Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Speaker of the House Hannah Pingree will visit the University of Maine on Tuesday Nov. 10, as part of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center Distinguished Maine Policy Fellow Program. Pingree, the 99th Speaker of the Maine House, has served in the Maine Legislature since 2002. She […]
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Contact: Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777 or Jesse Moriarity, Innovation Center coordinator, (207)581-1427. Who: Gary Clegg, University of Maine alumni and inventor of the Slanket – the original blanket with sleeves. What: He’s coming to UMaine for an Innovation Center Snack & Yack. Clegg invented the Slanket while a student at UMaine living in Kennebec Hall. […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571; Laura Reed at (207) 581-3646 ORONO — University of Maine athletic director Blake James has signed a two-year contract extension, which takes effect when his current contract ends on June 30 of next year. James was named UMaine’s AD in May 2006, following a national search. He has been at […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Paul Tukey, a 1984 journalism graduate of UMaine, creator of the magazine “People, Places and Plants” and former Home and Garden TV host, will be back on campus Thursday, Nov. 12, to introduce his new documentary film “A Chemical Reaction” at 7 p.m. in 100 Donald P. […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — David Lebrun’s 2004 animated documentary “Proteus” will provide the framework for a Wednesday Nov. 11 event that is part of the University of Maine’s semester-long Celebration of Darwin. “Darwin After Dark: A Night of Film and Discussion” is scheduled for 7 p.m. in Arthur St. John Hill […]
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Contact: Kathy Savoie, (207) 780-4205 ORONO, Me. — With fall comes the arrival of local cranberries and many Mainers believe that no fall or winter holiday table would be complete without at least one cranberry item. Cranberries can be added to countless dishes, from quick breads, yeast breads, salads, relishes, salsas and chutneys to soups, […]
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Contact Catherine Schmitt (catherine_schmitt@umit.maine.edu) ORONO – Recognizing the need for a centralized, neutral source of climate information specific to Maine, University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Sea Grant today announced the launch of Maine Climate News at http://extension.umaine.edu/maineclimatenews. Produced in partnership with Maine State Climatologist George Jacobson, the site is intended to be a […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — A memorial celebration in remembrance of Edward “Sandy” Ives, the longtime University of Maine professor who died in August at the age of 83, is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 7. It will begin at 2 p.m. at UMaine’s Wells Conference Center. Ives, a UMaine faculty member for […]
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Contact: Bruce Wiersma, Center for Research on Sustainable Forests at (207) 581-3798 ORONO AND AUGUSTA– Maine people, New England’s governors, and officials in the Obama Administration have all expressed interest in landscape scale conservation, creating an unprecedented opportunity to conserve Maine forests and maintain the values they provide for Maine’s residents and visitors. This is […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine’s Celebration of Darwin class and lecture series continues on Monday Nov. 2 and Wednesday Nov. 4. Prof. Marie Hayes will give a Monday talk, “Struggle for Existence, Brain Stem Structure, Human/Fetal Interaction” and Prof. Alan Rosenwasser will speak on Wednesday about “The Evolution […]
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