Nationally known children’s book author and illustrator Gail Gibbons recently received the first annual Correll Book Award for Excellence in Early Childhood Informational Text, a new national award created through the University of Maine’s College of Education and Human Development.
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Dorothy Klimis-Zacas, UMaine professor of food science and human nutrition, has been awarded a Senior Fulbright Specialist grant in agriculture, which will enable her to continue her research on the health benefits of wild blueberries at the Food Science and Human Nutrition Department at the University of Milan in Italy. In 2007 she received a […]
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University of Maine faculty member, Honors College preceptor and folklorist Melissa Ladenheim has received Maine Campus Compact’s Donald Harward Faculty Award for Service-Learning Excellence. The award recognizes the accomplishments of faculty members in making public service an integral part of their teaching, forging strong and reciprocal community partnerships, and advocating for service learning. The award […]
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David Handley, University of Maine Cooperative Extension vegetable and small fruit specialist at Highmoor Farm in Monmouth, has been judged a winner in the National Association of County Agricultural Agents Communications Awards Program for a video on raspberry pruning. He will be recognized in mid-July at the Communications Awards Luncheon in Charleston, S.C. In addition, […]
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Three engineers and a biochemist are the recipients of the top annual faculty awards at the University of Maine, which will be presented May 4 as part of the Academic Recognition Convocation.
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The Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium (SISS) will host a workshop for Maine teachers on Saturday, April 28 at UMaine. This biennial cultural event will bring eight internationally recognized sculptors to the University of Maine campus this summer to create stone artwork for permanent display at area locations.
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The University of Maine Singers and Oratorio Society will perform at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 29, with the Bangor Symphony Orchestra in its concert “C’est Magnifique!” at UMaine’s Collins Center for the Arts.
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World-renowned historian Doris Kearns Goodwin will deliver the keynote address for University of Maine Leadership Week on April 18 at the Collins Center for the Arts.
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A series of leadership events, academic activities, student research expositions and campuswide celebration will commemorate the inauguration of University of Maine President Paul W. Ferguson on April 19.
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The University of Maine System Board of Trustees has approved promotion and/or tenure for 29 University of Maine faculty members. The professors, who represent the broad spectrum of UMaine academic programs, were nominated by University of Maine President Paul Ferguson after an extensive process reviewing their work in teaching, research and community service.
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