Year: 2009

Tufts Philosopher Dennett to Present Darwin Lecture Oct. 15

Contact: Joe Carr (joecarr@maine.edu), (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Daniel Dennett, Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, University Professor, and co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University, will present a University of Maine lecture, “Darwin’s ‘Strange Inversion of Reasoning’” on Thursday Oct. 15 at 4 p.m in Hauck Auditorium.  Dennett’s talk, which is […]

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UMaine’s New Seismometer Up and Running

Contacts: Alice Kelley (207) 581-2056; Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777 The University of Maine is reporting all kinds of shakes, rattles, and rolls, but it’s not just from the students returning to campus for the fall semester – it’s movements and vibrations of the Earth occurring worldwide that are being picked up by UMaine’s new seismometer. […]

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Sen. Rosen at UMaine 10/1

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Maine State Sen. Richard Rosen will visit the University of Maine on Tuesday, Oct. 1 as part of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center Distinguished Maine Policy Fellow Program. Rosen will spend the day at UMaine, meeting with students, faculty members and staff members.  A Bucksport resident, […]

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Darwin Lecture Series to Feature Kinnison Next Week

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine’s Celebration of Darwin class and lecture series continues on Monday Sept. 21 and Wednesday, Sept. 23 with talks by UMaine biological science professor Michael Kinnison.  He will discuss “Natural Selection” on Monday and “Unnatural Selection” on Wednesday. Each class meeting in the semester-long […]

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Honors College Awards First INBRE Fellowships

ORONO, Maine – Six University of Maine Honors College students recently were awarded the first round of Maine IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) fellowships to support their thesis research. The students, all members of the class of 2010, will receive fellowships of $2,500, and their thesis advisors will receive $1,000 to support the […]

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Faculty Recital Sept. 18 Honors Composer Goldberg

Contact: Adam Kuykendall, 581-4721 ORONO — Then UMaine School of Performing Arts is presenting soloist Nancy Ellen Ogle, accompanied by several UMaine music faculty musicians, in a recital featuring the works of composer William Goldberg, on Friday, Sept. 18, at 7:30 p.m. in Minsky Recital Hall, Class of 1944 Hall. The special concert — “World […]

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Watershed Stewards Program Offered for Beech Hill Pond

Contact: Laura Wilson, (207) 581-2971, lwilson@umext.maine.edu Otis, ME— University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host the Watershed Stewards Program at Beech Hill School in Otis this fall, focusing on the water quality of Beech Hill Pond. Maine lakes are at risk from development, landscapes, and invasive species. The Watershed Stewards Program trains volunteers to recognize […]

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Darwin Lecture Series Continues Monday

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine’s Celebration of Darwin class and lecture series continues on Monday, Sept. 14 with a talk by UMaine history professor Howard Segal, “Darwinism, Religion and Social Darwinism in the 19th Century.” Each class meeting in the semester-long series is also open to members of […]

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UMaine Cooperative Extension Expert Offers Tips to Save What is Left of the Harvest

Contact: Richard Brzozowski, 780-4205 or rbrz@umext.maine.edu The growing season of 2009 has not been a typical one. Weeks of cool temperatures, too much rain, disease and other problems have put a damper on many Mainers’ hopes for a “bumper crop” of produce. Richard Brzozowski of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension offers the following list […]

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Gov. Baldacci to Visit UMaine Friday for Biomedical Science Event

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Gov. John Baldacci will be at the University of Maine on Friday, Sept. 11 to attend the annual meeting of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS), a collaborative graduate education program involving higher education and biomedical research institutions statewide. The governor is due to arrive at […]

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