Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine will conduct October testing and drills related to its new comprehensive emergency testing system. Some of these events will include sounding of the university’s new alarm system, audible in parts of Orono and Old Town. UMaine’s new system includes both a siren and […]
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Contact: Amy Witt, 207-780-4205 BANGOR, Me. — University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a tree tour of the Eastern Maine Native Plant Arboretum in Bangor and the University of Maine campus in Orono on Friday, Oct. 5. The tour is scheduled for 10 a.m.-1 p.m., with a rain date set for Friday, Oct. 12. […]
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Contact: Marybeth Allen (207) 581-2403 ORONO — The UMaine Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders is inviting parents, children, teens and speech-language pathologists to a workshop Oct. 20 for stuttering and the strategies for managing stuttering. A series of discussions and youth activities scheduled throughout the day at the Memorial Union on the Orono campus […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO, Me. — The largest donation in University of Maine history, a $12 million bequest from 1937 UMaine graduate George L. Houston, was announced this morning in Orono. “This donation will benefit generations of students and enhance UMaine’s ability to serve our state in a unique and invaluable way,” […]
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Contact: Karen Cashman, (207) 973-6164. (Bar Harbor, Maine) September 14 -15, 80 Maine scientists, researchers, and students gathered at the Mount Desert Biological Laboratories to discuss the most leading issues in neurogenetics that affect the health of Maine people. The conference, hosted by the Maine Institute for Human Genetics and Health, supports the institute’s mission […]
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Contact: Dee Potter, 207-834-3905 FAIRFIELD, ME–The Maine Grass Farmers Network (MGFN), a cooperative effort of University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association (MOFGA), will hold its fourth annual grazing conference on Saturday, Sept. 29 at Kennebec Valley Community College in Fairfield. Registration begins at 9:15 a.m. and the conference […]
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Contact: Karen Cole: 581-4704; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The University of Maine’s School of Performing Arts has announced a fall schedule for music, dance and theatrical performances by UMaine faculty members and special guests. Performances are in Minsky Recital Hall unless otherwise noted. Admission is $6 and students with a MaineCard are admitted free. […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine has scheduled at Tuesday, Sept. 25 10:30 a.m. event to announce the largest gift it has ever received. Left to UMaine in the will of a graduate who died earlier this year, the gift will provide significant, long-term support for the UMaine School […]
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Contact: Liam Riordan, 581-1913; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The history of the slave ship as a floating dungeon is the topic of this year’s Howard B. Schonberger Peace and Social Justice Lecture at UMaine on Thursday, Oct. 11. The annual lecture is held in memory of Howard Schonberger, a UMaine professor of history from […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — University of Maine audiologist Amy Booth has spent her career providing hearing services to underserved populations in this country and around the globe. Now, she is going to China as a member of an international team of health professionals providing audiology screenings and hearing aid assessments to […]
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