Contact: Patty Henner, 581-4100 ORONO — Spinners and other fiber artists are invited to celebrate National Spinning and Weaving Week at two events upcoming events, at the UMaine Page Farm and Home Museum in Orono and Leonard’s Mills logging museum in Bradley. A “spin-in” at the Page Farm and Home Museum will kick off the […]
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Contact: Constant Albertson, 581-3251; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — ArtWorks, a University of Maine community art program for grade K-6 students, providing children an opportunity to explore the world of art through hands-on experiences, is open for registration for the fall session. The semi-annual program offers children a chance to explore a variety of visual […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — For the second time in four years, a University of Maine student is the top electrical or computer engineering student in the U.S. Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society has selected Priyanth Chandrasekar, a 2007 UMaine graduate, the sole winner of the 2007 Alton T. Zerby and Carl […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 BANGOR — Deepti Choubey, deputy director of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Nonproliferation Program, will deliver the Bangor Foreign Policy Forum’s next talk, Monday, Sept. 24. The presentation is scheduled for 7:30 a.m. in Bangor Public Library’s second floor lecture room. She will discuss U.S.-India relations, the pending […]
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Contact: Catherine Schmitt, 581-3286 ORONO – Media coverage of environmental debates often shapes public awareness and opinions about science. While scientists play a critical role both as a resource for journalists and as a valuable information source for the public, they are often frustrated with how their work is portrayed in the press. Two experts […]
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Contact: Amos E. Orcutt, President/CEO, University of Maine Foundation (207) 581-5100 ORONO — A portrait of former Governor John H. Reed, painted by his grandson Reed Duford, will be unveiled at 2 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 21 in the Grand Foyer of the University of Maine’s Buchanan Alumni House. Gov. Reed, who was born in […]
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Contact: Doug Allen, 581-3860; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The Marxist-Socialist Studies fall speaker series at the University of Maine includes a full agenda of controversial topics over the next few months, ranging from child soldiers in Uganda to the Iraq war, and including discussions about healthcare, education and prisons. Lectures are held Thursdays from […]
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Contact: Phillip Silver, 581-1783; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — University of Maine music professor and pianist Phillip Silver’s annual “Thwarted Voices,” music of the Holocaust era concert, this year features a performance of Dmitri Shostakovich’s extraordinary song cycle “Seven Romances on Poems of Alexander Blok.” The concert is Sunday, Oct. 21, at 2 p.m. in […]
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Contact: Mazie Hough, (207) 581-1225; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO — The University of Maine’s Women in the Curriculum and Women’s Studies Program’s fall 2007 lunch time lecture offers thought-provoking talks by noted authorities in women’s studies and related subjects. Presenters include faculty members from the UMaine campus and special guest speakers. All programs are […]
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Contact: Karen Cashman (207-973-6164) (Bar Harbor, Maine)–World renowned neuroscientists and the Maine Institute for Human Genetics and Health’s Neurogenetics Consortium will gather this weekend at the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratories to share and discuss the most leading issues in neurogenetics that affect the health of Maine people. The newly formed Neurogenetics Consortium has a […]
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