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Former UMaine Faculty Release Travel Guide

Marisue Pickering, professor emerita in Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Maine, and her husband John Pickering, a former teacher at both Orono’s Asa Adams School and UMaine’s College of Education and Human Development, have released a tourism book titled “Maine — Beyond the Usual.” The travel guide contains information, stories and photographs […]

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Invasive Emerald Ash Borer Focus of Symposium

The University of Maine, in collaboration with the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance, will host a half-day symposium June 21 on the emerald ash borer, an invasive beetle that attacks and kills ash trees, and what can be done to slow its spread in Maine. The free event starts at 8:30 a.m. in Wells Conference Center, […]

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High-Achieving Middle-Schoolers Tour UMaine

A group of about 50 seventh-graders from Amistad Academy Middle School in New Haven, Conn. toured the University of Maine on Thursday, June 6. The students were accompanied by their teacher, Abigail Herrick, a 2010 University of Maine graduate and former Team Maine member. Highlights included a welcome at the Admissions Office, a Mainely Physics […]

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Grad Students Conducting Research for STEM Council

University of Maine research fellows have been assisting the Maine Governor’s STEM Council create a comprehensive strategy to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics initiatives through an effort funded by UMaine’s Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost. Laura Millay, a student in the master of science in teaching program through […]

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Curtis Wins 2013 Eleanor C. Cairns Distinguished Librarian Award

Nancy R. Curtis, librarian in the Science and Engineering Center at Fogler Library on the University of Maine campus, has received the 2013 Eleanor C. Cairns Distinguished Librarian Award from the Maine Health Science Libraries and Information Consortium (HSLIC). The annual award, which was created in 1996, recognizes “excellence and achievement in contributions to HSLIC, […]

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Campus Community Invited to Zeph’s Division of Lifelong Learning Talk

University of Maine community members are invited to a presentation by Lucille Zeph, associate provost and dean of Division of Lifelong Learning candidate. The presentation, “Division of Lifelong Learning: Challenges and Opportunities,” will take place 1:30–2:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 4 in the Bangor Room of the Memorial Union. A question-and-answer session will follow the presentation. […]

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Mother-Daughter Project Lecture June 6 in Belfast

A Bates College sociology professor will discuss factors that can lead adults to reinforce gender stereotypes during a presentation Thursday, June 6, at 7 p.m. at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. Speaker Emily Kane is author of The Gender Trap, which explores how adults can unintentionally reinforce traditional roles and expectations. The […]

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Second Annual UMaine Business Challenge Winners Announced

The second annual UMaine Business Challenge for student entrepreneurs recently awarded thousands of dollars in cash and consulting services to a University of Southern Maine student and three UMaine finalists. Tom Myers, a USM mechanical engineering student from Gray, Maine, won the grand prize of $5,000, as well as the $4,000 technology prize and consulting […]

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Hutto, Ouellette Named 2013 Outstanding Professional Employees

The University of Maine Professional Employees Advisory Council (PEAC) has named Dwane Hutto, Forest Bioproducts Research Institute (FBRI) project manager, and Barbara Ouellette, Honors College coordinator of student academic services and budget, the winners of the 2013 Outstanding Professional Employee Award. The PEAC selects winners based on the employee’s actions and achievements beyond work responsibilities […]

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