Contact: Kelly Hoovler, 581-1581 ORONO — Henry B. Metcalf, associate professor emeritus of general engineering at UMaine, has received the university’s 2009 Barbara Hikel Award, presented annually to a retiree who has continued to serve the institution as a volunteer. The annual award was established in 2006 by the president of the University of Maine […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine Alumni Association has recognized seven individuals and a family with a series of awards signifying exemplary, long-term support for the university, its students and its alumni association. Presentations were made on Sunday, May 31 during UMaine’s annual Reunion Weekend. “UMaine has an extraordinary […]
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Contact: Gail Werrbach, 581-2386 The UMaine School of Social Work is inviting members of the university community to an anniversary celebration for the school and a remembrance of an admired former faculty member June 18 at Wells Commons Conference Center. The school is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the baccalaureate social program and the 20th […]
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Contact: Amos Orcutt, University of Maine Foundation, (207) 581-5100 ORONO – On June 9, 1934, the University of Maine Class of 1909 presented a check for $1,000 to the newly formed University of Maine Foundation. The Foundation’s investment of that gift and those that have followed has resulted in total assets exceeding $140 million today. […]
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Contact: Gordon Nelson, 581-4799; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The University of Maine’s annual yard sale to dispose of tons of discarded student property — ranging from coffee makers and computer components to clothes, carpets and cleaning equipment — is being combined this year with an Auxiliary Services surplus property sale. The sale is Wednesday, […]
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Contact: Kathryn Jovanelli, 207.561.3350 Bangor, Maine – The University of Maine Museum of Art is pleased to present the following exhibitions to open to the public on June 26, 2009: Highway of Thought: Photographs by David Hilliard; Elegant Darkness: Photographs by Connie Imboden; Recent Sculptures by Christopher Frost. Highway of Thought: Photographs by David HilliardJune […]
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Contact: Victoria Blanchette, 581-2204; Eric Landis, 581-2170 ORONO, Maine – Students from Monmouth Academy will put spaghetti noodles — Delverde perciatelli #6, to be precise — to the test during the seventh annual Spaghetti Bridge Breaking Competition at the University of Maine. The event will be held on Tuesday, June 2 in Boardman Hall, room […]
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Contact: Harold Daniel, (207) 581-1933; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 HALLOWELL, Maine — In the last year, educators and stakeholders in Maine’s tourist industry have identified some of the training needs to develop and sharpen the skills of workers and managers in the hospitality industry. Now, they’re meeting in Hallowell May 29 to discuss how to […]
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Contact: Catherine Schmitt, 581-1434, catherine.schmitt@umit.maine.edu ORONO — Every summer, millions of people visit the sandy beaches of southern Maine, and thousands more own or rent homes in beach communities. Yet it is not always clear how these visits to the beach translate into dollars. At the 2009 Maine Beaches Conference, Friday, June 10, in South […]
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Contact: Andrei Kurbatov (207) 581-2840; Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – Scientists at the University of Maine have received a $436,546 grant from the National Science Foundation to extend climate records back to three million years using ice samples from the Allan Hills Blue Ice Area in East Antarctica. Andrei Kurbatov, an assistant research […]
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