Steve Barkan, professor of sociology, been elected to a three-year term as the Region I Representative on the Council of Alpha Kappa Delta, the international sociology honor society for undergraduate students. The Council meets annually the day before the beginning of the American Sociological Association conference in August. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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Three University of Maine students were named winners of the 2011 Edith Patch Award at an Earth Day Reception honoring the life and legacy of the university’s first woman scientist. Vanessa Coats, Haley Viehman and Alyssa Freitag were honored for distinguished work they have done while at the University of Maine, and in recognition of […]
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Four well-known Native American writers will visit the University of Maine for a Friday April 29 roundtable discussion and reading. They will also participate in a Saturday, April 30 emerging writers’ workshop at the Indian Island School. Both events are open to the public with no admission charge.
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The University of Maine Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) has announced winners of this year’s second annual Undergraduate Research & Academic Showcase held last week. Nine awards were made after consideration of more than 50 research projects presented as end-of-the year capstone exhibits or displays. The research represents disciplines from across campus.
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Anthony Halog, assistant professor in Industrial Ecology and LCA in the School of Forest Resources, recently received a prestigious Organization for Economic Cooperation Development Research Fellowship in biological resource management for sustainable agricultural systems and will work at the Finnish Forest Research Institute this summer.
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Several of this year’s most popular capstone themes, the integration of education and gaming and the integration of technology in the classroom, will be among the student exhibits and presentations at today’s 2011 New Media Capstone Night at the Collins Center for the Arts. The public is invited to the free event, scheduled 7-9 p.m.
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Jonathan Rubin, a faculty member in the UMaine School of Economics and member of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to work at the Center of Study in Renewable and Sustainable Energy at Sub-Saharan Africa’s University of Botswana, Gaborone, during the 2011-2012 academic year.
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Susan Brawley of the UMaine School of Marine Sciences and botany faculty received the Northeast Algal Society’s Frank Shipley Collins at the organization’s 50th annual meeting over the past weekend. The award honors exceptional and meritorious contributions to phycology and the Society. Collins was an authority on North American algae in the 19th/20th century. The […]
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Contact Joe Carr at 207-581-3571 Freelance journalist and author Heather Pringle (www.heatherpringle.com) will visit the University of Maine for a Tuesday April 19 presentation.
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571, joe.carr@umit.maine.edu ORONO — A presentation by University of Maine Professor Paul Mayewski, an internationally acclaimed climate scientist who has led research expeditions to some of the world’s most remote locations, will highlight a Tuesday April 19 event at the Portland Museum of Art. Mayewski’s multimedia presentation will detail the […]
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