Year: 2006

Speaker to Address Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Research, Intervention

Contact: Marie Hayes, 973-4963George Manlove, 581-3756 BANGOR — A Seattle-based child psychologist and specialist in research and intervention in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) — a condition that is common in Maine — will be in Orono and in Bangor on Nov. 9 to speak on the topic. Heather Carmichael Olson, Ph.D., a research professor […]

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UMaine Chamber Jazz Ensemble Concert Nov. 7

Contact: Karel Lidral, 581-1256; George Manlove, 581-4756 ORONO — The new University of Maine Chamber Jazz Ensemble will debut its first formal concert with a program of great jazz standards on Nov. 7 in Minsky Recital Hall, Class of 1944 Hall on the Orono campus. The program, beginning at 7:30 p.m., will include original tunes […]

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School of Performing Arts Presenting Postmodern Comedy “Wintertime

Contact: Tom Mikotowicz, 581-1965; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The University of Maine School of Performing Arts Theater Division’s upcoming student production of “Wintertime,” by Charles Mee, is described as an uproariously funny postmodern comedy ranging in style from slapstick to philosophical. Performances, in Hauck Auditorium, are Nov. 3, 4, 9, 10 and 11 at […]

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UMaine Researcher Gets Top Honors in Vienna

Contact: David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine — UMaine doctoral student Christy Finlayson recently placed first in the 4th European Conference on Biological Invasions poster competition in Vienna, Austria with her poster “Considering Biocontrol and Biological Invasions: An Experimental Unit for Primary and Secondary School Classrooms.” Selected from more than 200 other posters, Finlayson’s entry […]

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Genome Sequence of Frog-killing Fungus Released

Contact: Joyce Longcore (207) 581-4396; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine — Researchers around the world now have a valuable new tool for studying the deadly Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis fungus, thanks to the efforts of scientists at the Broad Institute, Timothy James of Duke University and UMaine researcher Joyce Longcore. The fungus’ genome sequence was recently […]

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Guppies Offer Insights into Interface of Evolution and Ecology

Contact: Michael Kinnison (207) 581-2575; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – UMaine researcher Michael Kinnison will be bringing his considerable expertise in population and evolutionary biology to a five-year, $5 million project aimed at defining the real-time relationships between evolution and ecology in the wild streams of Trinidad’s jungle.           One of just three projects […]

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Contingent from Mexican University Sees Life at UMaine

Contact: Jose Cordero, 581-1428; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Twelve students and four advisors from La Universidad de las Americas – Puebla (UDLA), a prominent Mexican university, are visiting the University of Maine this week through Nov. 7. The visit is the fourth time UMaine has hosted a group from the university as part of […]

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