Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine’s rugby team will take on Hamilton College in a Saturday Nov. 1 playoff game on Lengyel Field. The game is scheduled to begin at 12 noon. The team that wins will advance to the Northeast Ruby Union’s U.S. Regional Finals at West Point […]
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Contact: Terry Porter, 581- 1990; Nory Jones, 581-1995; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — It’s no longer business as usual for a growing number of companies, as consumers more than ever demand evidence of corporate responsibility in environmental and social matters. Businesses are realizing that a “triple bottom line” — economic growth, environmental protection and social […]
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Contact: Robert Goodwin, (518) 578-6235 ORONO — Free pizza and a Webcast by former vice president and global warming authority Al Gore will be part of a program scheduled tonight at the Memorial Union’s Bangor Room in conjunction with a get-out-the-vote effort by the Maine Outing Club at UMaine. The event is free and open […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — A grand opening and dedication for the Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King Memorial Plaza will take place at 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31. The granite and brick park, located beside the Memorial Union, will feature a series of quotes from the civil rights leader. […]
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Contact: Sarah Joughin, 581-3423; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Cultural exhibits, traditional singing, dancing, clothing and an international smorgasbord of foods featuring spicy Indian and Sri Lankan curries, Vietnamese spring rolls, delicacies from the Middle East all are on the program for this year’s 21st annual Culturefest, 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at the University […]
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Contact: Al Bushway, The University of Maine Department of Food Science & Human Nutrition (207) 581-1629; Bob Bayer, Lobster Institute, The University of Maine (207) 581-2785 ORONO — With the price of lobsters at some of the lowest prices seen in over 20 years, people aren’t waiting for a special occasion to bring lobsters home […]
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Contact: Scott Johnson, 581-2142 ORONO — Scott Johnson, professor of Earth sciences, has been elected to the management board of the Structural Geology and Tectonics Division of the Geological Society of America. During this four-year commitment, Johnson will rotate through a cycle of second vice chair, first vice chair, chair and past chair positions. Established […]
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Contact: Len Kaye or Jason Charland, 262-7928; George Manlove, 581-3756 PORTLAND — Prescription drug use, abuse, return and disposal are the focus of the multifaceted “2008 International Symposium on Pharmaceuticals in the Home and Environment: Catalyst for Change” conference, scheduled Nov. 10-11 by the University of Maine Center on Aging and the Maine Benzodiazepine Study […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation, a federally endowed and privately funded program designed to strengthen instruction about the constitution in the nation’s schools, will award generous fellowships in 2009 for master’s degree level graduate study of the framing and history of the U.S. Constitution. College seniors […]
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Contact: Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777; Habib Dagher, (207) 581-2138 ORONO, Maine — Researchers at the University of Maine have been awarded a patent on new technology that could change waterfront construction methods for both private individuals and large companies looking to build docks, piers, and port facilities. Using technology developed at UMaine’s AEWC Composites Center, […]
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