Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Prof. Paul Mayewski, director of the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, will travel to Norway this weekend to join an exclusive fraternity of esteemed climate scientists to receive the International Glaciological Society’s (IGS) Seligman Crystal. Since the award was first presented in 1963 — to its […]
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Contact: Linda Healy (207) 563-3146, ext. 200 WALPOLE — A three- day August program at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center (DMC), will give high school juniors and seniors the opportunity to learn about marine science academic and career options. Dive In! is a new overnight program at DMC, a UMaine marine science laboratory […]
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Contact: Amy Witt, 207-780-4205, amy.witt@maine.edu BANGOR, Me.—University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a tour of the Bangor City Forest and Orono Bog Boardwalk on Friday, June 11 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Jan Santerre of the Maine Forest Service, Bangor City Forester Brian Dugas and guides from the Orono Bog Boardwalk will lead the tours. […]
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Contacts: Len Kaye, (207) 262-7922; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO, Maine – The first-in-the-nation pharmaceuticals mailback program launched in 2007 by the University of Maine’s Center on Aging with federal funding and partnering agencies has officially ended as a pilot and continues for another two years as a program of the state. The program has […]
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Contact: Theresa McMannus, 581-2441 ORONO – The University of Maine College of Education and Human Development has recognized the work of the following students and faculty members with 2010 excellence awards. Jenna Ouellette, a scholar-athlete from Winnipeg, Manitoba, graduated with a degree in kinesiology and physical education, was named Outstanding International Student. Kathryn Blynn, a […]
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Contact: George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The University of Maine Department of Mathematics and Statistics recently inducted new members into the mathematical honor society Pi Mu Epsilon, and recognized outstanding mathematics graduate students and undergraduate research assistants during its annual Mathematics Award and Recognition ceremony. The department also awarded more than $17,000 in scholarships to […]
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Contact: Barbara Harrity, 581- 3211 ORONO – The University of Maine College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture has made the following 2010 excellence awards to undergraduate, graduate and faculty members. Anjelica Hodgson, a scholar-athlete from Ontario, Canada, graduated with a degree in biochemistry, was named the Outstanding International Student. Robin Arnold of Orono, a […]
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Contact: Roberta Laverty, (207) 581-2110 or Paul Williamson, Maine Composites Alliance, (207) 242-3521 ORONO – High schools and vocational centers across Maine are set to participate on May 14 in the second Maine Wind Blade Challenge hosted by the University of Maine AEWC Advanced Structures & Composites Center in partnership with the Maine Composites Alliance […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Maine governor John Baldacci challenged University of Maine graduates to “stand up for what is right” during his commencement address at Alfond Arena today. Recalling the “turmoil” of the 1960s and the progress society has made since then, Baldacci pointed out that injustice remains and he urged […]
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ORONO — Four highly accomplished University of Maine professors, each with long and distinguished records of service to the university and its students, were announced this afternoon as the winners of UMaine’s annual top faculty awards. The awards are part of the annual Academic Honors Convocation, traditionally held the day before commencement. Today’s event was […]
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