Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The man who invented the wire lobster trap and a nutrition educator who continues to teach and inspire well into her 80s will receive honorary University of Maine doctorates at UMaine’s May 13 commencement ceremony. James Knott, Sr., of Northbridge, Mass., will receive a Doctor of Science […]
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Contact: Donna R. Coffin, Extension Educator, Phone (207) 564-3301 CHARLESTON — University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Penobscot and Piscataquis County officeswill co-sponsor an apple pruning demonstration on Saturday, April 29 from 10 a.m.-noon. The demonstration will be held at Olmsted Orchard on Route 15 in Charleston. According to Renae Moran, Extension Tree Fruit Specialist, a […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine will mark its ongoing efforts to create and sustain a healthy work environment with a May 4 celebration at the Maine Marketplace dining facility in Memorial Union. The Wellness Councils of America (WELCOA) designated UMaine as a Silver Well Workplace in late February. […]
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Contact: Kay Hyatt at (207) 581-2761 ORONO, Maine — A professional development workshop to help educators at all levels explore the connection of life and work takes place Friday, May 19 in Waldoboro. Led by Richard Ackerman, University of Maine associate professor of Educational Leadership, the daylong retreat helps educators, kindergarten through college, focus on […]
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Contact: Capt. James C. Moreno, enrollment officer, University of Maine Army ROTCRoom 112, Armory, 581-1125 ORONO – The Black Bear Battalion of the University of Maine Army ROTC will hold its cadet commissioning ceremony Saturday, May 13, to commission nine cadets into the United States Army as second lieutenants. The ceremony will talk place in […]
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Contact: Robert Strong, 581-1986; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Members of the Maine Business School investment club SPIFFY drew compliments recently as one of 12 student groups invited to make formal presentations at a national two-day investment symposium in Dayton, Ohio, attended by 1,500 students from 191 universities from 21 countries. A team of eight […]
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Contact: Sarah Bigney, Progressive Student Alliance at 356-7322 ORONO — Gov. John Baldacci will be at the University of Maine at 1 p.m. on Wednesday May 3 to participate in a rally followed by a forum and panel discussion aimed at raising awareness of healthcare issues in Maine. More than 100,000 Maine residents are without […]
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Contact: Peter Jumars (207) 581-3321; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – Research being conducted by UMaine researcher Peter Jumars of the Darling Marine Center and UMaine School of Marine Sciences has created an unlikely pairing between the U.S. Department of Defense and a tiny ocean-going creature known as the opossum shrimp. The military’s Defense […]
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Contact: Todd Gabe (207) 581-3307; Amy Powers (Cruise Maine) (207) 310-0998: David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine — A study conducted by researchers from the UMaine Department of Resource Economics and Policy and Center for Tourism Research and Outreach (CenTRO) shows that cruise ships visiting just two key ports along the coast injected more than […]
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Contact: David Munson (207) 581-3777 The Dept. of Biological Sciences Spring 2006 Seminar Series will be hosting Jim Rittenburg as guest speaker on April 28 from 3-4 PM in room 102 Murray Hall. The title of his seminar is: “Nanotechnology-based solutions to product authentication: Using the small to protect the big“. Rittenburg is one of […]
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