Contact: Alan Parks (alan.parks@umit.maine.edu) ORONO — College Reading and Learning Association’s (CRLA) International Tutor Program Certification has certified the University of Maine’s Tutor Program through 2016. This recognition affirms that the program plays a vital role in enhancing UMaine student learning. The Tutor Program, one of UMaine’s College Success Programs, uses a “learning-to-learn” model in […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Hunter College Professor Virginia Valian will give a Friday Feb. 11 University of Maine talk, “Why so slow? The advancement of women.” Scheduled for 2-3:30 in Minsky Recital Hall, Valian’s presentation will mark the first public event presented by the University of Maine’s Rising Tide Center, an […]
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ORONO — The UMaine campus community visit for Paul Ferguson, a candidate for the president’s job, has been rescheduled to February 16-17. Storm-related travel complications caused postponement of his visit originally scheduled for this week. An updated itinerary for Ferguson’s visit is on the UMaine presidential search webpage. Earlier this week James Page visited with […]
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Contact: Scott Anchors, (207) 581-1927 ORONO — It’s not your father’s job market. That’s the message a Maine Business School lecturer and researcher has discovered in surveys over the last few years of his students. Jobs, careers, motivation and expectations have shifted significantly since the days when people sought jobs for the long term and […]
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The Jamaica Observer’s “Wignall’s World” column notes that Jonathan Farley of the UMaine computer science faculty is profiled in a new book, “Jamaica’s Gifts to the World,” a series of profiles of Jamaicans of notable achievement.
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Contact: Brian Olsen, (207) 581-2542 or brian.olsen@maine.edu The salt-water tidal marshes along Maine’s coast are part of an intricate network of waterways along the eastern North American coast that are unique globally. Yet the marshes are disappearing due to rising sea water levels and the development of inland and coastal areas. University of Maine bird […]
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Contact: Patty Counihan, 581-1355 ORONO — The University of Maine is holding its annual Career Fair Wednesday, Jan. 26 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. in the Student Fitness and Recreation Center on the Orono campus. Some 85 companies, organizations and graduate school programs have registered to exhibit at the fair this year, and are looking forward […]
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UMaine’s Office of Research and Sponsored Programs will host an informational workshop, “ORSP104: Allowable Costs & Cost Transfers,” Wednesday, Feb. 9 from 9-10:30 a.m. in Soderberg Lecture Hall, Jenness Hall. RSVP to Amanda Ashe by email on or before Feb. 4. For more about the ORSP training series visit the training website.
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Contact: Peggy Markson at (207) 973-3245 ORONO — University of Maine System Chancellor Richard Pattenaude issued the following announcement this morning to members of the UMaine community: Colleagues: This morning we will have a press release naming the finalists for the University of Maine presidency. I wanted you to have an advance copy. On behalf […]
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Contact: Dean Smith (dean.smith@ossmaine.com) or (866) 269-8007 BANGOR — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins is scheduled to speak at the Thursday Jan. 20 grand opening of Orono Spectral Solutions, Inc.’s new facility at 689 Odlin Road in Bangor. The event is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. Orono Spectral Solutions (OSS) is a University of Maine […]
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