Contact: Media contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777; Richard Judd, Dept. of History, 207-581-1910; Christopher Beach, Unity College, 207-948-3131, ext. 315. ORONO, Maine — With campaigns over landfills, dams, endangered species and other issues, environmental activism came of age in the latter part of the 19th century. The movement grew out of historical […]
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Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Noted scientist and teacher Joyce Longcore identified fungi responsible for a world-wide depletion of amphibians. Dahlov Ipcar began her artist career as a WPA muralist and later wrote and illustrated over thirty children’s books. Mother of six, Lillian O’Brien is a state legislator and a […]
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Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — A group of approximately 45 University of Maine students — all but five of them undergraduate business majors — will travel to Portland on Friday, Oct. 17 for a Portland Marketing Association (PMA) forum “Understanding the Value of Market Research.” This is the first event […]
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Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension, working with staff from the Maine Dept. of Agriculture and the federal agency Resource Conservation and Development, has organized a goat and sheep auction for Saturday, Oct. 11 in Corinth. The auction, which is intended to connect producers with new […]
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Contact: Contact: Amos Orcutt, University of Maine Foundation – 581-5100; Donna Thornton, The University of Maine Alumni Association – 581-1134 Orono, Maine — Congressman Clifford G. McIntire, University of Maine Class of 1930, was honored posthumously on October 8 in a ceremony at the University’s new Buchanan Alumni House for his vision and leadership in […]
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Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Two new art exhibitions will open at the University of Maine’s Carnegie Hall on Oct. 17. The shows, which include drawings and paintings, will continue through Dec. 1. “In the City — States of Mind”, the drawings of New York artist Robert Birmelin will be […]
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Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson will visit the University of Maine on Tuesday, Oct. 7 to deliver the inaugural talk in the Governor’s Distinguished Lecture Series, a collaborative effort of the University of Maine and the Maine governor’s office. A former U.S. Ambassador to the […]
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Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — When University of Maine graduates who were members of Sigma Chi fraternity return to campus for Homecoming Oct. 3-5, they will have good reason to take pride in the appearance of their fraternity house. Located on College Ave. across from Chadbourne Hall, the house has […]
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Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO, Me. — University of Maine police have charged William Diemer, 20, of Old Town, with misdemeanor cruelty to animals and misdemeanor criminal trespass. The charges follow an investigation into a Sept. 20 incident in the horse barn at UMaine’s Witter Teaching and Research Center. Police allege […]
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Contact: Media Contact: Nick Houtman at (207) 581-3777 ORONO– University of Maine wood composites researchers will take another step in developing international ties with a one-week visit starting October 4 to research laboratories and forest product companies in Chile. With federal government support from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), four wood scientists and engineers […]
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