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Migratory Birds Focus of Workshop in Acadia National Park

Rebecca Holberton, University of Maine professor and migratory bird expert, will host the Northeast Regional Migration Monitoring Network’s annual meeting April 19–20 in Moore Auditorium at Schoodic Education and Research Center Institute in Acadia National Park in Winter Harbor. Friday’s presentations and discussions include studies of bird and bat migration patterns, assessing risks of offshore […]

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New Media Night May 2

The 2013 New Media Night, the annual showcase of senior projects, will be 6–8 p.m. May 2 in the Innovative Media Research and Commercialization Center. Capstone projects will be on display, as well as demonstrations of the new facility’s cutting-edge audiovisual and 3-D fabrication facilities.

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Electrical Engineering Students Win Best Paper Award

UMaine electrical engineering majors Lonnie Labonte and Asa Sproul won the first place best paper award at IEEE Region 1 Student Conference at MIT April 6. More than 200 students from eight states in the Northeast attended the conference. The students’ winning paper on green skateboard design is part of their capstone design project. This […]

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Distinguished Diversity Lecture April 12

The 2013 Stanley Sue Distinguished Diversity Lecture will be presented Friday, April 12 by psychologist Doug Kimmel, speaking on, “Smoke, Mirrors, and Fairy Dust: Using Psychology for Social Justice.” The lecture begins at 1:30 p.m., in 105 Corbett Business Building. The Stanley Sue Lecture Series, an annual event sponsored by UMaine’s Diversity Committee of the […]

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Career Center, Foster Center to Hold Summer Job Presentation

The Career Center and the Foster Center for Student Innovation will offer a presentation on using Career Link to find summer jobs and internships from 12:30-1:30 p.m., Thursday, April 11 at the Foster Center. The presentation will also touch on networking, how to create a resume and how to improve telephone skills. Pizza will be […]

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Juried Student Art Exhibition April 5–May 5

The University of Maine Department of Art will hold an opening reception and award ceremony for the annual Juried Student Exhibition from 5:30–7 p.m. Friday, April 5 at the Lord Hall Gallery on campus. The exhibition is free and open to the public from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday until May 5. […]

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Sappi Fine Paper Donates $100,000 for Scholarships

Sappi Fine Paper North America will donate $100,000 over the course of four years to the University of Maine Pulp & Paper Foundation to establish an endowed scholarship fund for engineers. The Sappi Scholarship Fund is a leadership gift to the University of Maine Pulp & Paper Foundation’s $2 million fundraising campaign, which begins this […]

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