Graduate School

Grad School Barbecue Friday

UMaine Graduate School Government (GSG) is planning a Friday April 29 barbecue for all grad students, graduate faculty and graduate school staff members.  The event, which will occur rain or shine, is scheduled fro 12 noon-2 p.m. in the Stodder Hall quad.  Since this is a “green” event, those attending are asked to bring their […]

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Graduate School Expo Advanced

Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777 The UMaine 2011 Graduate Academic Exposition was advanced in Friday’s Bangor Daily News. The expo, which is scheduled for April 21-22 at the Wells Conference Center, showcases research being done by graduate school students in the physical and natural sciences, technology, social sciences and the humanities.

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Research Expo Highlights UMaine Graduate Student Work

Contact: Kurt Klappenbach at kurt.klappenbach@umit.maine.edu ORONO — The University of Maine’s 2011 GradExpo (Graduate Academic Exposition) scheduled April 21-22 at the Wells Conference Center will exhibit a wide range of physical and natural sciences, technology, social science and humanities research being done at advanced levels at the university.

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Grad Student and Faculty Recognition Ceremony

The annual UMaine Graduate Student and Faculty Recognition Ceremony is scheduled for Friday May 6, from 4-6 p.m. at Alfond Arena.  A reception will follow in the field house, with light refreshments.  For more information, contact Dottie Poisson or 581-3217.

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Zimbabwe Human Rights Activist to Speak Dec. 2

Contact: Jim Settele, (207) 581-1835 “Political Violence in Zimbabwe: A Curse or An Age Old Culture” is the topic of the next Bangor Foreign Policy Forum, supported by the UMaine School of Policy and International Affairs, Thursday, Dec. 2 at 7:30 a.m. at the Bangor Public Library lecture hall and at 11 a.m. in the […]

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Law, Politics of Global Economy Is Forum Topic

Contact: Jim Settele, (207) 581-1835 The UMaine School of Policy and International Affairs will host Ambassador John K. Veroneau, former Deputy United States Trade Representative and a University of Maine alumnus, Nov. 15 at 4 p.m. in the D.P. Corbett Business Building for a discussion on the law and politics of a global economy. He […]

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Law, Politics of Global Economy Is Forum Topic

Contact: Jim Settele, (207) 581-1835 BANGOR — The Bangor Foreign Policy Forum will host Ambassador John K. Veroneau, former Deputy United States Trade Representative, Nov. 15 at the Bangor Public Library for a discussion on the law and politics of a global economy. The talk is free and open to the public. It begins at […]

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Global Environmental Security Is Focus of SPIA Roundtable

Contact: Peter Fandel, (207) 581-1835 ORONO — Climate and environmental change, often blamed for rising sea levels, unprecedented droughts, floods, fires, deforestation and other phenomena that affect sustainability and natural resources, also threatens to intensify political and social conflict and lessen global security. To address that, the University of Maine School of Policy and International […]

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UMaine Grad Student Wins Prestigious Research Award

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — University of Maine doctoral student Juan Luis Garcia has earned the Geological Society of America’s prestigious J. Hoover Mackin Student Research Award.  That society’s Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division provides the annual award. Garcia is a native of Chile studying in UMaine’s Dept. of Earth Sciences.  He […]

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