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Climate Change Institute Scientists Help Discover Nanodiamonds in Greenland Ice

Contact: Paul Mayewski, (207) 581-3019 or paul.mayewski@maine.edu University of Maine volcanologist Andrei Kurbatov and glaciologist Paul Mayewski, along with 21 other scientists, coauthored a scientific paper released late last month that details the discovery of a layer of nanodiamonds in the Greenland ice sheet, which has added to a controversy in the scientific community about […]

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2010 INBRE Fellowships Awarded & Applications Still Being Reviewed

Contact: Charlie Slavin, Dean of the Honors College, 207.581.3262, slavin@honors.umaine.edu Keith Hutchison, Professor of Biochemistry/Molecular Biology, 207.581.2827, keithh@maine.edu ORONO — The University of Maine Honors College and the Maine IDeA Network for Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) have announced five recipients of Honors Thesis Fellowships of $2,575, and one Junior Year Research Award of $1,030. The […]

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New Mineral Named for Late Professor Charles Guidotti

Contact: Ed Grew, (207) 581-2169 ORONO — Charles V. Guidotti, professor in the UMaine Department of Earth Sciences from 1981 to his death in 2005, has been honored by having a new mineral, guidottiite, named after him. The name was approved by the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names of the International Mineralogical Association, […]

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Diamond Named to Arkansas post

John Diamond, executive director of external affairs, has been named associate vice chancellor for university relations at the University of Arkansas.  Diamond is a Bangor native and UMaine graduate who previously served as UMaine’s director of public affairs.  He is also a former UMaine faculty member, currently completing a UMaine Ph.D. in communication and public […]

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Auditions Scheduled for SPA Theater Production

The School of Performing Arts is holding auditions today, Sept. 7, and Wednesday, Sept. 8, at 6-9 p.m. in Hauck Auditorium for its next production, “The Boys Next Door,” directed by Sandra Hardy of the theater faculty. Callbacks are scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 9. Interested actors should bring a prepared comic monologue. Audition materials also […]

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