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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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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By Jessica Bloch (207) 581-3777 The troop battalion that went into battle this morning has been ravaged by losses. The surviving soldiers are hungry and tired. War weary. And there are no reinforcements in sight. After walking miles, the battalion comes upon a farmhouse recently vacated by enemy sympathizers. Here for the first time in […]
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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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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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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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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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Contact: Joe Carr, joe.carr@umit.maine.edu ORONO — University of Maine Honors College advancement coordinator Emily Cain was among several alums recognized with annual awards during an Oct. 16 Homecoming event at Buchanan Alumni House. University of Maine Alumni Association President Todd Saucer ’93, ’97G presented the awards, with assistance from board chair Kurt Marston ’74, ’79G. […]
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Contact: Craig Harris, 581-4220 The 2010 Canada Week Distinguished Lecture on Monday, November 15 will be presented by David Massell, professor of Canadian history at the University of Vermont. Massell has done extensive research on the politics and policy of hydroelectricity in Quebec, which is largely driven by escalating US demand for energy. The title […]
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Contact: UMaine Army ROTC, (207) 581-1125 Cadets from the Army and Navy ROTC at UMaine will participate in the annual Veteran’s Day Vigil today from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the steps of Fogler Library. A joint color guard will stand at attention in dress uniforms in honor of veterans of the nation’s wars […]
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