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Students in Haunted Fraternity House Story

UMaine students Jeff Sanford, Michael Pepin, Pete Christopher and Joel Martin, members of Beta Theta Pi fraternity, are included in a WABI news report about legends of ghosts in that fraternity’s house.

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Brewer in Story on Sussman Contributions

Comments from Mark Brewer of the UMaine political science faculty were included in a Friday story Associated Press story about issues surrounding political contributions to Maine Democrats by financier Donald Sussman.

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UMaine Fraternity Assisting UCP Effort

The UMaine chapter of Phi Kappa Alpha fraternity is working to help the local United Cerebal Palsy organization on a “Pumpkins in the Park” fundraiser during Halloween weekend.  Fraternity member Tyler Fadrigon was a live guest on WABI television’s Friday morning news, discussing the project with reporter Joy Hollowell.

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Oct. 30 Concert Features Strauss, Beethoven, Schubert, Mussorgsky Classics

A School of Performing Arts concert Saturday, Oct. 30 at 7:30 p.m. in Minsky Recital Hall, Class of 1944 Hall, by more than 50 University of Maine Orchestra students will feature the great classics “Die Fledermaus Ouverture” by Johann Strauss, Beethoven’s “Leonore Overture No. 2,” Schubert’s (unfinished) “Symphonie in H” and Mussorgsky’s “A Night on […]

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Monhegan Wind Power Project Featured In Article

Several UMaine faculty and researchers were highlighted in a Bangor Daily News story about an offshore wind power test site at Monhegan island. Peter Jumars, the director of UMaine’s School of Marine Scientists, was interviewed about environmental testing being performed at the site, and Bob Lindyberg of the AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center discussed […]

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Onward Program Receives Student Scholarship Funding

Contact: Alan Parks, 581-2320 ORONO — The University of Maine’s Onward Program to help at-risk, first-generation and non-traditional college students get extra support as they begin their post-secondary academic careers, has received funding to create two new student scholarships. Maine Community Foundation (MCF), through the Thomas W. Musgrave and Beulah Long Musgrave Scholarship Fund, has […]

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Camden Conference Course Explores Asia’s Economic Challenges, U.S. Foreign Policy

Contact: Marlene Charron, (207) 581-4096 ORONO — “The Challenges of Asia,” a unique University of Maine course designed around the 2011 Camden Conference on the same theme, will examine the impact of current trends in the international political economy of several countries in Asia. Class participants will explore regional dynamics, the influence and perspective of […]

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Law, Politics of Global Economy Is Forum Topic

Contact: Jim Settele, (207) 581-1835 BANGOR — The Bangor Foreign Policy Forum will host Ambassador John K. Veroneau, former Deputy United States Trade Representative, Nov. 15 at the Bangor Public Library for a discussion on the law and politics of a global economy. The talk is free and open to the public. It begins at […]

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Comins Presentation Previewed

An Express News online story previews a Nov. 19 University of Alberta program featuring Prof. Neil Comins from the UMaine Dept. of Physics and Astronomy.  Fr. José Funes, director of the Vatican Observatory, will join Comins for a panel discussion, “Astrobiology: Are We Alone in the Universe?”  The session is part of that university’s Festival […]

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Benefit Pumpkin Sale Today, Friday

Members of the UMaine Horticulture Club are selling pumpkins today, Oct. 28 until 2 p.m., and Friday, Oct. 29 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the Memorial Union to raise funds for club activities. The club is affiliated with the Environmental Horticulture Program.

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