Elinor Ostrom, co-recipient of the 2009 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, will give the keynote address, “Unconventional Wisdom: Sustaining Our Natural Resources in a Rapidly Changing World,” at the 2010 Sen. George J. Mitchell Lecture on Sustainability Thursday, Oct. 21 from 1-2:30 p.m. at Wells Conference Center. Sen. Mitchell will offer remarks. A reception […]
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The University of Maine System office this week launched a new online Employee Benefits Center on its website, offering a PowerPoint tutorial concisely explaining what benefits employees are entitled to, along with explanations, definitions, answers to frequently asked questions, and a telephone number to call during business hours with questions about benefits enrollment. Open enrollment […]
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Contact: Adam Kuykendall, 581- 4721 The UMaine Classics’ Club, in conjunction with the School of Performing Arts Theatre division, is presenting a free Reader’s Theater production of Plato’s “The Symposium,” featuring students and faculty members, on Wednesday, Oct. 20 at 7:30 p.m. The cast includes philosophy Prof. Michael Howard as Socrates, political science Prof. Michael […]
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Contact: Lauren Wagner, (207) 581-1796 ORONO — The Bodwell Center for Service and Volunteerism is inviting members of the UMaine student body and campus community to participate in the sixth annual “UMaine Cares” volunteer service event in observation of National Make a Difference Day, Oct. 23. UMaine Cares began in 2005 as an effort to […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Sometime within the next two weeks, construction crews will begin a project that involves installing approximately 1.5 miles of underground gas piping on the UMaine campus. The local natural gas utility company and its contractors will perform this work, which will extend UMaine’s use of natural gas […]
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UMaine’s Foster Center for Student Innovation is inviting anyone who’s ever thought about opening a restaurant or coffee shop to attend an informal discussion with three business owners who have done just that. On Wednesday, Oct. 20, from 4-5:30 p.m., Laura Albis from The Filddlehead Restaurant in Bangor, Brett Settle from Giacomos in Bangor and […]
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More than 15 community service organizations will be available at the 8th Annual Volunteer Fair, Friday, Oct. 15, on the second floor of the Memorial Union, to detail volunteer service opportunities and internships available to UMaine students and others. Sponsored by the Bodwell Center for Service and Volunteerism from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., the […]
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New exhibits on display through December 30 at the University of Maine Museum of Art in Bangor include “A Pointed View,” photographs by Ilya Askinazi, “String Too Short to Use,” featuring recent digital art works by Todd Watts, and Pablo Picasso’s “The Passionate Print.” Galleries at 40 Harlow St. are open from 10 a.m. to […]
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Contact: Susan Pinette, 581-3791 or 768-9452 ORONO — The University of Maine Franco American Centre has scheduled a reading Oct. 28 by author and attorney Robert G. Fuller, Jr., whose novel “Unnatural Deaths” takes place in a fictional Franco-American town in Maine with several Franco-American characters. The reading at 2 p.m. at the Centre in […]
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Contact: Amos Orcutt, (207) 581-5100 ORONO — At its 2010 annual meeting, the University of Maine Foundation Board of Directors elected Ellen Stinson chair of the board for 2010-2011. A Standish resident, Stinson is a 1968 graduate of the University of Maine and is senior associate in charge of finance and administration at Sebago Technics, […]
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