Maine Sea Grant has three internship programs open to UMaine graduate students for the summer of 2011: Fisheries Heritage Information Manager, Downeast Fisheries Trail Assistant Editor, Maine Climate News Science Video Producer, Maine Sea Grant The application deadline is April 29.
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Contact: Carey Nason, (207) 581-2515 In observation of April being Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the Safe Campus Project at the University of Maine and graduate student Molly Schenck will offer an original theater and dance performance of “It’s Not That Simple” March 25-26 at 7:30 p.m. in the Black Box Theater, Class of 1944 Hall. […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 UMaine’s Rising Tide Center, funded by a National Science Foundation ADVANCE grant, is offering grant opportunities to foster the professional development of women in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines, along with social and behavioral science (SBS) disciplines. For example, grants may fund: • visiting scholars • […]
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Contact: Lenard Kaye, (207) 262-7922 NORTHPORT — The Sixth Annual University of Maine Geriatric Colloquium planned Friday, April 1 at Point Lookout Resort and Conference Center in Northport will explore “Substance Abuse in Older Adults: An Invisible Epidemic.” The public and professionals working with older people are invited to attend. Seminars and panel discussions begin […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine Faculty Senate, Office of the Vice President for Research, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs and Center for Excellence in Teaching and Assessment will present a Friday March 18 workshop on grant funding. “Shared Wisdom of UMaine Faculty for Success in Grant Funding: […]
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To: Members of the University of Maine Community From: Robert Dana, vice president for student affairs and dean of students As you may know, a winter storm is expected for Friday. At this time, we expect classes to be held according to normal schedules. A final decision on Friday classes will be made by 6 […]
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The website Physorg.com has a story about the research of UMaine economist Todd Gabe, whose work was recently published in the “Knowledge in Cities” study. Gabe uses new occupational data to change the way people view regional economic activity. See a UMaine Today story to read more about Gabe’s work.
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Mary Cathcart, senior policy associate in the University of Maine’s Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, has received the Women, Work, and Community’s (WWC) Merle Nelson Making a Difference Award. Cathcart, a former Maine legislator who lives in Orono, was honored on Tuesday Feb. 15 at WWC’s 25th […]
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Contact: Judith Round, (207) 581-5104 ORONO — The 10th annual Geddes W. Simpson Lecture is scheduled for Monday, April 4 in the McIntire Room of Buchanan Alumni House on the University of Maine, with a special program in honor of the tenth year of the series. The program will begin at 2 p.m. with a […]
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The University of Maine Museum of Art will present a gallery talk with artist Jonathan Lux on Thursday Feb. 24 from 5:30-7 p.m. Lux will talk about his current exhibition, “Fear & Play: Paintings by Jonathan Lux,” which runs through March 26 at the downtown Bangor Musuem. A coffee and dessert reception will follow his […]
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