Graduate students in the University of Maine’s School of Marine Sciences will have the opportunity to discuss their research at the 13th Annual Graduate Student Symposium, May 7-8 at the Darling Marine Center in Walpole, Maine. Research presentations start each day at 9:30 a.m. Contact: Jessica Bloch, (207) 581-3777 or jessica.bloch@umit.maine.edu
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Three engineers and a biochemist are the recipients of the top annual faculty awards at the University of Maine, which will be presented May 4 as part of the Academic Recognition Convocation.
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In response to his first nine months of extensive visiting with the University of Maine community in campus classrooms, laboratories and legacy buildings, President Paul Ferguson, as part of an initiative referred to as “Paint and Polish 2012,” will allocate approximately $2.5 million to improve the campus infrastructure. This initiative will include more than a […]
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David G.. Kleinschmidt, 58, a former network administrator for the University of Maine College of Engineering’s Civil and Mechanical Engineering Department, died April 20 in Orono, according to his obituary in the Bangor Daily.
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The Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium (SISS) will host a workshop for Maine teachers on Saturday, April 28 at UMaine. This biennial cultural event will bring eight internationally recognized sculptors to the University of Maine campus this summer to create stone artwork for permanent display at area locations.
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The University of Maine Singers and Oratorio Society will perform at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 29, with the Bangor Symphony Orchestra in its concert “C’est Magnifique!” at UMaine’s Collins Center for the Arts.
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In a Bangor Daily News op-ed column about how changing climate is affecting food production and pricing, Pamela Person of the Coalition for Sensible Energy and Maine Global Climate Change cited research by University of Maine climatologists that is contributing evidence to document environmental and climatological shifts. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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Maine Public Broadcasting Network has scheduled a broadcast of a recent talk at the University of Maine by noted paleoecologist, educator and science journalist Curt Stager today at 1 p.m. on its Speaking in Maine program. Stager, also an adjunct professor with the UMaine Climate Change Institute, spoke on “Climate Whiplash: What happens after global […]
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UMaine President Ferguson Taps Six Campus Initiatives in His Visions of University Excellence Program Six initiatives by University of Maine colleges, departments and programs designed to enhance excellence and campus transformation were selected for funding by the Presidential Request for Visions of University Excellence (PRE-VUE) Program.
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Rhian Waller, a University of Maine assistant research professor based at UMaine’s Darling Marine Center in Walpole, Maine, gave a keynote address at the 5th International Symposium on Deep-Sea Corals, which was held earlier this month in Amsterdam.
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