The UMaine Collins Center for the Arts presents Das Rheingold, the first of four of Richard Wagner’s epic Ring of the Nibelung operas, in a live Metropolitan Opera broadcast Saturday, Oct. 9, from 1-3 p.m. Two unparalleled artists join forces to create a groundbreaking new Ring for the Met: Maestro James Levine and director Robert […]
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A new informational Web site related to the search for the University of Maine’s next president was launched today. The site includes information about the process, along with the position posting itself and candidate criteria.
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Friday’s Portland Press Herald and Bangor Daily News feature stories previewing the UMaine Black Bear hockey team’s season-opening weekend. Ranked #7 in the nation and #2 in Hockey East in pre-season polls, the Black Bears will host UMass-Lowell on Friday night and UConn on Saturday night.
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UMaine junior Ben Goodman is featured in stories in the Portland Press Herald and several other news outlets, in his role as president of the Maine College Democrats organization. That group is challenging GOP gubernatorial candidate Paul LePage with regard to his stance on college students and voting rights.
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The Cumulus radio station group, including WQCB-FM, broadcast a news report featuring UMaine math professor Andre Khalil’s work in developing new methods for analyzing structural changes in cancer cells. This work, described in a UMaine news release, could lead to methods for earlier detection of cancer.
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Mainebiz notes a $1 million grant to support the Maine Tidal Power Initiative, which includes UMaine tidal power research in places such as the Cobscook Bay, Bagaduce River, and the Sheepscot estuary. The Maine Tidal Power Initiative is in its fourth year and has been awarded a total of $4 million in government and nongovernment […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine recognized four people who have had a tremendous impact on the university and its students during the annual Stillwater Society Dinner on Friday Oct. 1. Sen. Susan Collins, who was herself honored by UMaine’s prestigious Stillwater Society in 2009, presented 2010 honoree Prof. […]
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Contact: Renee Kelly, (207) 581-1401 or rwkelly@maine.edu Last May, four UMaine students arrived at the Eureka! Ranch in Cincinnati with high expectations of their impending summer internships at the invention and research think tank founded by UMaine alumnus Doug Hall. The experience turned out to be much more for students Dan Lafayette, Nate Wildes, Brian […]
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Contact: Rosie Seaber, 581-4014 UMaine’s Employee Assistance program is sponsoring a presentation Thursday, Oct. 14, from 12-1 p.m. at 122 Libby Hall on “Retail Therapy: Uncovering Emotional Spending,” with UMaine graduate student Sarah Morehead, master personal financial planner. She’ll discuss discovering the roots of “emotional spending,” acquiring tools for gaining control of spending habits and […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Prof. Habib Dagher, director of the University of Maine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center, will provide the Friday morning keynote address at the Maine Career and Technical Education Conference. Dagher’s talk is scheduled for 8:15 a.m. at the Lewiston Regional Technical Center on East Avenue. Dagher, […]
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