WABI television broadcast a Thursday report about a UMaine competition involving computer science student who have been designing computer games. The competition, conducted in conjunction with Jackson Laboratory, was a final project for a programming course.
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Contact: Sandra Sigmon, (207) 581- 2049 ORONO — Many of us, especially in northern climates, can experience the depressing effects of seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, as days grow shorter and darker with the onset of winter. For some, the syndrome can be debilitating. UMaine professor of psychology Sandra Sigmon, a cooperating professor of the […]
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Some UMaine engineering students spent last Saturday in Cape Elizabeth judging the Southern Maine VEX Robotics Competition, according to the South Portland Sentry blog. The UMaine will host the state robotics competition in February at the Bangor Auditorium, the blog posting stated.
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine’s Women in Leadership and Philanthropy (WLP) program has created UMaine’s first-ever Charitable Gift Catalog, a 23-page brochure that describes the ways in which alumni and other friends can support UMaine students through contributions. Featuring a series of photos, the brochure provides information about […]
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The Collins Center for the Arts at UMaine is scheduled to present Verdi’s “Don Carlo,” a live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera, on Sunday, Dec. 12 from 1-3 p.m. Director Nicholas Hytner calls Don Carlo the “quintessential Verdi opera,” with “on the one hand, an implacable expression of impending doom and, on the other hand, […]
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The Bodwell Center for Service and Volunteerism is reminding members of the UMaine community that Friday, Dec. 10 is the deadline for donating holiday gifts to be distributed to those in need this year. Drop-off boxes are located in Memorial Union, the Student Recreation and Fitness Center, dining facilities and in Hannibal Hamlin Hall. Suggested […]
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Jeremy Frey, who will be exhibiting his Maine Indian baskets Saturday at the Maine Indian Basketmakers Sale and Demonstration at the Hudson Museum, was featured in a Bangor Daily News article about a national arts grant he received Tuesday. Saturday’s event will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Collins Center for the […]
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An article in the Dec. 8 edition of the Bangor Daily News about Legal Services for the Elderly attorney Julie Millet in Bangor, and the increase in the number of older people needing legal services, cited a recent study by the University of Maine Center on Aging that established a growing need. Legal Services commissioned […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The Maine Farriers Association will present a cash donation to the University of Maine equine program on Friday, Dec. 10, as part of a series of events including a seminar, clinic and demonstration. Farriers have expertise in equine hoof care. Their functions include the placement of shoes […]
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In a Bangor Daily News letter to the editor, UMaine’s Habib Dagher, director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center, advocates for federal research investments he writes have helped the UMaine-based offshore wind technology development program create 250 jobs this year within 25 Maine companies and organizations.
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