Contact: Laurie Hicks, (207) 581-3247/ 561-3354; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The UMaine Department of Art is hosting an exhibit of drawings and paintings by Maine artist and American realist John Whalley at the Lord Hall Galleries Feb. 8-March 21. An opening reception for “In Plain Sight, Drawings and Paintings by John Whalley” is scheduled […]
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Contact: Karen Cole, 581-4704; Margaret Nagle, 581-3745 ORONO — An all-student cast, orchestra and chorus will bring to life the timeless themes of love, betrayal and forgiveness in the 18th-century comic opera “The Marriage of Figaro,” Feb. 15-17 and Feb. 22-24 at the University of Maine. The UMaine School of Performing Arts will offer six […]
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Contact: Sarah Joughin, 581-2905; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The University of Maine’s fourth annual International Dance Festival will be held Saturday, Feb. 23, at Bangor High School’s Peakes Auditorium, showcasing traditional costumes and homeland dances of some of the many international students on campus. Because the event has grown in variety and participation since […]
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Contact: Patty Henner, 581-4100; Susan Watson, 947-6622, Ext. 5 ORONO — Women operators of small, diversified farms in Maine is the subject of a brown bag lunch lecture at noon, Feb. 12 at the UMaine Page Farm and Home Museum. The guest speaker for the free event is Susan Watson, a small farms coordinator with […]
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Contact: Bob Potts, Alumni Programs & Marketing, (207) 581-1149 / 1 (800) 934-2586 ORONO, Me. — The University of Maine Alumni Association, together with Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, will host a reception and lecture by noted climatologist A. Scott Denning, associate professor at Colorado State University and a 1984 University of Maine graduate. Denning […]
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Contact: Tom Weber (207) 581-3777 ORONO — A team of international researchers, one of them a University of Maine professor, has discovered in a primitive starlet sea anemone the genes for a biochemical pathway that scientists had thought did not exist in animals. Malcolm Shick, a professor of oceanography and zoology at the UMaine School […]
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Contact: Prof. Mark Brewer, 207-581-1863 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 2008 for master’s degree level graduate study of the framing and history of the U.S. Constitution. College seniors and college graduate […]
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Contact: Roberta Laverty at (207) 581-2110 ORONO — Fabrics, wood, concrete, ceramics and other materials are often infused with resin to produce a stronger, more durable composite product — in the marine, automotive, construction and other industries. Researchers at the University of Maine’s Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center have recently invented a revolutionary new process […]
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Contact: Neil Comins, 581-1037; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — UMaine astrophysicist, author and professor of physics Neil Comins will be featured in a History Channel presentation Tuesday, Feb. 5, on the dangers of space travel. Comins, who published the book “The Hazards of Space Travel” in 2007, joins several other astrophysicists and two astronauts to […]
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Contact: Edwin Nagy 581-2071; George Manlove 581-3756 ORONO — The UMaine Engineering Art Club is holding its artist awards ceremony Friday, Feb. 7, to celebrate the artistry and creativity of engineering students, faculty, and other science- and engineering-related artists in the community. The fourth annual “ART by Engineers” Artist Awards Ceremony is scheduled 5:30-7:30 p.m. […]
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