Year: 2013

BDN Reports on MBS Enrollment, Successes

The Bangor Daily News wrote a piece about the all-time high undergraduate enrollment at the Maine Business School (MBS) at the University of Maine. MBS Dean Ivan Manev says the school attracts students for a host of reasons. There are accessible faculty who are experts in their fields, a new concentration in entrepreneurship, high post-graduate […]

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Join the Football Watch Party Sunday

After clinching the Colonial Athletic Association title this past weekend, the University of Maine football team has locked up a spot in the NCAA postseason tournament. Black Bear fans are invited to join the football team at Memorial Union on Sunday beginning at 10:30 a.m. for an autograph session and screening of a video of […]

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Penobscot Bay Pilot Notes Collaborative Gulf of Maine Study

Penobscot Bay Pilot reported on the $1.8 million National Science Foundation grant awarded to a multidisciplinary team of researchers to examine the impact of rising ocean temperatures on the ecology and economics of the Gulf of Maine. Andrew Pershing from the University of Maine and Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI) is leading the four-year […]

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Athena Consort, Black Bear Men’s Chorus in Concert Together

The University of Maine School of Performing Arts presents a concert Sunday, Nov. 24 at 2 p.m. in Minsky Recital Hall that includes both Athena Consort, under the direction of Heidi Corliss, as well as the Black Bear Men’s Chorus, under the direction of Daniel Williams. The Athena Consort is a select women’s choir and […]

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Learn to Organize, Apply for Funding for Cultural Events

University of Maine faculty and staff interested in organizing a campus cultural event are invited to an informational meeting Friday, Nov. 22, 12:25–1 p.m. in Coe Room at the Memorial Union. Learn about what types of programs are eligible for co-funding from the Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series Fund, as well as how to apply. Anyone […]

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Jazz Ensemble to Pay Tribute to Former Student

The University of Maine School of Performing Arts presents the fall Jazz Ensemble concert Thursday, Nov. 21 at 7:30 p.m. in Minsky Recital Hall. Under the direction of Jack Burt, the ensemble will perform jazz standards by John Coltrane, Miles Davis and others. In addition, it will perform “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat” by Charles Mingus […]

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Weekly Advances Food Summit in December

The Weekly previewed the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s 2013 Maine Food Summit to be held 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, in Wells Conference Center at the University of Maine.

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BDN, MaineToday Media Cover Cosgrove Nomination as Top FCS Coach

The Portland Press Herald, Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel and Bangor Daily News wrote about University of Maine football coach Jack Cosgrove being chosen as one of 21 finalists for the Eddie Robinson Award, which is given to the best coach in the NCAA’s Football Championship Subdivision.

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