Contact: Owen Smith, (207) 581-4389 ORONO — The 2010 exhibition “Without Borders VII: Intermedia” is now open and continues through Sept. 24 at the University of Maine’s Lord Hall galleries. The festival and exhibit presents a variety of art that exists “between” traditional art forms, and includes such new media as computer-based generative art, documentation […]
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Steve Abbott, an Orono native who served 12 years as Sen. Susan Collins’ chief of staff, has been named University of Maine interim athletic director. An attorney and former Harvard football captain, Abbott will take over for Blake James, who is leaving UMaine on Sept. 7 to become senior associate athletic director for external relations […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — UMaine President Robert Kennedy has selected an interim athletic director to succeed Blake James, who is leaving UMaine for a senior athletics administration position at the University of Miami. Kennedy will announce his choice at a 2 p.m. Friday Aug. 20 news conference scheduled for the Alfond […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine will debut a new-look primary Web page on Tuesday, Aug. 17. A simplified version of the current page at http://www.umaine.edu, it will feature links that direct visitors to the most relevant and timely information sources on the university’s extensive Web site. Based on […]
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UMaine police encourage key registration program – Click here for more information or to register your keytag.
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — As the University of Maine prepares to welcome its new first-year students later this month, an informative, exciting, lively Monday Aug. 23 open house will signal the start of the 2010-2011 student recruitment and admissions cycle. Labeled “Summer Tour 2010,” the event represents a new approach to […]
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Contacts: Robert White, (207) 581-3113; Rod Bushway, (207) 581- 1626; Susan Sullivan, (207) 581-3130 ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine and the University of Vermont are joining forces this fall to offer a research-based online weight management course that helps college students develop healthy eating and exercise habits. “Vtrim Online” is a one-credit, semester-long […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 Andrew Mahoney at (207) 581-4158 ORONO — University of Maine athletic director Blake James has accepted an offer to return to the University of Miami, where he worked in athletic administration from 1998-2001. UMaine’s AD since July 2005, James will leave in early September. “Blake has done an outstanding […]
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Contact: Mohsen Shahinpoor, (207) 581-2143; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO — University of Maine mechanical engineers and their students are taking robotics to a whole new level with several new and ongoing research projects, including robotic surgery. By designing, configuring and testing smart computerized machinery composed of cables, circuits, electronic motors and servos, they hope […]
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Contact: Scott Wilkerson, (207) 581-3049 or scott.wilkerson@umit.maine.edu ORONO – The University of Maine Office of Facilities Management will begin early next week a multi-part project to improve stormwater management on campus and keep in compliance with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection. Starting around Aug. 9, the Belgrade Spur Detention Pond will be dredged and […]
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