The Bangor Daily News reports that the generosity of Machias Savings Bank will allow for free admission practices to continue at the UMaine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor. A new gift, in memory of the late UMaine benefactor Edward “Ted” Leonard, will extend free admission through 2011. This represents an extension of Machias Savings […]
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Maine Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins issued a joint statement announcing a $512,736 National Science Foundation grant to support prosthetic robotic hand research under the supervision of UMaine engineering professor Ashish Deshpande.
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Saturday’s Bangor Daily News reported that President Kennedy is under consideration for a volunteer position on the University of Minnesota Board of Regents. Kennedy, who is stepping down from the UMaine presidency in June after nearly seven years in that role, is a Minnesota native and a University of Minnesota graduate.
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WABI quoted Alan Davenport, the director of UMaine’s Maynard F. Jordan Planetarium, in a story about changes to the zodiac signs. The changes, discussion of which has lit up the Internet, have been going on for thousands of years due to basic shifts in Earth’s position.
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The University of Maine Museum of Art will be free for visitors again this year, WABI reported. The museum has for the fourth year in a row received a donation from Machias Savings Bank in support of the free admission program.
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UMaine’s Alfond Arena was named in a Boston Globe article one of the best college hockey venues in New England. The “boisterous” Black Bear fans, post-goal foghorn, intimidating atmosphere and Hall of Fame displays were among the reasons for the listing. The story begins with a description of students camping out in UMaine parking lots […]
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Contact: Ivan Manev, (207) 581-1968 ORONO — The Maine Business School in the University of Maine’s College of Business, Public Policy and Health has earned reaccreditation by one of the world’s most prestigious accrediting bodies, the AACBS International. Fewer than 5 percent of the world’s business schools offering undergraduate, masters and doctoral degrees in business […]
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A memorial service and celebration of the life, work and friendships of the admired John H. Dearborn, Distinguished Maine Professor and Professor Emeritus of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine who died Nov. 24 at the age of 77, will be held Friday, January 21 at 3 p.m. at the Buchanan Alumni House. Professor […]
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A group of talented musical performers who met as UMaine students will stage a Jan. 23 South Portland benefit concert to benefit the ALS Association of Northern New England. Emily Cain, the minority leader of the Maine House of Representatives who is also a staff member in UMaine’s Honors College, will be joined by Matthew […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine is accepting nominations for the Barbara Hikel Retiree Award. This honor, named for a former exemplary UMaine employee who remained connected to the university for years after retirement, is given annually to a UMaine retiree who provides extraordinary volunteer service to UMaine. “Retirees […]
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