Acclaimed pianist Paul Orgel will present an evening of Beethoven sonatas Saturday, Oct. 16 at 7:30 p.m. in Minsky Recital Hall, Class of 1944 Hall. An international performer and classical recording artist on the music faculty at the University of Vermont, Orgel will conduct a master class for music students during the day. Tickets for […]
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New exhibits on display through December 30 at the University of Maine Museum of Art in Bangor include “A Pointed View,” photographs by Ilya Askinazi, “String Too Short to Use,” featuring recent digital art works by Todd Watts, and Pablo Picasso’s “The Passionate Print.” Galleries at 40 Harlow St. are open from 10 a.m. to […]
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The Daily Racing Form ran a story about the removal of the thoroughbred horse racing track surface at Santa Anita Park in California. UMaine Libra Foundation Professor of Engineering Michael “Mick” Peterson, a race track expert, will test the new surface expected to be installed this fall. ESPN also ran the story.
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UMaine Cooperative Extension blueberry specialist David Yarborough told the Ellsworth American the blueberry crop is expected to be down this year, but the reduction in supply will likely drive up prices. Yarborough also said Maine’s wild blueberry crop is expected to be one of the smallest since 2005. The Maine crop was affected by an […]
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Charlie Armstrong of the UMaine Cooperative Extension faculty tells WLBZ/WCSH television that the Maine fall cranberry harvest is predicted at 20,000 barrells, or 2 million pounds. That’s about the same as last year’s yield.
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Thursday’s Bangor Daily News includes a story highlighting the achievements of UMaine cross-country star Corey Conner. The junior from North Townsend, Mass. won her second consecutive New England championship during a Boston race last weekend. She was the only runner to break the 17-minute mark in the 5-kilometer race.
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Contact: Ellen Woodhead, (207) 581-2609 BELFAST — The 7th Annual ESTIA International EcoPeace Community Conference Oct. 22 at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast will present speakers and panel discussions on the environment, education and sustainable community development. From 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., speakers and breakout groups will discuss philosophical and practical […]
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Contact: Roberta Laverty, 207-581-2110, roberta.laverty@umit.maine.edu ORONO — Maine’s innovative composites bridge technologies are being highlighted during a two-day event Wednesday Oct 13 and Thursday Oct. 14. The 2010 Maine Composites Showcase, hosted by MaineDOT and its Maine composites partners, is introducing top bridge engineers from New England and the northeast region to the innovative composites […]
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The Fall 2010 Women in the Curriculum and Women’s Studies Program lunchtime lecture series schedule is available online in a PDF. The series continues Wednesday, Oct. 20, from 12:15-1:30 p.m. in the Bangor Room of the Memorial Union with a talk, “Emily Dickenson and the Civil War,” by Ben Friedlander, associate professor of English. The […]
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Habib Dagher, director of UMaine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center, told the Bangor Daily News a proposed $5 billion undersea power line proposal aimed at spurring development of a coastal wind farm in the Mid-Atlantic states is a great sign that private investors are interested in offshore wind efforts. Google, along with a group […]
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