Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 ORONO — Phillip Silver, a UMaine associate professor of music, research and performance, has joined the advisory board of The Inextinguishable Symphony Project, an international educational project that tells the story of the little-known Jewish Cultural Association, formed in 1933 in Nazi Germany. Based on the book, “The Inextinguishable […]
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Contact: Sharon Malm, UMaine Target Technology Incubator, 866-6500, sharon.malm@umit.maine.edu ORONO- Coming up with a good idea and figuring out how to make it work are just the beginning of successful innovation. Getting that idea patented is also key. Students and faculty members can get a glimpse of the patent process at a two-hour workshop in […]
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Contact: Kay Hyatt at (207) 581-2761 ORONO, Maine — The University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, in partnership with the Old Town-Orono Kiwanis Club, has launched the 27th annual drive to collect books for needy youngsters. The public is invited to join in the tradition by donating new books suitable for toddlers […]
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Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 ORONO — Amid the flurry of excitement and activity as Mainers flock to the polls to settle state referendum questions and a presidential election on Nov. 2 will be a group of University of Maine political science students helping with exit polls for state and national polling services. UMaine […]
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Contact: Joline Blais at (207) 581-4486Jon Ippolito at (207) 581-4477 or George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 ORONO — With city and town clerks signing up new voters in Maine by the thousands as Election 2004 approaches, two UMaine professors are worried that not all potential first-time voters have enough information to register to vote. Joline […]
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Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 ORONO — The University of Maine Department of English and School of Performing Arts have teamed up to bring nationally acclaimed Native American playwright William S. Yellow Robe Jr. to campus this fall to teach a playwriting class and direct one of his plays that explores myths about Native […]
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Contact: Kay Hyatt at (207) 581-2761 ORONO– A Pittsfield native has been named director of the statewide coaching education center headquartered at the University of Maine and will lead implementation of the new online coaching eligibility course being piloted this fall. Karen Brown, a 2002 graduate of UMaine, earned her master’s degree in Recreation Parks […]
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Contact: Rick Kersbergen, University of Maine Cooperative extension, 1-800-287-1426, richardk@umext.maine.edu ORONO– Farmers with an idea for a new sustainable agriculture technique are eligible to apply for research funding from the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (Northeast SARE). “This grant program has been available to producers for several years, and Maine has been very […]
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Contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777, houtman@maine.edu;Adriaan Van Heiningen, Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering, 207-581-2278, avanheiningen@umche.maine.edu ORONO– Wood pulp might make the paper industry go around, but this renewable product has untapped potential for a variety of uses, according to a University of Maine professor. Adriaan van Heiningen works in the UMaine […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine Board of Visitors, authorized by the Maine Legislature in 1997 to advocate for the university and advise its administration, will hold its annual two-day on-campus meeting Oct. 25 and 26 at UMaine’s Buchanan Alumni House. As the meeting concludes on Tuesday, Board Chair […]
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