Campus Announcements

Penobscot Birchbark Artist to Build Wigwam at the Hudson Museum

Contact: Gretchen Faulkner, 581-1901; Barry Dana, 643-2595 ORONO — An authentic birchbark wigwam soon will be part of the University of Maine’s Hudson Museum Maine Indian Gallery in the Collins Center for the Arts. Former Penobscot Nation Chief and master birchbark artist Barry Dana is coordinating the building of a birchbark wigwam with children from […]

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Youth Development Institute Underway at UMaine; Experts Discussing Dropout Prevention

Contact: Lauren Sterling, Governor’s Children’s Cabinet and Department of Education (207) 465-5228 ORONO – More than 250 educators, school administrators, afterschool staff and young people are at the University of Maine for the three-day 2010 Youth Development Institute, which runs through Wednesday. Formerly known as the Dropout Prevention Summit, the institute features a series of […]

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One-Lane Traffic on Stillwater Bridge Beginning Wednesday Morning

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The Maine Dept. of Transportation has indicated plans to begin Stillwater Bridge repairs on Wednesday, July 28. Flaggers will move traffic through that section of Stillwater Avenue through one passable lane from 4 a.m.-3:30 p.m. each day.  State transportation officials expect this work to continue until late […]

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Collins Center for the Arts Announces 2010-2011 Season

Contact: Adele Adkins (adele.adkins@umit.maine.edu) Joe Carr (joe.carr@umit.maine.edu or 581-3571) ORONO — A gala celebration highlighting great musicals from the 20th century will kick off the 2010-2011 Collins Center for the Arts (CCA) performance season at the University of Maine. “The Songs of Broadway,” scheduled for Saturday Sept. 11 at 8 p.m. will feature current Broadway […]

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Schools See Suspensions Decline with ‘Restorative Discipline’

Contacts: Barb Blazej, (207) 581-2625; Jon Moody, (207) 465-2167; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO — After implementing a new philosophical approach to discipline about 3 years ago, teachers and administrators at Messalonskee Middle School in Oakland watched disciplinary problems decline and student morale rise. The new approach called restorative discipline encourages students who misbehave to […]

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UMaine and Waterville Company Gain Patent Approval for Sustainable Food Packaging Material

Contact: Joe Carr, UMaine, at (207) 581-3571 Tom Moore, Cerealus President (207) 504-0374 or tmoore@cerealus.com ORONO — The University of Maine and Cerealus Holdings, LLC, a Waterville-based product development and technology commercialization company, have received a patent for an innovation that can provide a sustainable alternative to traditional food packaging materials. Known as Holdout (TM), […]

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UMaine Police Leading Investigation Into Computer Security Breach

Contact: Joe Carr at joe.carr@umit.maine.edu ORONO — The University of Maine police department is leading the investigation into the breach of two UMaine computer servers this spring. Sensitive data related to approximately 4,585 students were exposed as a result of these hacker attacks. Compromised files date as far back as 2002. “This is an insidious […]

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Researcher Confirms Blueberries Can Improve Cardiovascular Health

Contact: Dorothy Klimis-Zacas, (207) 581-3124; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO, Maine — Nutritionists have long known that one of Maine’s most prized and prolific natural resources, the wild blueberry, provides health benefits that we’re still just learning about. The Wild Blueberry Association of North America calls the Maine blueberry “nature’s antioxidant superfruit,” and cites its […]

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Examining Sexual Harassment, Younger Workers

Contact: Amy Blackstone, 581-2392 ORONO — Workplace experiences of adolescents and those in their early 20s differ sharply from those of older workers, and the same can be said about generational perceptions of sexual harassment, according to research by a University of Maine sociologist. Since 2000, UMaine sociologist Amy Blackstone and University of Minnesota sociologist […]

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Construction Scheduled for Sebago Road

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Work on UMaine’s Sebago Road will begin on Thursday, June 24. The road will be closed to traffic until 3 p.m. each day through July 15.  Sebago is the road that cuts between Hitchner Hall and the back of Memorial Union/Fogler Library.  Grove Street Extension will be […]

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