Contact: Karel Lidral, 581-1256; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The University of Maine Chamber Jazz Ensemble will perform Tuesday, Nov. 6, in the Leonard and Renee Minsky Recital Hall, Class of 1944 Hall, beginning at 7:30 p.m. The Chamber Jazz Ensemble, new as of the fall of 2006, is a small group of several soloists […]
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Contact: Abbe Jacobs, (207) 866-6500; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO — The University of Maine’s Student Innovation Center, in partnership with the National Collegiate Innovators and Inventors Alliance, is bringing the Alliance’s “Invention 2 Venture” conference to campus Nov. 9. The workshop, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at Buchanan Alumni House, will focus on […]
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Contact: Contact: Pam LaHaye, 800-287-1426 WALDO, Me. — One hundred fifty children whose parents participate in the Parents Are Teachers Too (PATT) program will gat an unexpected present this year: a brand new book of their very own to take home, each month for 12 months. PATT is celebrating Home Visiting Week (Oct. 29- Nov. […]
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Contact: BJ Kitchin, 581-1375; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Robert “BJ” Kitchin, a UMaine Ph.D student and disability studies teaching assistant, recently was named this year’s recipient of the American Public Health Association’s DisAbility Forum Student Member Award. The award is presented each year to one college student in the United States who has contributed […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — University of Maine professors Edward Grew and Paul Mayewski are among 471 scientists named today AAAS Fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Both are professors in UMaine’s Dept. of Earth Sciences. Mayewski is also director of the Climate Change Institute at UMaine. […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — While University of Maine officials call the university’s Friday Oct. 19 emergency communications system a success, they say it also revealed areas that need improvement. System upgrades are already in the works, moving toward what Dean of Students Robert Dana says will be a “model system and […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — As Red Sox Nation focuses on Fenway Park for tonight’s World Series Game 2, the University of Maine is making plans for a “healthy, safe and enjoyable” community celebration if the Boston Red Sox win the 2007 fall classic. In an email message to be delivered to […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Judith S. Yaphe, senior fellow in the Institute for National Strategic Studies at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C., will visit the University of Maine on Friday, Nov. 2 for a public presentation, “The Impact of Violence and War: Long-Term Consequences on Iraqi Society.” The talk, […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine Dept. of History will host “Maine and New England: Public Images/Invented Traditions,” a day-long professional development conference for Maine middle school and high school history teachers. The 13th annual Conference on Teaching History in Maine, the event is scheduled for 9 a.m.-2:45 p.m. […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Jeffrey Hecker, chair of the University of Maine psychology faculty, has been appointed interim dean of UMaine’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The appointment became effective Oct. 15 and is subject to ratification by the University of Maine System Board of Trustees. Hecker, who has been […]
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