Contact: Mary Ellen Camire, 581-1627 The Consumer Testing Center in the University of Maine Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition is looking for about 100 volunteers to provide opinions of fresh tomatoes on Tuesday, Jan. 25. Volunteers can participate in one of two different sessions: 11 a.m.- 1:30 p.m., or 4-5:30 p.m. Testing sessions […]
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ROCKLAND–A generous donation from the family of the late Matthew R. Simmons, the founder and chair of the Ocean Energy Institute (OEI), along with all the gifts from friends and colleagues given to OEI in his memory, will create opportunities for the University of Maine to further the OEI objectives rooted in his visionary perspectives on […]
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Contact: Elizabeth Viselli, Associate Program Manager Advanced Structures and Composites Center DeepCwind Consortium 207-221-5639 elizabeth.viselli@umit.maine.edu 207-581-2831 Contact: Sue Jones, Conference Coordinator sue@communityenergypartners.com ORONO — The University of Maine will present an exciting addition to the Maine Wind Working Group’s Maine Wind Energy Conference, scheduled for next week in Augusta. The wind energy track, scheduled for […]
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ORONO — LCRD Gregory Hall, a chemistry professor at the U.S. Coast Guard Acadamy, will visit the University of Maine for a Thursday Jan. 27 Dept. of Chemistry colloquium, “Chemical Issues in Oil Spill Response and Forensics.” His presentation is scheduled for 428 Aubert Hall at 11 a.m.
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Contact: Marilynne Mann, 581-3110; Jonathan Rubin, 581-1528; Stephen Reiling, 581-3237 ORONO — The blizzards than blanket streets, driveways and walks may seem somewhat of an inconvenience for some Mainers, but for many others, the rule is the more snow the better. University of Maine economics researchers say the cost of cleaning up after storms is […]
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UMaine’s Lunar Habitat, Wireless Sensing Laboratory Opening Friday Contact: Ali Abedi, (207) 581-2231 or abedi@eece.maine.edu The world’s first inflatable lunar habitat, which was assembled on the University of Maine campus last fall and will be a test site for NASA as it prepares for voyages to the moon, Mars and Venus, will be unveiled Friday […]
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Contact: Paul Myer, (207) 581-1992; Jason Harkins, (207) 217-4798 ORONO — Five Maine Business School graduate students representing the University of Maine at the 2010 Molson International Case Competition in Montreal, Canada recently performed well, finishing in the top half of 36 invited business school from across the globe. The UMaine team finished 14th overall […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 Ramesh and Pushpa Gupta, professors in the University of Maine Department of Mathematics and Statistics, were invited to conduct a workshop on mixture models in statistics, organized and funded by the Institute of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Malaya, December 28, 2010. Ramesh presented two one-hour lectures: “Frailty […]
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Contact: Ivan Manev, (207) 581-1968 ORONO — The Maine Business School in the University of Maine’s College of Business, Public Policy and Health has earned reaccreditation by one of the world’s most prestigious accrediting bodies, the AACBS International. Fewer than 5 percent of the world’s business schools offering undergraduate, masters and doctoral degrees in business […]
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A memorial service and celebration of the life, work and friendships of the admired John H. Dearborn, Distinguished Maine Professor and Professor Emeritus of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine who died Nov. 24 at the age of 77, will be held Friday, January 21 at 3 p.m. at the Buchanan Alumni House. Professor […]
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