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UMaine Hosting ‘Nor’Easter Bowl 2009’ Ocean Sciences Competition

Contact: Brenda Zollitsch, (207) 772-4729 or George Manlove, 581-3756 (Contact number the day of the event will be (207) 240-0398.) ORONO — The University of Maine is hosting the “Nor’Easter Bowl 2009 Regional Ocean Sciences Competition” Feb. 7, a regional ocean sciences competition among more than 100 top-achieving math and science high school students from […]

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UMaine Professor Leading the Way for Wireless Networks in Space

Contact: Ali Abedi, (207) 581-2231; Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3571 ORONO, Maine — The CANEUS Fly-by-Wireless Sector Consortium, part of an international non-profit organization that serves the needs of the aeronautics, space and defense communities, has tapped University of Maine Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Ali Abedi to help them pull the plug. No, they’re […]

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Maine NEW Leadership Accepting Applications from College-age Women

Contact: Rebekah Smith, 542-6015 (media inquiries only) Maine NEW Leadership, a University of Maine initiative that aims to educate and empower women to become civic and political leaders, is accepting applications for its inaugural class. The program will take place at UMaine from June 11 to 16; applications are due March 20. Twenty-five college-age women […]

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UMaine Habitat Sleep-Out Adds Feb. 7 Concert to Schedule

Contact: Brenton Murray, 480-201-4678 or Tim Brauer, 203-414-6143 ORONO — Members of the Habitat for Humanity — UMaine Campus Chapter A — are sponsoring a concert Feb. 7 as a follow-up to the Feb. 2-4 sleep-out, when students at the University of Maine will camp out for three days in makeshift shanties on the university […]

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UMaine Extension, Sea Grant working to keep Maine’s beaches clean, safe

Contact: Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3571; Keri Lindberg, (207) 832-0343 The University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Sea Grant is working to keep Maine’s coastal beaches safe and clean, and recently received funding to continue their work. Since 2002, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has provided Maine with money to implement a beach monitoring, assessment […]

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UMaine Intermedia Student Selected for National MFA Biennial Exhibition

Contact: Gabriella D’Italia, 234-2542 ORONO–Gabriella D’Italia, a student in UMaine’s Intermedia master of fine arts program, was selected for a national biennial exhibition of MFA students. Imaging Desire: Aegis First Biennial Graduate Student Exhibition will be held at the Hite Art Institute at the University of Louisville, Ky. The exhibit will run from February 12 […]

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UMaine and EMMC Join Forces for Student Healthcare

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 FACILITY RIBBON-CUTTING FRIDAY AFTERNOON ORONO — A ribbon-cutting event at the University of Maine’s renovated Cutler Health Center is scheduled for Friday afternoon, Jan. 30.  Officials will celebrate a new public-private partnership between UMaine and Eastern Maine Medical Center, which is now providing medical services to UMaine students through […]

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Igloo Building Workshop to be Held at UMaine

Contact: Jesse Moriarity at (207) 581-1427 ORONO, Maine — Building snow forts is one way to ward off winter boredom, but imagine how impressed your friends will be when they find out you can build a traditional igloo. Dr. Bert Yankielun — engineer, author, inventor and adventurer — will hold an igloo building workshop on […]

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UMaine Accounting Students Offer Free Help with Tax Returns

Contact: Steven Colburn, 581-1982; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — University of Maine Business School accounting students under the supervision of accounting professor Steven Colburn are offering free income tax filing assistance to the public on Monday afternoons, beginning Feb. 2. The long-standing UMaine Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA) is designed for low- to moderate-income […]

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