Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Maine Attorney General G. Steven Rowe will visit the University of Maine on Tuesday, Feb. 26 as part of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center Distinguished Maine Policy Fellow Program. Rowe will spend the day at UMaine, meeting with students, faculty members and staff members. The Distinguished […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 COLLINS, MICHAUD TO PARTICIPATE IN TUESDAY, FEB. 19 EVENT ORONO — New technology, developed at the University of Maine, has led to the construction of a prototype blast-resistant wood building at the university’s Advanced Engineered Wood Composites (AEWC) Center. Sen. Susan Collins and U.S. Rep. Michael Michaud will be […]
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Contact: Robert Steneck (207) 581-3321; Tom Weber (207) 581-3777 ORONO — The first global study of the impact of human influence on marine ecosystems reveals that more than 40 percent of the world’s oceans are heavily affected by it and only a few remain untouched. Robert Steneck, a professor at the University of Maine School […]
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Contact: Alan Davenport, 581-1341; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Here comes a total eclipse of the moon, perfectly timed for Maine viewers. UMaine’s Maynard F. Jordan Observatory will open for the eclipse on Wednesday night and welcomes all visitors who would like to see the eclipsing moon through the university’s telescope, in addition to the […]
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Contact: Chet Rock (207) 581-2218; Tom Weber (207) 581-3777 ORONO — About 60 of Maine’s top engineering firms, engineering schools, government agencies and industries will be on hand Saturday, March 1, at the University of Maine Field House for the 2008 Engineering Expo. The “Brain Power 08” expo, which will run from 9 a.m. to […]
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Contact: UMaine Center for Teaching Excellence, 581-3472 ORONO — Jay Mechling, professor of American studies at the University of California, Davis, is scheduled to discuss the importance of the humanities at a land grant university, in a lecture Wednesday, Feb. 20, from 2:30-4:30 p.m. in the Bangor Room of the UMaine Memorial Union. The talk […]
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Contact: Todd Gabe, (207) 581-3307; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO — New research by a University of Maine economist shows that a casino being proposed in Oxford County by Evergreen Mountain Enterprises could generate between $89.3 million and $99.8 million a year in slot machine revenue. Todd Gabe, associate professor in the UMaine School of […]
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Contact: Tom Weber (207) 581-3777 ORONO — High school students from the United Technologies Center in Bangor and their mentors from the University of Maine have teamed up to build a robot that they hope will give its mechanical opponents a run for their money in an upcoming competition in Boston. The public is invited […]
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Contact: Barry Goodell (207) 581-2888; Tom Weber (207) 581-3777 ORONO — Researchers at the University of Maine’s Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center have developed a new composite fabrication process that they hope will revolutionize the industry. Their method involves the use of applied pressure to infuse polymer resins into fabrics, wood, concrete, ceramics and other […]
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Contact: Omar Khan, 581- 1949; George Manlove, 581-3756 Local students on successful business marketing team (Students listed in this news release are from Farmingdale, Farmington, Lebanon, Orrington, Rockland, Wells and Winslow, Maine, and Ankara, Turkey.) ORONO — The UMaine student chapter of the American Marketing Association has been named one of eight semifinalist teams in […]
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