Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 MONMOUTH — University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) are sponsors of a workshop, Commercial Vegetable and Berry Farming: Getting Started in Maine. The forum is scheduled for 8:45 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on Saturday May 3 at Highmoor Farm in Monmouth. This is an […]
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Contact: Lori Watson, 581-2320 ORONO -While the University of Maine Onward Program may not represent the traditional way to apply to college, perhaps it should be. Those who wish to graduate from UMaine in a four-year degree program, but wonder if they are qualified, can find out through Onward Program, a division of College Success […]
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Contact: Derek Mitchell at (207) 712-8990 or Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine’s Alfond Arena will transform from hockey arena to concert venue to host alternative rock band Panic At The Disco and the Honda Civic Tour on Friday, May 2. Produced by Student Government, the concert will also feature […]
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Contact: Ashlee Lynch, 581-1468; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Earth Day events at the University of Maine April 22 include free bicycle tune-ups, canvas grocery bag and cedar sapling giveaways, energy-conservation exhibits, and a workshop on converting a York Village building to a self-sustaining residence for up to 20 students. Events begin at 10:15 a.m. […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at 9207) 581-3571 ORONO — University of Maine engineering students can learn the principles behind today’s electronic and computing devices at a laboratory that will be named in memory of Prof. Al Whitney who died last year after teaching at Maine’s flagship university for nearly 30 years. Thanks to gifts from 300 […]
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Contact: Elijah Magrane, 581-8434; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Volunteers are being sought by the UMaine Department of Food Science & Human Nutrition to participate in an eight-to-12-week study to test theories about the effects of wild blueberry consumption on hunger and blood chemistry. The purpose of the study is to demonstrate that consumption of […]
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Contact: Tom Weber (207) 581-3777 ORONO — A research paper written by Rodrigo Silva-Mu
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Contact: Michael Carrington 272-7298, Omar Khan, 581-1949, Cathy Marquez, 581-1353 ORONO – Usually, it is parents who badger the kids about good table manners, but at the University of Maine, a student group in the Maine Business School is asking for a little help with etiquette. They know they’ll soon be swapping their sweatpants and […]
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Contact: Amos E. Orcutt, President, University of Maine Foundation (207) 581-5100 ORONO — At its recent annual benefit dinner and dance, the Susan L. Curtis Foundation recognized the University of Maine Foundation for its support of the Camp Susan Curtis Arts Education Center at the Hewnoaks Volk Family Center in Lovell. The benefit was held […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine will celebrate the life of Burton Hatlen, a legendary professor who served on the UMaine English faculty for more than four decades, with a Friday April 18 service at the Newman Center on College Ave. The program will begin at 2:30 p.m. and […]
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