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UMaine Observes Great American Smokeout Today

Vice President for Administration and Finance Janet Waldron is reminding members of the University of Maine community that today is the 35th anniversary of the Great American Smokeout, and that the campus is just weeks away from becoming a smoke-free environment, joining some 400 other colleges and universities around the country. Information about the new […]

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Zimbabwe Human Rights Activist to Speak Dec. 2

Contact: Jim Settele, (207) 581-1835 “Political Violence in Zimbabwe: A Curse or An Age Old Culture” is the topic of the next Bangor Foreign Policy Forum, supported by the UMaine School of Policy and International Affairs, Thursday, Dec. 2 at 7:30 a.m. at the Bangor Public Library lecture hall and at 11 a.m. in the […]

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Holidays Not So Bright for Some

Contact: Len Kaye, (207) 262-7922, Nancy Webster, (207) 217-8185 BANGOR — For most people, the holiday season is traditionally a time for giving thanks and celebrating, but for many, holidays can be lonely, discouraging times of isolation. Homebound elders, people with debilitating health issues, newly divided families or people who have recently lost a loved […]

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UMaine Grant to Help Address Shortage of Special Ed Teachers

Contact: Lu Zeph, (207) 581-1207; Sandra Horne, (207) 581-1236 ORONO – The University of Maine has received $1.2 million in grant funding to begin preparing more and better-qualified early intervention special education teachers to serve increasing numbers of children with disabilities in Maine. The four-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special […]

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Russian Company Considering UMaine Bridge Technology for 2014 Olympics

Contact: Habib Dagher, (207) 581-2138 Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center and private company Advanced Infrastructure Technologies LLC (AIT) are talking with a Russian company about exporting UMaine’s Bridge-in-a-BackpackTM technology to Russia for use in preparation for increased traffic related to the 2014 Winter […]

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UMaine Professor Rubin Appointed Chair of National Committee

ORONO — Jonathan Rubin, a professor in the University of Maine School of Economics and Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, has been appointed chair of a national committee looking at issues related to energy use and efficiency in passenger and freight transportation. The Transportation Energy Committee, which Rubin now chairs, is part of the Transportation […]

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Collegiate Chorale, Chamber Choir Concert Saturday

Contact: Collins Center for the Arts box office, 581-1755 The University of Maine’s Collegiate Chorale and Chamber Choir will perform a diverse program of choral work dating from the 16th century through the 20th century on Saturday, November 13 from 7:30-9:30 p.m. at Minsky Recital Hall, Class of 1944 Hall. Admission is $7; admittance is […]

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Former UMaine Ph.D. Student Credited with New Mineral Discovery

Contact: Edward Grew, (207) 581-2169 The October issue of the journal The Canadian Mineralogist includes a peer-reviewed article by UMaine Department of Earth Sciences faculty researcher Edward Grew, recent Ph.D. student Jeffrey Marsh and colleagues about the discovery in 2009 by Marsh of a new mineral, a species of garnet named “menzerite-(Y)” in honor of […]

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Business Professors Available to Assess Possible Phone Book Elimination

Contact:  Paul Myer, 581- 1992; Nory Jones, 581-1971; Harold Daniel, 581-1933 ORONO — Three University of Maine business school faculty members are available to discuss the implications of the potential cessation of telephone directory distribution in Maine, as is being done in a growing number of states, as consumers continue shifting to the Internet for […]

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