Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Prof. Jonathan Rubin from the University of Maine School of Economics and Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center will make a Thursday March 11 presentation Washington, D.C. Rubin is one of five presenters scheduled for a panel on the subject “From the Little Guy to the Big Picture, […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Six women who attend Maine colleges, all graduates of the 2009 Maine NEW Leadership program, will spend Thursday March 11 in Augusta shadowing women who hold key state government leadership positions. Maine NEW Leadership, a program for college women offered by the University of Maine’s Margaret Chase […]
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Contacts: George Markowsky, (207) 581-3940 or Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777 Computer Hackers Don’t Stand a Chance Against UMaine’s Cyber Team ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine Cybersecurity Team proved that computer hackers don’t stand a chance against them at the 2010 Northeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition. The team came in second place in […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine will join the growing list of U.S. colleges and universities to adopt a tobacco-free campus policy, effective Jan. 1, 2011. Over the next ten months, UMaine will implement an information campaign and begin working with students and employees who wish to break their […]
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Contact: Judy Round, round@maine.edu or (207) 581-5104 Note: a photo of Michelle Murphy is available upon request ORONO — The University of Maine 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 present that annual lecture. […]
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Contact: David Dvorak, 581-2338; Paul Villeneuve, 581-2271; Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777 ORONO – Students at the University of Maine will have a chance to participate in a new course in the Fall of 2010 that’s all about renewable energy. Renewable Energy and Electricity Production will introduce the different types of renewable energy technologies and geographical […]
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Contact: Prof. Steve Evans, (207) 581-3818 steven.evans@maine.edu ORONO — A new University of Maine endowment fund will support graduate student achievement in poetry. The Frank and Helene Crohn Edna St. Vincent Millay Prize was established by the Crohns, of Rhinebeck, N.Y., through a $300,000 gift held at the University of Maine Foundation. Building on the […]
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Contact: Jonathan Rubin at (207) 581-1528 Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — An exhaustive year-long study of economic, safety and environmental issues related to clearing Maine’s roads has yielded a report from the University of Maine’s Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center. The report, developed in cooperation with the Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT), involved […]
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Contact Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Two prestigious University of Maine honor societies are accepting nominations for new student members. The Senior Skull Society and All Maine Women are open to UMaine juniors. The Senior Skull Society is made up of students who have shown leadership, academic achievement, community service, responsibility, character and […]
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Contact: John Jemison, 581-3241. Food has shaped much of human culture and history, and the role of food in society is changing. A new University of Maine Cooperative Extension outreach program will help you shape the future by gaining a better understanding where your food comes from; how it is grown; and the nutritional, societal […]
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