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Lectures on Protest Movements, Labor Power Oct. 25

The University of Maine’s 2012 Annual Howard B. Schonberger Peace and Social Justice Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 25 will feature Frances Fox Piven, author and distinguished professor of political science and sociology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, who will present “How Protest Movements Change American History” at 7:30 p.m. […]

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Improving Educational Outreach

Enhancing community educational presentations with peer discussion, clicker technology Clicker technology and peer discussion — two educational tools typically used in school and college classrooms — have positive results when used in educational outreach for adults in the community, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Maine. The study was […]

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UMaine Football Game Featured on NCAA Website

The University of Maine football team’s Homecoming game Saturday against the University of New Hampshire was featured Thursday on the NCAA website. The website noted the Black Bears and Wildcats are playing each other for the 100th time — the longest running rivalry in UNH history. The teams play annually for the Brice-Cowell Musket, named […]

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University of Maine Co-Hosting 2012 Northeast Region Student Dairy Challenge

WATERVILLE – More than 120 undergraduate animal and dairy science majors from 14 colleges throughout the Northeast U.S. and Canada will put their dairy farm knowledge to the test at the 2012 Northeast Regional Dairy Challenge Nov.1–3 at the Best Western Plus Waterville Grand Hotel. The Northeast Regional Dairy Challenge, being held in Maine for […]

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Small Business, Entrepreneurship Focus of Conference

ELLSWORTH – The University of Maine Cooperative Extension is helping fuel the entrepreneurial spirit in Downeast-area business communities Nov. 1–2 with the first Hancock County Business Conference and Trade Show. Maine Gov. Paul LePage is scheduled to give a keynote address on Nov. 2. More than 100 representatives from area public- and private-sector businesses and […]

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Intermedia Professor’s Videos Being Featured on Seattle Talk Show

University of Maine professor Owen Smith, director of the Intermedia MFA Program, will have his video presentation “8 Transitions: video event works” presented as part of a celebration of the 100th birthday of composer John Cage. The event will be held on Oct. 20 at the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Seattle. The Late […]

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Barbara Higgins Bodwell, 1923–2012

University of Maine graduate Barbara Higgins Bodwell, who sponsored the Barbara Bodwell Volunteer Center at the University of Maine and with her husband, Russell Bodwell, was awarded UMaine’s Stillwater Presidential Award in 2010, passed away Monday, Oct. 15., at her home in Orono. “Barbara Bodwell was an inspiration to all of us, but especially to […]

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