Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 ORONO — Nearly 60 musicians in the University of Maine Symphonic Band are on the road again April 14, as they begin their annual Maine public school tour. Their tour bus will make stops at public schools in Oxford Hills, Durham, Freeport, Brunswick, York and Bath. Musicians will work […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Alan Charles Kors of the University of Pennsylvania history faculty, who teaches European intellectual history and has served as editor-in-chief of the “Oxford Encyclopedia of Enlightenment,” will be the guest speaker at the 2004 University of Maine Phi Beta Kappa initiation. The event is scheduled for Thursday, […]
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Contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO, Maine — With two new federal grants totaling $2.36 million, engineers in the University of Maine’s Advanced Engineered Wood Composites (AEWC) Center will be working with the U.S. Navy and Maine businesses to improve ship building technologies. The grants from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) […]
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Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 ORONO — This is a quiz. Think soft drinks. Did a bright red label with “Coca-Cola” in white script come to mind? Coca-Cola is just one of thousands of corporations that spend billions creating, protecting and promoting their brands, hoping to ensure that their names and logos will come […]
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Contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO, Maine — Turn up the stage lights and gather around the displays. The University of Maine will celebrate student achievements in science, engineering, humanities and the arts with a series of performances, exhibits, lectures and awards presentations April 9-18. UMaine’s annual Student Research and Creative Achievement […]
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Contact: Muriel Mosher, Maine Manufacturing Extension Partnership, 207-623-0680Nick Houtman, UMaine Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO, Maine — Maine businesses will join local, state and federal officials in a conference at the University of Maine on May 14 to discuss programs and business practices in the homeland security market. Maine Governor John E. Baldacci and […]
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Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 ORONO — Anatole Wieck, University of Maine associate professor of music and UMaine Orchestra conductor, is looking forward to a magnetic concert April 10 at Minsky Recital Hall for several reasons. First, the concert will present a melodious, passionate and powerful repertoire by three quintessentially classical composers — the […]
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Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 ORONO — In 1959, the parents of a little boy from Orono with severe hearing loss were told their son could not learn to speak because he was diagnosed with “expressive aphasia,” or brain damage. Doctors at a prestigious Massachusetts hospital said the four-year-old child would never succeed, being […]
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Contact: Nick Houtman at (207) 581-3777 ORONO- Tuning up an economic engine means getting under the hood and taking a look at everything from marketing to cash flow management. Business owners and economic development experts will do exactly that during the second annual Washington County Business Conference and Marketplace April 30 and May 1 at […]
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Contact: Nick Houtman at (207) 581-3777 ORONO– Food will be on the minds of college students attending a competition at the University of Maine on April 17, but this Jeopardy style event is no pie eating contest. The North Atlantic Area Food Science College Bowl, sponsored by the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), will test […]
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