Year: 2003

First Target Incubator Graduate, Foxtech Design, Inc., Moves To Ellsworth

Contact: Contact: Scott Cromwell, Foxtech Design, Inc., 207-664-0720; Debbie Neuman, Target Technology Incubator, 207-866-3565; Nick Houtman, UMaine Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO, Maine — Foxtech Design, Inc., the first company to take wing from the University of Maine Target Technology Incubator in Orono, has opened an office in Ellsworth. Foxtech specializes in computer aided […]

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Hoff To Remain President At UMaine

Contact: Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO, Me. — University of Maine President Peter Hoff has informed officials of the University of Texas System that he is no longer interested in the presidency at the University of Texas-Arlington. Hoff has spent the past two days in Austin, Tex., meeting with the system’s board of […]

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Governor to Highlight Nov. 20 AEWC Groundbreaking

Contact: Media contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO, Maine — Governor John Baldacci will highlight a groundbreaking ceremony November 20 for a two-story addition to the Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center at the University of Maine. The 7,100 square-foot expansion will provide laboratory space geared toward technology development and commercialization. The event […]

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Memorial Service, Scholarship Recipient

Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — A memorial service honoring the life of Laurence A. Jones, Jr., a 1992 UMaine graduate, is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 20, 2003.  The service will be held at noon near North Stevens Hall, in front of the Laurence A. Jones, Jr. Memorial Tree. At the […]

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UMaine Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo Concert Dec. 4

Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo will take the Hauck Auditorium stage for a concert on Thursday, Dec. 4 at 7:30 p.m.  Karel Lidral, director of jazz studies and associate professor of music at UMaine, directs both groups. The Jazz Ensemble will […]

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Middle School Leaders Call for Change

Contact: Media contact: Kay Hyatt at (207) 581-2761 ORONO– The National Middle School Association has taken a major step toward debunking the myth that middle schools are too soft and lack academic rigor, according to University of Maine Professor Edward Brazee. The research to back up effective middle schools as centers of academic and developmental […]

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U.S.-Iraq Business Conference Postponed; Organizers Planning March Event

Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Organizers have postponed “Doing Business in Iraq: the Private Sector,” a conference that had been scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 13 in Scarborough.  The conference will be moved to a date early in 2004, most likely in March. Two members of the Iraqi Governing Council — […]

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Federal Grant Supports Windows on Maine Teacher Education Project at UMaine, MPBC, Maine State Museum

Contact: Contact: Raymond H. Fogler Library, University of Maine: Marilyn Lutz, 207-581-1658; Maine Public Broadcasting Corp.: Mary Helene DuRoss, 207-783-9101; Maine State Museum: J.R. Phillips, 207-287-2303; IMLS: Mamie Bittner 202-606-8339 ORONO– A gold mine of information about Maine’s culture and natural history will be made available electronically to classrooms throughout the state as a result […]

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Chellie and Hannah Pingree to Speak at UMaine Tuesday

Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Chellie Pingree, president and CEO of Common Cause, and State Rep. Hannah Pingree (D-North Haven), will discuss “Common Causes: Two Generations of Maine Women in Progressive Politics” on Tuesday, Nov. 11 at the University of Maine.  The session is scheduled for12:15-1:30 p.m. in the Bangor […]

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