Contact: Kay Hyatt at (207) 581-2761 ORONO– University of Maine junior Tara Bryant of Brewer recently returned from Philadelphia where she participated in a national conference of physical and recreational educators as an Outstanding Future Professional. She was one of two Maine college students selected for the 2003 honor by the Maine Association of Health, […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — A unique cooperative program between the University of Maine Center on Aging and the Bangor Symphony Orchestra (BSO), funded by a $25,000 grant from the Maine-based Davis Family Foundation, will bring quality live music and music education to people in living facilities for older adults and to […]
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Contact: Raymond Hintz, Surveying Engineering Technology, 207-581-2189; Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO– In recognition of the high demand for surveyors by private firms and government, the University of Maine has established a Surveying Engineering Technology (SVT) program. On April 18, Jason Racette, a UMaine graduate, surveyor with the Bureau of Land Management […]
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Contact: Kay Hyatt at (207) 581-2761 ORONO– A University of Maine conference is aimed at providing K-12 educators with the ideas, curriculum and practices to explore global themes with an eye toward state and national learning standards. The Global Education Institute will be held June 22-27 at the UMaine Hutchinson in Belfast. Award-winning writer Joy […]
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Contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO– The National Science Foundation has awarded a $6 million grant to the University of Maine, The Jackson Laboratory and Maine Medical Center Research Institute for the establishment of a Center for Molecular Biophysical Sciences. The funds will be used to establish a research partnership between the […]
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Contact: Kay Hyatt at (207) 581-2761 ORONO– How do uncles distinctively contribute to their nephews’ development? And why has it taken so long for family scholars to ask the question? Robert Milardo, University of Maine professor of human development, hopes to find out by conducting the first in-depth study of uncle and nephew relationships. “Uncles […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Drawings and watercolors created throughout the past seven decades in venues from Great Britain to Grand Manan will be on display in an exhibit and sale, with proceeds benefiting the University of Maine’s Fogler Library. The works on paper by artist Arline K. Thomson will be exhibited […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO– Free tickets are still available for the Friday, May 9 University of Maine lecture featuring former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney. The lecture, scheduled for 11 a.m. in the Maine Center for the Arts, is UMaine’s fourth William S. Cohen Lecture. Cohen, the Bangor native who represented Maine […]
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Contact: Laura Wilson, Cooperative Extension, 207-581-2971; Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO– Hancock County residents with lakeshore property are invited to attend a meeting May 14, 9 to 11 a.m., at the Ellsworth City Hall to discuss the threat of invasive aquatic plants in lakes. Laura Wilson, water quality scientist with University of […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Longtime arts patrons and University of Maine benefactors Renee and Leonard Minsky of Bangor are the recipients of the fourth annual Vincent A. Hartgen Award. The award, sponsored by the UMaine Patrons of the Arts, was presented in a ceremony April 26 on campus. Named for the […]
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