The first speaker for the University of Maine Correll Presidential Lecture Series will be Ernest Morrell, director of the Institute for Urban and Minority Education at Teachers College. He’ll speak March 26 about English language arts instruction.
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The Maine Engineers Week Expo will be held Saturday, March 3 at the University of Maine Field House, an annual event that attracts more than 1,500 Maine schoolchildren and adults who’ll see and touch some of the innovative contributions that Maine Engineers make to improve life.
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Recently the University of Maine recognized 1,947 students for achieving Deans List honors in the Fall 2011 semester. Of the students who made the Deans List, 1,689 are from Maine, 203 are from out of state, and 55 are from foreign countries. Please note that some students have requested that their information not be released; […]
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The next in a series of one-hour information-gathering sessions President Ferguson has organized to solicit input for UMaine’s strategic plan will take place Friday, Feb. 24, from 12-1 p.m. in the Buchanan Alumni House. The subject is Student Life. For a complete list of topics, dates and locations, visit this website. Everyone in the university […]
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Executive Director of Facilities, Real Estate and Planning Elaine Clark will be leaving the University of Maine to become the vice president for real estate and infrastructure planning at the Connecticut State Colleges & Universities Board of Regents for Higher Education beginning March 1.
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The status of energy production and use in Maine, and the major components of the state’s energy policy, are summarized in a new paper published today by the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine. “Energy in Maine”, written by Policy Center research associate Catherine Dickerson, focuses on energy consumption and production […]
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University of Maine School of Marine Sciences associate research professor Lee Karp-Boss had the opportunity Saturday to meet with Ban Ki-moon, the secretary general of the United Nations, and spark his interest in oceanography using hands-on activities she co-developed at UMaine.
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National Entrepreneurship Week events in Maine include several at the Foster Center for Student Innovation at the University of Maine, such as the annual Junior Achievement Titan Challenge and two sessions for students and others with business ideas to consult with investors and experienced entrepreneurs.
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University of California-Santa Barbara English professor and author Christopher Newfield will discuss the future of the humanities at public universities Feb. 21 as keynote speaker for the University of Maine Humanities Initiative’s “Connecting Our Worlds: The Contemporary Role of the Humanities” series. Newfield, a prolific author of books and articles on the humanities and the […]
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Judith Ryan of Raymond, Maine, vice president for human resources and senior advisor to the president at the University of Southern Maine, has been named associate vice president for human resources and administration at the University of Maine.
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