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UMaine Community Service, Honor Society Chapter Honored

Contact: Brittany Myles (Brittany.Myles@umit.maine.edu) ORONO – The University of Maine chapter of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS) has been awarded Bronze Star status for its members’ community service work on campus and in communities surrounding the university. The Washington, D.C.-based NSCS is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies and is […]

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Holberton, Morse Look at Warm Weather Impact on Birds and Fish

A Working Waterfront story provides analysis of the impact of warmer-than-usual temperatures in the first eight months of 2010 on seabirds and certain marine species.  Rebecca Holberton, UMaine avian biologist and Dana Morse, a marine extension associate in UMaine Cooperative Extension and Maine Sea Grant, are both quoted in the story.  Holberton notes that seabird […]

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Butler in New York Times Blog on Issues Facing Older Gay Couples

Comments from Sandra Butler of the UMaine social work faculty are included in a New York Times “The New Old Age” blog post about concerns faced by older gay men and women in long-term relationships.  Examples include issues related to inheritance and tax laws, along with access, as a couple, to long-term health care benefits […]

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Three UMaine Students Gain Early Admission to Tufts Medical School

Contact Kristen Andresen at (207) 581-3742. ORONO — University of Maine Animal and Veterinary Sciences major Warren Varney of Turner, Maine; Biochemistry major Bradie Manion of Old Town, Maine; and Biological Engineering major Daniel Gerges of Yarmouth, Maine, recently learned that they had received early acceptance to Tufts University School of Medicine through the Maine […]

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National Security Expert, UMaine Alum to Discuss U.S. Foreign Policy

Contact: Peter Fandel, 581-1835 ORONO — F. William Smullen, III, a 1962 UMaine graduate and director of National Security Studies at Syracuse University, will address the Bangor Foreign Policy Forum, Wednesday, Oct. 6 at 7:30 a.m. at the Bangor Public Library. The title of Smullen’s talk is “A Decade of Crisis and Correction.” According to […]

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Engineers Without Borders To Help Design Trail Bridge

A group of UMaine engineering students known as Engineers Without Borders is working with the town of Farmington to design a new recreational bridge across the Sandy River, according to a story in the Lewiston Sun Journal. Engineers Without Borders was contacted by Farmington Town Manager Richard Davis as the town was seeking to reduce […]

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Researcher Discusses Antarctic Minerals Vulnerability at Australian Conference

Contact: Ed Grew, 581-2169 Edward Grew, UMaine research professor of geological sciences, presented a talk, “Rare minerals in the Australian Antarctic Territory” at the Antarctic Science Planning Workshop in Hobart, Australia Sept. 21. The workshop was one of several organized by the Australian Antarctic Division to design implementation plans for the newly developed Australian Science […]

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Fogler Library’s Map Collection Exceeds 85,000

Greg Curtis, head of Fogler Library’s Government Publications, Maps, GIS & Microforms, is reminding the UMaine community and researchers of the availability of 85,000 sheet and folded maps, 3,000 atlases of various kinds and an estimated 200,000 maps enclosed within publications at the library. Locations include the Map Area on the first floor, and the closed […]

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