.m. in the University of Maine's Jenness H...

PORTLAND, Me. ' University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the organizers of the Portland Flower Show are asking kids to respond to the question ''How we can care for the environment by gardening?'' ...

ORONO -- The University of Maine's Healthy U Employee Wellness Program, working with the American Heart Association, is planning a series of events for National Wear Red Day on Thursday, Feb. 5.

Starting in 2009, every child born in Maine will be eligible for $500 toward college from the fortune of a shoe magnate who died there last month.

Gov. John Baldacci signed a bill Monday giving tax credits to lower the cost of student loans for those who stay in the state.

A scholarship at the University of Maine pays for tuition, fees, room and board for any student who can prove membership in a state or federally recognized tribe.

Michigan State became the first Central Collegiate Hockey Association team to reach the Frozen Four since 2003, and the first in the championship game since Michigan won in 1998.

When a curator wanted one last exhibition, all of Maine got into the act.

A fungus that has been killing amphibians worldwide is present at sublethal levels in frogs all across Maine, and probably throughout the Northeast.

More efficient roofs, keeping soil in good shape, past climate in Antarctica and a retired supercomputer.

Interview with University of Maine wide receiver Kevin McMahan, who was last pick in NFL draft, chosen by Oakland Raiders; photo

A gamble by Eagles goalie Cory Schneider in the final seconds of the second period set up a key power-play goal as Boston College went on to defeat North Dakota in an N.C.A.A. Frozen Four semifinal game.

Among marine sandworms, when the going gets tough, the tough do this: Turn their mouths inside out and use their heads as wedges.

BOSTON, April 10 The University of Denver survived a six-on-three disadvantage in the final minute to defeat Maine, 1-0, and win its first N.C.A.A. hockey championship in 35 years.