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Teacher Formation Gathering Scheduled at UMaine

Contact: Kay Hyatt at (207) 581-2761 ORONO, Maine — A workshop for educators at all levels to explore the intersection of life and work will be held Friday, March 11, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. at the University of Maine Buchanan Alumni House in Orono. “We Teach Who We Are: A Winter Gathering for all Who Educate” […]

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Public Forums to Discuss Statewide Sports Initiative

Contact: Kay Hyatt (207) 581-2761 ORONO, Maine — Maine residents will have the opportunity to learn more about the new initiative to improve middle school and high school sports at a series of informational meetings around the state. Sessions will be held in South Portland, Rockland, Auburn, Brewer, Machias, Presque Isle and Augusta The federally […]

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UMaine Peace and Justice Films Target American Corporate, Foreign Policies

Contact: Doug Allan, (207) 581-3860; George Manlove, (207) 561-3756 The UMaine Maine Peace Action Committee’s 2005 Peace and Justice Film Series is offering provocative, sometimes humorous films that analyze and challenge American foreign and corporate policies. The films include work by producers and directors that include Michael Moore, Stanley Kubrick and members of “Hollywood Ten” […]

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UMaine Tsunami Aid Performance Set for Feb. 4

Contact: Shezwae Fleming, (207) 581-1425, George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO — The public is invited to an international talent show at Minsky Recital Hall at the University of Maine from 7-9 p.m. to raise money to aid tsunami victims in Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka and other Asian or South Asian counties hit by the Dec. […]

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Women’s Studies Lunch Series Offers Diverse Topics, Discussions

Contact: Ann Schonberger, (207) 581-1228; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO — Women working in the woods, on the water, in science labs and in other traditionally male careers are among the subjects for the Spring 2005 Lunch Series talks presented by the UMaine Women in the Curriculum and Women’s Studies Program. Speakers in the spring […]

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Spring Socialist-Marxist Lecture Series Explores Invasion, Occupation

Contact: Doug Allen, (207) 581-3860, George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO — The UMaine Marxist-Socialist Studies Program is focusing its 2005 lunchtime lecture series around invasion, occupation and human rights — timely and controversial topics as United States policy-makers struggle for answers in the Middle East. Co-sponsored by Maine Peace Action Committee, the Memorial Union and […]

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Forestry, Food Science Students Win Scholarship Awards

Contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777, houtman@maine.edu ORONO– Two University of Maine graduate students, Kristi Crowe of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Keith Kanoti of Atkinson, Maine, have received awards for their research from the Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station. They both won the George F. Dow and Fred Griffee awards, and Crowe […]

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Conference to Help State, Nation Prepare for Aging “Boomers

Contact: Len Kaye, (207) 581- 3483, Leah Ruffin, (207) 581- 2299, George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO — With Maine’s population of aging “baby boomers” increasing at dramatic rates, a consortium of experts are gathering Feb. 2-3 for a conference in South Portland to examine ways the state and the nation should prepare for the impending […]

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New Book on Maine Term Limits Reveals “Unintended Consequences

Contact: Richard Powell, (207) 581-1795, George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO, Maine — When Maine voters approved term limits in a 1993 referendum designed to replace what some considered professional politicians with more rank-and-file citizens, they set into motion a series of related changes with some unanticipated consequences. Voters interrupted or ended some lengthy political careers, […]

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UMaine Camden Conference Course Explores Middle East Dilemmas

Contact: Marlene Charron, (207) 581-4095, Tim Cole, (207) 581-1882, George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO — This year’s Camden Conference and the intensive, three-day UMaine course traditionally structured around it, analyze the current Middle East turmoil and explore related United States’ foreign policy directions. The course will examine the nature, consequences and future direction of the […]

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