University of Tennessee researcher David L. Greene will speak about the history of carbon emission regulations and creating a sustainable future during the 15th annual Geddes W. Simpson Lecture. Greene, a Senior Fellow of the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy and a research professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering […]
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The Bangor Daily News published a University of Maine Foundation news release announcing entrepreneur David Sklar ’63 has joined the Charles F. Allen Legacy Society with a $1 million planned gift. UMaine Foundation President Jeffery N. Mills and UMaine President Susan J. Hunter recently presented Sklar with a certificate recognizing him as a new member […]
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University of Maine Foundation treasurer and former board chair Darryl Brown passed away June 18. He was 71. Brown received two degrees from UMaine, and the Darryl and Penny Brown Scholarship Fund is held at the University of Maine Foundation. A University of Maine Foundation announcement on his passing is online.
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The University of Maine Department of Political Science has announced the first awardees of the John M. Nickerson University of Maine Scholarship. The five selected students will each receive close to one year of in-state tuition for the 2016–17 academic year. Each of the students was awarded scholarship support after being chosen by the faculty […]
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The University of Maine Annual Fund office will be conducting the institution’s first Maine Day of Giving May 4, 2016. The 24-hour-long event will take place during the University’s annual Maine Day – traditionally a day of service for University students, faculty and staff, also on May 4. In this way, alumni and friends of […]
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The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece, “What the Stephen E. King Chair in Literature will bring to UMaine,” by Laura Cowan, an associate professor and chair of the English department at the University of Maine; and Gregory Howard, assistant professor and graduate coordinator of the master’s program in English at UMaine. “The million […]
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The Associated Press, Reuters, Bangor Daily News, Maine Public Broadcasting Network and Portland Press Herald reported an endowed chaired professorship in literature named in honor of best-selling author and University of Maine alumnus Stephen King will be established at the University of Maine with the help of a $1 million award from the Harold Alfond […]
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An endowed chaired professorship in literature named in honor of best-selling author and University of Maine alumnus Stephen King will be established at his alma mater with the help of a $1 million award from the Harold Alfond Foundation. The Stephen E. King Chair in Literature will support a faculty position in the Department of […]
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The Geddes W. Simpson Lecture Series Selection Committee is calling for nominations for the 15th annual Geddes W. Simpson Lecture, which will be held in fall 2016. The Geddes W. Simpson Lecture invites speakers of prominence that have provided significant insight into the area where science and history intersect. The Geddes W. Simpson Lecture Series […]
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The Division of Student Life has been awarded $3,000 for placing second in a social media challenge last fall, sponsored by PC Construction. The University of Maine Foundation coordinated UMaine’s participation in the contest.
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