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University of Maine Featured in the Princeton Review and U.S. Green Building Council in Just-Published “Guide to 286 Green Colleges”

Joe Carr, University of Maine (207) 581-3571, joe.carr@umit.maine.edu Leah Pennino, The Princeton Review (508) 663-5133, lpennino@review.com Free Guidebook Profiles the Nation’s Most Environmentally Responsible Colleges and Universities ORONO — The University of Maine is one of the country’s most environmentally responsible colleges according to The Princeton Review (www.PrincetonReview.com).  The nationally known education services company selected […]

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UMaine’s 2010 Geddes Simpson Lecture April 28

Judy Round, 581-5104 round@maine.edu Photo available upon request ORONO – The Geddes W. Simpson Lecture Committee has selected Michelle Murphy, associate professor of history and the Institute of Women Studies and Gender Studies at the University of Toronto, to give the 2010 Geddes W. Simpson Distinguished Lecture. The lecture is scheduled for Maine Day, Wednesday, […]

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Puckerbrush Review Receives Second Grant from Maine Community Foundation

Contact: Sanford Phippen, (207) 581-3832 ORONO — The English Department at the University of Maine has received a $5,000 Expansion Arts Grant from the Maine Community Foundation to support the continued publication of the Puckerbrush Review. The Puckerbrush Review is a literary magazine founded in 1978 by the late Constance Hunting who taught creative writing […]

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Dagher to Present Offshore Wind Vision to MSSM High School Students

Contact: Roberta Laverty, (207) 581-2121 or Sharon Daigle-Gerrish, gerrishs@mssm.org or (207) 325-3322 ext 1005 ORONO – Students from The Maine School of Science and Mathematics in Limestone will visit the University of Maine’s AEWC Advanced Structures & Composites Center and other research facilities on campus on Friday, April 16. University of Maine Professor Habib Dagher, […]

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UMaine Extension Creates Grow Maine Grow to Help First-Time Gardeners

Contact: Barbara Murphy, extension educator, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, 207-743-6329 or 1-800-287-1482 (in Maine), bmurphy@umext.maine.edu ORONO, ME  — University of Maine Cooperative Extension has launched Grow Maine Grow, a website for first-time vegetable gardeners looking for easy-to-find local Maine resources and answers to gardening questions. Gardens can provide food, add beauty to the landscape, […]

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UMaine Academic Prioritization Working Group Issues Final Report; Recommends Revenue Enhancement and Program Modification to Close Budget Gap

Contact: Joe Carr at 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine’s Academic Program Prioritization Working Group (APPWG) has issued its final report to the university’s provost and president.  The report, available online at http://www.umaine.edu/achievingsustainability, lists a series of revenue enhancements and program modifications the university could employ between now and mid-2014 to help close a […]

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Ives to be Posthumous Recipient of 2010 Hartgen Award April 16

Contact: Daniel Williams, 581-5100 ORONO — The University of Maine Patrons of the Arts will present this year’s Vincent A. Hartgen Award posthumously to Edward “Sandy” Ives, a UMaine English and anthropology professor from 1955-1999 and founder of the Maine Folklife Center. The ceremony will be Friday, April 16 at 6 p.m. at Wells Conference […]

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UMaine President Emeritus Hutchinson Dies at 79

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Frederick E. Hutchinson, a native of the rural Maine town of Atkinson who graduated from the University of Maine in 1953 and later became his alma mater’s president, died today in Bangor at the age of 79. The first member of his family to attend college, Hutchinson […]

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