Contact: Brenton Murray, 480-201-4678, or Tim Brauer, 203-414-6143 ORONO — Students at the University of Maine will spend three days in the bitter cold next month to draw attention to substandard housing in the Greater Bangor area. Feb. 2-4, members of the Habitat for Humanity — UMaine Campus Chapter plan to stay in makeshift shanties […]
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Contact: Stephen “Brooks” Dyer, 581-1082 ORONO — The University of Maine’s Student Recreation and Fitness Center will kick off its “Big Bears to Little Bears” challenge on Jan. 19. Now in its second year, the popular weight-loss challenge is open to the public. Over the course of three months, teams of three to five people […]
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Contact: Kathryn Jovanelli at (207) 561-3350 WORKSHOP INFORMATION:Fee: $75 Non-Members $65 Members/UMaine students with IDDates: February 28 and March 7, 9-1pmLocation: UMMA Classroom, 40 Harlow Street, BangorContact: 561.3350 Do you wonder what the flower symbol means on the back of your digital camera? Do you agonize over which resolution to use? Do you know what […]
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Contact: James Linehan, 581-3287; Laurie Hicks, 581-3247 ORONO — The University Of Maine Department of Art’s annual senior capstone exhibit is open to the public through Jan. 23 in Lord Hall, featuring nearly 100 works by 11 UMaine senior art majors. The show, titled “Thought-Box,” is both the culmination of students’ art studies — a […]
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Contact: Kathryn Jovanelli at (207) 561-3350 Note: Digital images to accompany this news release are available upon request. Contact Joe Carr (joecarr@maine.edu). BANGOR, Me. — The University of Maine Museum of Art is pleased to present three new exhibitions beginning Jan, 16, 2009: A Bit of Colored Ribbon: Works by John Bailly, Metaphysics of Landscape: […]
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Contact: Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777; Mark Wells, (207) 581-4322 Scientists at UMaine Trying to Fill Ocean Data Void ORONO, Maine — The study of climate change has fueled the need for more detailed scientific data, and scientists at the University of Maine are doing their part to try and make it easier to collect some […]
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Contact: Karen Cole, 581-1407; Curvin Farnham, 581-1254 or 581-4702 ORONO — University of Maine musicians are extending performance tours in 2009 to Southern Maine and Boston, all part of an initiative to extend the university’s cultural and artistic presence to wider audiences. The University Singers and the UMaine Jazz Ensemble are scheduled to perform at […]
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Contact: Gregory Zaro, 581-1857 or Gregory.Zaro@umit.maine.edu ORONO — Gregory Zaro, assistant professor in the University of Maine’s Anthropology Department and Climate Change Institute, will present “Ancient Civilizations, Archaeology and Environmental Change in South America” from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. Wednesday, Jan.14, at the Bangor Public Library. Zaro’s talk is the third installment in the Climate […]
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Contact: Kathryn Jovanelli at 561-3350 Camp Information:Time: 8:30 — 12:00 Dates: February 16 — 20, 2009Grades: 3rd – 5th GradeTuition: $115; Members of the Museum of Art – $100; Early Bird (by January 9) – $90 (includes all materials). The fifth annual UMMA Winter Art Camp, an in-depth art experience held at the University of […]
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