Contact: Kathryn Jovanelli 207.561.3352 BANGOR — Brighten up your child’s April Vacation at the 2nd annual UMMA Spring Art Camp, an in-depth art experience held at the University of Maine Museum of Art. This spring, art campers will take an artistic journey around the world as they explore sacred places through the photography of Japanese-born […]
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Contact: Hemant Pendse, professor and chair of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, managing director of UMaine’s NSF EPSCoR forest bioproducts project, (207) 581-2290; Steve Shaler, professor of Wood Science Technology, associate director of the Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center, ORONO, Maine — The University of Maine announced today that it has been awarded […]
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Contact: Patty Henner, (207) 581-4100, George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO — The UMaine Page Farm and Home Museum in Orono is celebrating maple syrup season with a public field trip to a sugaring operation on Friday, March 31. This year’s annual spring field trip will travel to Breakneck Ridge Farm near Monson to see the […]
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Contact: Kristi Crowe; David Munson (207) 593-9295 Rich, chocolaty, decadent, and…healthy? If you thought luscious fruit bonbons couldn’t be part of a health-friendly diet, think again. A group of UMaine students from the UMaine Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition have come up with a snack that takes health food to a whole new […]
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Contact: Bob Steneck (207) 563-3146 ext 233; Jim Wilson (207) 581-4368; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – A recent study published in the journal Science by UMaine researchers and others has identified a growing threat to the health of local fisheries across Maine and around the world: the so-called “roving bandits” of the seas. […]
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Contact: Angel M. Loredo, Associate Dean of Students, at (207) 581-1406; Caitlin Sanborn; Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine will host its first-ever Women’s Symposium this Saturday, April 1 from 12 noon-4 p.m. The symposium, “A Celebration of Mind and Body,” aims to create an awareness of body […]
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Contact: Faye Woodcock, 581-2297; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Some of the world’s foremost authorities on the paper and forest products industry will be at the University of Maine for “Paper Days 2006,” a two-day forest products symposium hosted by the UMaine Pulp & Paper Foundation. The theme of this year’s April 5-6 Paper Days […]
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Contact: Faye Woodcock, 581-2296; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — FORTUNE magazine senior editor-at-large Geoffrey Colvin, a leading thinker and commentator on today’s business trends and issues, will speak at the University of Maine during “Paper Days 2006,” a two-day forest products industry symposium hosted by the UMaine Pulp & Paper Foundation. Colvin’s address, “We’re Not […]
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Contact: Kay Hyatt at (207) 581-2761 ORONO, Maine — A pilot study on hazing conducted at four Northeast postsecondary institutions illustrates the need for national data to monitor trends and help colleges and universities address this highly consequential behavior, according to University of Maine researchers leading the multi-year initiative. One in 20 students responding to […]
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Contact: Adele Adkins, 581-1803; George Manlove, 581-3756 The Maine Center for the Arts will depart from its usual performance lineup to welcome celebrated author Augusten Burroughs to Hutchins Concert Hall to speak April 19 at 7 p.m. Burroughs is the author of the highly acclaimed memoir “Running with Scissors,“ which spent more than 70 weeks […]
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