Contact: Changmin Yan, 581-2330; Kristen Andresen, 581-3742 ORONO – Bangor, Maine, is a long way from Madison Avenue. But the advertising lessons that University of Maine students have learned by working with local businesses are as real as those in New York. Students in UMaine’s Advertising Campaigns class have spent the spring semester creating integrated […]
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Contact: Joe Carr (207) 581-3571 UPDATED: Wednesday May 22, 11:00 a.m. Working in conjunction with state health officials, UMaine continues to closely monitor developments related to H1N1 virus. UMaine has a response plan for situations like this and certain steps have been taken to help assure the health and safety of the UMaine community should […]
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Contact: Kristen Andresen, 581-3742 ORONO — Emily Miller, a University of Maine Molecular and Cellular Biology major from Lamoine, has received the prestigious 2009 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. She will receive up to $7,500 per year for up to two academic years for tuition, books or room and board expenses. Ryan Whipkey of Portland, an […]
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Contact: Kathryn Olmstead, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 581-3844 Outstanding faculty and students in the University of Maine College of Liberal Arts and Sciences received awards for their accomplishments from Dean Jeff Hecker at an April 16 reception on campus. The annual ceremony, co-sponsored by the University Credit Union, also recognized faculty members recently […]
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Contact: Laura Brothers at(207) 581-1998 ORONO — The University of Maine President’s Council on Women will present two sessions on the subject of civility next week. Author Mark Kingwell will discuss “‘%#@$*!&’ and Other Salutations: The Unstable Politics of Civility” on Tuesday April 28 from 3-4 p.m. in 316 Aubert Hall. That session is open […]
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Contact: Alan Majka, (207) 622-7546; Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777 Tribal members who live on the Passamaquoddy Indian Township Reservation in Washington County now have access to a registered dietitian through University of Maine Cooperative Extension. The nearly $60,000 in funding was allocated to UMaine Cooperative Extension by the Passamaquoddy Indian Township Tribal Government. The Passamaquoddy […]
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Contact: George Markowsky, (207) 581-3940; Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777 Computer hacking isn’t always a bad thing, despite what typically comes to mind when you hear the term. Historically, in some technical communities, a hack was an especially elegant solution to a problem. Hence a hacker was someone who could write beautifully elegant code to solve […]
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Contact: Jennifer Vincent, (207) 776-3129 ORONO — With friends and family in attendance, the University of Maine’s second-year women’s honor society, the Sophomore Eagles, inducted 13 young women into the society during a ceremony at the Sigma Chi Heritage House on April 19. The women were chosen from a pool of about 35 first-year female […]
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Contact: Barbara Smith, Division of Student Affairs, (207) 581-1734; Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777; Joe Carr, (207) 581-3571 ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine campus will be filled with Black Bear pride Wednesday, April 29, with the annual celebration of Maine Day. In 1935 President Arthur Hauck inaugurated Maine Day, a day set aside for […]
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Contact: Jeff St. John, (207) 581-3477 ORONO, Maine — The UMaine Center for Teaching Excellence has honored graduate teaching assistants Anna J. Schliep and Adam Barker-Hoyt with 2009 Teaching Assistant Awards. Schliep, a Bangor native, who teaches in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, will receive the Teaching Instructor Collaboration Award. Barker-Hoyt, of Veazie, Maine, […]
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