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Sen. Rosen at UMaine 10/1

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Maine State Sen. Richard Rosen will visit the University of Maine on Tuesday, Oct. 1 as part of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center Distinguished Maine Policy Fellow Program. Rosen will spend the day at UMaine, meeting with students, faculty members and staff members.  A Bucksport resident, […]

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Darwin Lecture Series to Feature Kinnison Next Week

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine’s Celebration of Darwin class and lecture series continues on Monday Sept. 21 and Wednesday, Sept. 23 with talks by UMaine biological science professor Michael Kinnison.  He will discuss “Natural Selection” on Monday and “Unnatural Selection” on Wednesday. Each class meeting in the semester-long […]

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Honors College Awards First INBRE Fellowships

ORONO, Maine – Six University of Maine Honors College students recently were awarded the first round of Maine IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) fellowships to support their thesis research. The students, all members of the class of 2010, will receive fellowships of $2,500, and their thesis advisors will receive $1,000 to support the […]

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Darwin Lecture Series Continues Monday

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine’s Celebration of Darwin class and lecture series continues on Monday, Sept. 14 with a talk by UMaine history professor Howard Segal, “Darwinism, Religion and Social Darwinism in the 19th Century.” Each class meeting in the semester-long series is also open to members of […]

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Gov. Baldacci to Visit UMaine Friday for Biomedical Science Event

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Gov. John Baldacci will be at the University of Maine on Friday, Sept. 11 to attend the annual meeting of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS), a collaborative graduate education program involving higher education and biomedical research institutions statewide. The governor is due to arrive at […]

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Collins Center for the Arts Schedules Film Series

Contact: Joe Carr (joecarr@maine.edu) ORONO — One of the new features at the University of Maine’s renovated Collins Center for the Arts is a state-of-the-art digital film projector, enabling the presentations of features and documentaries that would otherwise not be available to film enthusiasts in this region. A series of six Thursday night films is […]

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Severin Beliveau to Present UMaine Distinguished Presidential Lecture Sept. 15

Contact: Joe Carr (joecarr@maine.edu) ORONO — Severin Beliveau, a Portland attorney and an influential leader in Maine’s Franco-American community, will present a University of Maine Distinguished Presidential Lecture on Tuesday, Sept. 15. The talk, “Maine’s French Reality,” is scheduled for 4 p.m. in Minsky Recital Hall. “We welcome the opportunity to hear Severin Beliveau share […]

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Bowdoin College History Professor Rael at UMaine Sept. 17

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine will observe Constitution Day with a Thursday, Sept. 17 lecture by Prof. Patrick Rael from the Bowdoin College history faculty. Rael, a specialist in Arfican-American history, will discuss “What the Fathers Founded: The Constitution, Slavery, and Resistance before the Civil War.”  The lecture, […]

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Darwin Lecture Series Continues Wednesday 9/9

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine’s Celebration of Darwin class and lecture series continues on Wednesday, Sept. 9 with a talk by UMaine chemistry professor on Darwin’s historical and cultural impact.  There is no Monday lecture next week because of Labor Day. Each class meeting in the semester-long series […]

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UMaine Professor Researching Way to Make Cancer Detection Easier

Contacts: Michael Mason (207) 581-2344; Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – A recent discovery by a University of Maine engineering professor and his collaborators is expected to make it easier for doctors to find cancerous tumors and start treatment in the early stages of the disease when it can be most effective. Associate Professor […]

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