The Office of International Programs has scheduled a Study Abroad Fair Thursday, Sept. 23, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Memorial Union to discuss the many options students have for studying abroad, or teaching or interning outside the United States. A companion symposium being held concurrently by the Honors College will feature students who have […]
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The New Writing Series begins its fall 2010 poetry readings and discussions Thursday, Sept. 23 at 4:30 p.m. at Soderberg Auditorium in Jenness Hall with poets Joanna Fuhrman and Rick Snyder. The lectures are free and open to the public.
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Contact: Charlie Slavin, Dean of the Honors College, 207.581.3262 Emily Cain, Coordinator of Advancement, Honors College, 207.581.3308 ORONO — University of Maine Honors College student, Zachery Garcia, a member of the Class of 2011, has been selected to receive the 2010 Carolyn E. Reed Pre-Medical Honors Thesis Fellowship. This Fellowship will provide Garcia with $2,500 […]
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Note: Cindy Blodgett and Steve Abbott are both at Penobscot Valley Country Club in Orono this afternoon, participating in the annual women’s basketball fundraiser golf tournament. They will be available for interviews at PVCC. Contact: Joe Carr (207) 581-3571 Laura Reed (207) 581-3646 ORONO — University of Maine women’s basketball coach Cindy Blodgett has agreed […]
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Contact: Gretchen Faulkner, (207) 581-1904 ORONO — Northern and Eastern Maine schools will find it easier from a cost perspective to send students on field trips to the University of Maine’s Hudson Museum and Collins Center for the Arts as a result of a Quimby Family Foundation grant. According to Museum Director Gretchen Faulkner, the […]
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Contact: Jeff Benjamin, 581-2727; Jessica Leahy, (207) 581-2834 ORONO — The University of Maine School of Forest Resources has received a U.S. Department of Agriculture research grant to take a close look at the northeast region’s logging industry and examine its infrastructure, capacity, workforce and issues that affect its economic health and future. The research […]
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Mark Brewer of the UMaine political science faculty was quoted in a Monday front-page Bangor Daily News profile of Maine independent gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler.
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Comments from UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer are featured in a Maine Public Radio report on the first “negative” advertising of the current Maine gubernatorial race. Two new ads, one placed by the Libby Mitchell campaign and one by the Democratic Governors Association, target GOP candidate and campaign front-runner Paul LePage.
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UMaine School of Economics professor Todd Gabe was quoted in a Bangor Daily News story looking at the potential impact of an Oxford County casino on the Hollywood Slots facility in Bangor. The Maine electorate will vote in November on whether to approve a casino in that western Maine county.
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Alan Parks, director of UMaine’s College Success Programs, is featured in a Bangor Daily News story based on the news that UMaine’s TRIO Student Support Services programs have received five more years of federal funding. The story also highlights the story of UMaine student Luellen Suchan, who credits her success to the availability of TRIO […]
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