Year: 2003

UMaine Bookstore, Printing Services, ROTC Team up to Send Support

Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Beginning on Monday, Nov. 10, the University of Maine Bookstore, University of Maine Printing Services and the UMaine Army and Navy ROTC will collaborate on a project intended to boost she spirits of Maine service men and women who are not at home during the […]

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UMaine Students to Perform Comedy by Canadian Playwright Walker

Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — A cast of ten University of Maine students is hard at work preparing to stage George F. Walker’s dark comedy “Escape from Happiness” in seven performances beginning Friday, Nov. 14 at UMaine’s Hauck Auditorium. UMaine Prof. Tom Mikotowicz directs the play, which is the third […]

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$150,000 Gift to Benefit the Arts at UMaine

Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO —  The legacy of Richard Paquette. who attended the University of Maine for one year in 1922, will benefit generations to come thanks to a $150,000 gift from his estate. “This is one of those stories that could only be better if Mr. Paquette, who died […]

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Annual Children’s Book Drive Gearing Up

Contact: Media contact: Kay Hyatt at (207) 581-2761 ORONO– The University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, in partnership with the Old Town-Orono Kiwanis Club, has launched the 26th annual drive to collect books for needy youngsters. The public is invited to join in the tradition by donating new books suitable for toddlers […]

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Wild Blueberries May Help to Protect Arteries, Reduce Risks from Cardiovascular Disease

Contact: Media contact: Dorothy Klimis-Zacas, Dept. of Food Science and Human Nutrition, 207-581-3124; Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO– A University of Maine nutritionist has found evidence that consumption of wild blueberries can help arteries relax and reduce risks associated with cardiovascular disease. The project is the first using rats fed blueberry diets […]

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Student Paper on Burial Location Wins First Place Award

Contact: Media contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777; John Nelson, Dept. of Earth Sciences, 207-846-3103 ORONO– John Nelson takes pictures of the ground beneath our feet. To the untrained eye, his images are little more than abstract art, but the patterns and lines that emerge from his work have been instrumental in finding […]

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Luanne Lawrence Appointed to UMaine Post

Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Luanne Lawrence, a higher education professional with 12 years of experience in public relations, marketing, community relations and related areas, has been appointed Executive Director of Public Affairs and Marketing at the University of Maine.  She assumed her new duties on Sept. 2. “Luanne brings […]

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Art Museum Hours Change

Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Effective immediately, there is a slight change in the hours the University of Maine Museum of Art is open to the public.  The museum will now close at 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday.  Open hours are as follows: Tue. – Sat. 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.,  Sun. […]

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UMaine Graduate Student Wins Scholarship to Track Winter Trends at Acadia National Park

Contact: Media contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777; Sarah Nelson, Mitchell Institute, 207-581-3454 ORONO– A University of Maine graduate student has received one of eight 2003 Canon National Park Science Scholarships awarded in September to students studying at national parks in North and South America. Sarah Nelson, a researcher at UMaine’s Senator George […]

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Johnson, Lick Presidential Portraits to be Unveiled

Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The official portraits honoring former University of Maine presidents Arthur Johnson and Dale Lick will be unveiled in separate ceremonies at UMaine’s Fogler Library during the next three weeks. Johnson, the 14th UMaine president, served in that role from July 1984-Aug. 1986.  He was succeeded […]

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