Contact: Amy Witt, 207-780-4205, amy.witt@maine.edu BANGOR, Me.—University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a tour of the Bangor City Forest and Orono Bog Boardwalk on Friday, June 11 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Jan Santerre of the Maine Forest Service, Bangor City Forester Brian Dugas and guides from the Orono Bog Boardwalk will lead the tours. […]
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Contact: Roberta Laverty, (207) 581-2110 or Paul Williamson, Maine Composites Alliance, (207) 242-3521 ORONO – High schools and vocational centers across Maine are set to participate on May 14 in the second Maine Wind Blade Challenge hosted by the University of Maine AEWC Advanced Structures & Composites Center in partnership with the Maine Composites Alliance […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Maine governor John Baldacci challenged University of Maine graduates to “stand up for what is right” during his commencement address at Alfond Arena today. Recalling the “turmoil” of the 1960s and the progress society has made since then, Baldacci pointed out that injustice remains and he urged […]
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ORONO — Four highly accomplished University of Maine professors, each with long and distinguished records of service to the university and its students, were announced this afternoon as the winners of UMaine’s annual top faculty awards. The awards are part of the annual Academic Honors Convocation, traditionally held the day before commencement. Today’s event was […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571, joe.carr@umit.maine.edu ORONO — University of Maine President Robert Kennedy unveiled “UMaine 150,” an eight-point plan that he says “will both improve UMaine and make it more financially sustainable.” Kennedy made the announcement during a Tuesday morning presentation at UMaine’s Collins Center for the Arts. Some 250 members of the […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 joe.carr@umit.maine.edu ORONO — University of Maine President Robert Kennedy has scheduled a Tuesday May 4 presentation to announce his decisions relative to academic program reorganization. His talk is scheduled for 10 a.m. at the Collins Center for the Arts. It will also be streamed online at http://www.umaine.edu. Kennedy created […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Following a week-long review, the University of Maine’s Division of Student Affairs has found the university’s Sigma Chi fraternity chapter to be in violation of UMaine’s hazing policies. These findings relate to a Saturday April 17 incident during which a UMaine student participating in a fraternity initiation […]
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Joe Carr, University of Maine (207) 581-3571, joe.carr@umit.maine.edu Leah Pennino, The Princeton Review (508) 663-5133, lpennino@review.com Free Guidebook Profiles the Nation’s Most Environmentally Responsible Colleges and Universities ORONO — The University of Maine is one of the country’s most environmentally responsible colleges according to The Princeton Review (www.PrincetonReview.com). The nationally known education services company selected […]
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Judy Round, 581-5104 round@maine.edu Photo available upon request ORONO – The Geddes W. Simpson Lecture Committee has selected Michelle Murphy, associate professor of history and the Institute of Women Studies and Gender Studies at the University of Toronto, to give the 2010 Geddes W. Simpson Distinguished Lecture. The lecture is scheduled for Maine Day, Wednesday, […]
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Contact: Joe Carr, (207) 581-3571 ORONO — George Dennis O’Brien, the former president of Bucknell University and the University of Rochester will be the guest speaker at the 2010 University of Maine Phi Beta Kappa annual initiation. The event is scheduled for Friday April 23 at 3 p.m. in Buchanan Alumni House. His topic is […]
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