Year: 2008

UMaine Bureau of Labor Education Updates Employment Law Guide

Contact: Bill Murphy, 581-4124; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The University of Maine’s Bureau of Labor Education has recently completed a revised update of A Maine Guide to Employment Law. Employment law encompasses a myriad of statutes that deal with work and employee-employer relations. Over time, these laws evolve through political, administrative and judicial processes […]

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Traditional Maine Hello Program Set for Aug. 29

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Hundreds of University of Maine faculty, staff and student volunteers will greet the members of UMaine’s Class of 2012 when the new first-year students arrive on campus Friday, Aug. 29. The program runs from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Known as the “Maine Hello,” the traditional welcoming features more […]

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UMaine Sponsors Tree Tour of Mackworth Island

Contact: Amy Witt, 207-780-4205 FALMOUTH, Me. — University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a tree tour of Mackworth Island in Falmouth, on Friday, September12 from 10 a.m.- 1 p.m.  Dennis Brennan, district forester with the Maine Forest Service and Thomas Rawinski, botanist, USDA Forest Service, will lead the tour.  Brennan and Rawinski will identify […]

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UMaine Students to Volunteer at Community Agencies on Saturday

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORON0 — A group of University of Maine student leaders will provide community service at six local agencies on Saturday, Aug. 24.  The students, all resident assistants in UMaine residence halls, will establish or solidify connections with those agencies during Saturday’s activities.  UMaine officials hope this will lead to […]

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UMaine Contemporary Art Exhibition ‘Without Borders’ Opens Aug. 22

Contact: Professor Owen F. Smith (207) 581-4389 ORONO — “Seriously, Funny,” the fifth iteration of the annual exhibition series “Without Borders,” a melding of culture, art and technology involving UMaine Intermedia graduate students and artists from around the country, opens Aug. 22 at Lord Hall Galleries. The show runs through Sept. 26, with a public […]

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HIV/AIDS Among Older Adults A ‘Graying Epidemic’

Contact: Sandy Butler, (207) 581-2382; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO, Maine — The majority of the nation’s baby boomers are now passing age 50, and so too is a growing population of HIV/AIDS patients — a phenomenon that health care systems may not be prepared to handle, says University of Maine gerontologist Sandy Butler. “People […]

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Registration Now Open for Watershed Stewards Program

Contact: Laura Wilson 207-581-2971 Waldoboro, ME– University of Maine Cooperative Extension next Watershed Stewards Program begins on Sept. 19 at the Miller School in Waldoboro. This program will take place weekly through Oct. 30, with sessions held Thursday evenings from 6:30

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UMaine to Test Emergency Sirens Friday, Aug. 22 at 5 p.m.

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 The University of Maine will conduct a full-scale test of its emergency warning siren system on Friday, Aug. 22 at 5 p.m. As part of its comprehensive emergency communications system, UMaine installed one siren on the roof of Class of 1944 Hall last summer. To assure full campus coverage, […]

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New Barkan Book Details Myths, Realities of Crime and Justice

Contact: Steve Barkan, (207) 581-2383; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO, Maine — On almost every television detective show on any given night of the week, it seems to take the police just a matter of hours to solve the crime and nab the criminal. If only that were true in real life. Such wishful outcomes […]

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