Contact: George Manlove at (20&) 581-3756 ORONO — The UMaine Jazz Ensemble and UMaine Jazz Ensemble will appear in concert in Minsky Recital Hall at the University of Maine Thursday, April 22, beginning at 7:30 p.m. The concert is part of a busy month of many local performances by the UMaine Jazz musicians and their […]
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Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 ORONO — The first of several live videoconference debates between a group of UMaine students and a group of Arab students at the American University in Cairo, Egypt, took on a tone of diplomacy as they discussed different views on the United States’ Middle East policies. The April 21 […]
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Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 ORONO — Society has long been aware that women most often are the victims of sexual harassment in the workplace, but a new study by Amy Blackstone, a UMaine assistant professor of sociology, and a research colleague shows that young men are sexually harassed more than people think. After […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Michele Montas, a 1968 University of Maine graduate who has risked her life and seen her husband assassinated in the name of liberty for the people of Haiti, will deliver the featured address at UMaine’s May 8 commencement ceremony. The event is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on […]
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Contact: Amos Orcutt, University of Maine Foundation, 207-581-5100 ORONO — A $5,000 prize will be awarded to an individual whose impact on the University of Maine reflects the level of advancements made by former President Abram W. Harris, who served the University from 1893 — 1901. According to President Emeritus Frederick E. Hutchinson ’53, chair […]
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Contact: Kay Hyatt at (207) 581-2761 ORONO, Maine — Some of the state’s top writing teachers will help students develop composition skills and polish their prose during the University of Maine’s annual Young Authors’ day camps, held in three locations. Camps will be offered July 12-16 at UMaine, Orono, and at Benton Elementary School; and […]
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Contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777, houtman@maine.eduSarah Nelson, Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research, 207-581-3454, sarah.nelson@umit.maine.edu RIVER RESTORATION, CLEAN AIR ACT, SALMON AND SLUDGE ARE PRIME TOPICS AT MAINE WATER CONFERENCE IN AUGUSTA ORONO, Maine — The politics and science of Maine’s water resources will come under discussion at the tenth annual […]
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Contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO, Maine — Six faculty members in the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture were recognized on April 13 for their outstanding contributions to the college and the University of Maine. Award winners were Aram Calhoun of Milford, assistant professor of wetland ecology; Ivan Fernandez of […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Big drums, little drums, kettle drums and ceramic drums, not to mention metal chimes, triangles and cymbals, are a few of the more than 50 instruments University of Maine music students will use for a percussion ensemble concert April 20 at Minsky Recital Hall. Approximately 10 students […]
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Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 ORONO — More than 90 outstanding students and faculty members at the University of Maine were honored for scholarship and outstanding character April 14 at the UMaine chapter of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi’s spring initiation and awards ceremony. Phi Kappa Phi is the nation’s oldest and […]
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