Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine will host two March lectures, presented by its Program in Western Civilization and American Liberty. L. Joseph Hebert, St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa, with give a talk, “Getting Rights Wrong: Tocqueville’s Perspective on Individual Rights and the U.S. Supreme Court,” on Friday, […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Prof. Jonathan Rubin from the University of Maine School of Economics and Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center will make a Thursday March 11 presentation Washington, D.C. Rubin is one of five presenters scheduled for a panel on the subject “From the Little Guy to the Big Picture, […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine will join the growing list of U.S. colleges and universities to adopt a tobacco-free campus policy, effective Jan. 1, 2011. Over the next ten months, UMaine will implement an information campaign and begin working with students and employees who wish to break their […]
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Contact Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Two prestigious University of Maine honor societies are accepting nominations for new student members. The Senior Skull Society and All Maine Women are open to UMaine juniors. The Senior Skull Society is made up of students who have shown leadership, academic achievement, community service, responsibility, character and […]
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Contact: Erin-Kate Sousa at (207) 581-3842 erin-kate.sousa@umit.maine.edu ORONO — For the tenth consecutive year, a contingent from Japan’s Hirosaki University will visit the University of Maine for an intensive three-week course on English language and U.S. culture. The 12 students begin the course on Monday Feb. 22. It continues through Friday March 12. UMaine’s Intensive […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at 581-3571, joecarr@maine.edu ORONO — The University of Maine will host three February lectures, presented by its Program in Western Civilization and American Liberty Program. Ray Raymond, a U.S. Military Academy lecturer who’s also a Fellow of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History in New York City and a Fellow of […]
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Contact: Catherine Schmitt at (207) 581-1434 catherine.schmitt@umit.maine.edu ORONO — Maine Sea Grant has identified recipients of 2010-2012 research funding awards from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Sea Grant Office. Over $500,000 will support five research projects in the natural and social sciences. Maine Sea Grant is a state-federal partnership based at the […]
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Contact: Summer Allen at (207) 581-3794 or summer.allen@maine.edu ORONO — Northern Forest stakeholders are eligible to apply for research funding under a program that encourages collaborative study of forestry issues in northern New England and New York. The University of Maine’s Center for Research on Sustainable Forests is a member of the Northeastern States Research […]
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Contact: Susy Kist, Ocean Renewable Power Company (207) 772-7707 (office) (207) 272-8615 skist@oceanrenewablepower.com BATH, Me. — Ocean Renewable Power Company CEO Christopher Sauer will unveil the tidal energy company’s proprietary, commercial-scale, hydrokinetic turbines in Bath on Friday. Sauer will present and describe the turbines at the U.S. Windblade facilities at 11 a.m. Representatives of business […]
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Contacts: Jan Mokros, Maine Mathematics & Science Alliance, 287-6491 Vicki Nemeth, Maine EPSCoR at the University of Maine, 581-3399 Anita Bernhardt, Maine Dept. of Education, 624-6835 AUGUSTA — More than 325 participants from all across Maine will take part in the Maine STEM Collaborative’s 2010 Summit on Friday January 29 at the Augusta Civic Center. […]
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