Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 ORONO — The next UMaine School of Performing Arts theater production, opening Oct. 22 at Hauck Auditorium, tackles the poignant and provocative “Bent,” a play depicting the treatment of homosexuals in Nazi Germany, and the persecution and terror the characters face during their imprisonment in camps during the reign […]
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Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 ORONO — artNOW!, an exhibition of new work by University of Maine Department of Art faculty can be seen from Oct. 15 to Nov. 19 in the Carnegie Galleries on the UMaine campus. ArtNOW! brings together the art of 22 faculty members in an exhibition of 80 pieces of […]
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Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 ORONO — UMaine music professor, composer and performer Beth Wiemann has been selected for a 2004 Aaron Copland Awards residency at the former home of composer Aaron Copland near Peekskill, N.Y., an historic rural hide-away for emerging and talented musicians to work uninterrupted. The expenses-paid residencies offer gifted composers […]
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Contact: Joe Kelley, Dept. of Earth Sciences, 207-581-2162, jtkelley@maine.edu; Joe Carr, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3571, joecarr@maine.edu Note: news media representatives are welcome to cover the meeting or participate in field trips. Arrangements can be made by calling Joe Kelley, 581-2162, jtkelley@maine.edu. On field trips, reporters must provide their own transportation and meals. ORONO, Maine […]
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Contact: Harold Daniel, 581-1933; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Students from the UMaine Business School are bringing in a nationally known marketing research expert to campus Oct. 21 to meet with business students and address a public forum in the evening. Local business owners and operators, or anyone interested in learning about the benefits of […]
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Contact: James Campbell, Dept. of Spatial Information Science and Engineering, campbell@spatial.maine.edu, 207-548-2200 ORONO– Nationally renowned scholars Hal Abelson of MIT and Peter Suber of Public Knowledge will join local presenters at the “Copyright, Scholarship, and the Case for Open Access: A Conference on the Intellectual Commons” on Saturday, November 20, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 […]
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Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 ORONO — With topics ranging from criminal justice to the creative economy, robots to conservationists, Maine’s first occupants to modern Franco American culture, a new roundtable discussion program at UMaine offers alumni attending Homecoming 2004 some “Great Conversations.” Sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the program […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Kenneth M. Hillas Jr., the deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Prague, will return to his alma mater on Wednesday Oct. 13 to give a talk, “The Enlargement of the European Union.” UMaine’s second event in this semester’s International Affairs Lecture Series, Hillas’ lecture […]
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Contact: Catherine Schmitt, Maine Sea Grant 207-581-1434, catherine.schmitt@umit.maine.edu ORONO, Maine — Ask a Mainer who owns the beach, and you’re likely to get several answers. “The beach is private property of the landowner.” “The town owns the beach.” “The public has the right to use the beach for fishing, fowling, and navigation.” Sometimes the answer […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Gov. John Baldacci will pay tribute to Maryann Hartman at the 19th annual Maryann Hartman Award ceremony on Wednesday, Oct. 13 from 5-7 p.m. at the University of Maine’s Buchanan Alumni House. The awards are named for the late Maryann Hartman, UMaine associate professor of Speech Communication […]
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