Outreach

UMaine Announces $20M National Science Foundation Grant for Sustainability Initiative

Contact: Vicki Nemeth, Maine EPSCoR Director, 581-3399,maineepscor@umit.maine.eduJoe Carr, 581-3571, joecarr@maine.edu ORONO — Gov. John Baldacci and other state leaders joined University of Maine and University of Southern Maine officials on Wednesday morning to announce a $20 million National Science Foundation EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) grant for a wide-ranging new project called the […]

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Global AIDS Expert to Speak Thursday

Contact: Paul Grosswiler, 907-5596; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Author and international authority on HIV-AIDS Susan Hunter will give a public talk, “Hadithi, Hadithi: Telling the Story of AIDS in Africa,” Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Bangor at 120 Park St. The lecture is free. Hunter is largely credited with […]

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Federal Grant to Support Statewide Research, Outreach Project

Contact: Joe Carr, (207) 581-3571 ORONO – Gov. John Baldacci and other state government leaders will join University of Maine and University of Southern Maine officials on Wednesday to announce a $20 million National Science Foundation EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) grant to create the Center for Sustainability Solutions. The announcement event is […]

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UMaine-Based Drug Mail-Back Program Refunded, Expands

Contact: Len Kaye, (207) 262-7922; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO, Maine – The first-in-the-nation pharmaceuticals mail-back program launched in 2007 by the University of Maine’s Center on Aging with partnering agencies has been refunded for another two years, and will more than double in size and scope as a result. In the new phase of […]

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