Contact: Dorothy Klimis-Zacas, 581-3124 ORONO — Dorothy Klimis-Zacas, professor of clinical nutrition at UMaine, recently was elected treasurer of the International Society of Trace Element Research in the Human (ISTERH) at the society’s recent joint international conference in Crete, Greece. She will serve until 2010. Klimis-Zacas, a faculty member in the Department of Food Science […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The Maine State Society of Washington, D.C. has given retired University of Maine professor Harold Borns its 2007 “Big ‘M’ Award,” recognizing Borns’ “accomplishments and achievements in (his) profession, (and) for service to Maine and its citizens.” Borns, who retired from the UMaine faculty in 2005 after […]
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Contact: Joyce Kleffner, 207-667-8212 DOVER-FOXCROFT, Me. — Jane Conroy, a faculty member in the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Piscataquis County office, has received a national award. The National Extension Association for Family and Consumer Sciences (NEAFCS) gave Conroy its Continued Excellence Award at a fall conference in St. Paul, Minn. The organization recognized Conroy […]
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Contact: Robert Steneck (207) 549-3062, cell (207) 557-4505Tom Weber (207) 581-3777 ORONO — A rise in the temperature and acidity of the oceans that threatens the existence of the world’s coral reef ecosystems could also have troubling implications for marine life and fishing industries as far away as Maine, a University of Maine researcher says. […]
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Contact: Perry (NAACP) at 548-2081; Joe Carr (UMaine) at 581-3571 ORONO — A keynote address by University of Maine philosophy professor Douglas Allen will highlight a joint Greater Bangor Area NAACP/University of Maine Martin Luther King, Jr. breakfast celebration on Monday, January 21, 2008. The 8:30-10:30 a.m. event is scheduled for UMaine’s Buchanan Alumni House, […]
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Contact: Justin Poland (207) 581-2130; Tom Weber (207) 581-3777 ORONO–A group of University of Maine mechanical engineering students are working on a senior-class project that promises practical benefits not only to their own education but to the university and the environment as well. For their capstone project, the four students are designing a heat-recovery system […]
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Contact: Patricia Henner, 581-4100 ORONO — The Page Farm and Home Museum will close over the holidays, Dec. 23-Jan. 2. The museum’s regular hours are Tuesday through Friday, 9 a.m. -4 p.m., and weekends, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., except for Mondays and holidays.
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 BANGOR — In announcing “two incredible gifts” to the University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor, University of Maine President Robert Kennedy told those attending a Thursday night reception that the generosity of Machias Savings Bank and UMaine Prof. Jon Ippolito will transform the museum and dramatically […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571; Laura Reed at (207) 581-3646 ORONO — A $1 million gift from University of Maine benefactors Phillip H. and Susan K. Morse, through the Boston Red Sox Foundation, will provide the catalyst for a significant upgrade of University of Maine outdoor athletic facility playing surfaces. Phillip Morse, an owner […]
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Contact: Amy Witt, 207-780-4205 PORTLAND, Me.–Maine citizens and visitors can learn more about one of our state’s greatest resources by joining the Maine Tree Club, an educational project designed for people of all ages to learn about trees. The Maine Tree Club is a collaborative effort of University of Maine Cooperative Extension, the Maine Forest […]
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