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Kleinschmidt Endowment Invests in UMaine’s Future

Contact: Joe Carr at 207-581-3571. Kleinschmidt Associates (Kleinschmidt), an energy and water resource consulting firm based in Pittsfield, recently announced it has made a generous gift to the University of Maine at Orono in the form of an endowment that will help fund the hydraulics lab in Boardman Hall. In honor of the company’s generous […]

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Researchers Detail Initial Results of Landmark College Hazing Study

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571, (207) 949-4149 (cell) BOSTON — A new study by University of Maine researchers reveals that hazing is commonplace in all kinds of college student organizations, and that most students don’t recognize that some forms of dangerous, even illegal, behavior constitute hazing. Elizabeth Allan and Mary Madden, professors in UMaine’s […]

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UMaine Researchers Highlight Anti-Cancer Benefits of Vitamin D

Contact: Betty Ingraham (207) 581-2281Susan Sullivan (207) 581-3130Anja Nohe (207) 581-2270Tom Weber (207) 581-3777 ORONO — Vitamin D has long been recognized for its role in making healthy bones, but a growing body of evidence now suggests that it can also significantly reduce the risk of developing several types of cancers.   That’s the promising […]

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UMaine Summer CAD Camp 2008 Blends Computer-Aided Design with Outdoors Recreation

Contact: Karen Horton, 581-2136 Sheila Pendse, 581-1427 George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Creative Design at CAD Camp at the University of Maine, for Grade 9-12 students, is accepting registration and scholarship applications for the seventh annual camp session, July 6-11. Combining outdoor adventure challenges with an introduction to computer-aided design (CAD) for young people, Creative […]

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UMaine Graduate Research Expo April 15-16

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine’s 10th annual Graduate Research Exposition is scheduled for Tuesday April 15 and Wednesday April 16 at UMaine’s Buchanan Alumni House. Designed to showcase and reward graduate academic excellence and creative achievement, the event features demonstrations of ongoing work involving UMaine graduate students. Those […]

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Jazz Classics on Tap for April 1 Chamber Jazz Ensemble Concert

Contact: Karel Lidral, 581-1256; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Members of the University of Maine Chamber Jazz Ensemble will present their formal spring concert at Leonard and Renee Minsky Recital Hall in the Class of 1944 Hall on the University of Maine Tuesday, April 1, at 7:30 pm. The organization, established in the fall of […]

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UMaine Climatologist Receiving University of Buffalo Alumni Achievement Award

Contact: Barbara A. Byers, (716) 645-3312; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 BUFFALO, N.Y. — Paul Mayewski, director of the Climate Change Institute at UMaine, will be honored by the University at Buffalo Alumni Association at its achievement awards gala to be held April 5 in the Adam’s Mark Hotel in downtown Buffalo on April 5. The […]

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March 15 Telescope Clinic & Stargazing Party Offered at UMaine

Contact: Alan Davenport, 581-1341; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Telescopes and binoculars, often considered windows to the universe, allow average sky-watchers to see stars of different colors, brightness and those with partners called doubles. More exotic objects — star clusters, nebula and galaxies — also are readily visible with magnification. To help the public access […]

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