Contact: Sarah Joughin, 581-3423; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Traditional ethnic singing, dancing, clothing and an international smorgasbord of foods — milk rice and spicy curry from India, sticky rice and spring rolls from Vietnam, and casseroles from the Middle East — are all on the menu for this year’s Culturefest at the University of […]
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Contact: Amos E. Orcutt, President/CEO, 207 581-5100 ORONO — At its Oct. 3 annual business meeting and luncheon, the University of Maine Foundation provided details on its most successful year in its history and honored the UMaine Class of 1944 with the prestigious President Abram W. Harris Award. Foundation President and CEO Amos Orcutt announced […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — For the 22nd consecutive year the University of Maine Women in the Curriculum and Women’s Studies Program will honor three distinguished Maine women with Maryann Hartman Awards. Named for the late Dr. Maryann Hartman, UMaine associate professor of Speech Communication, distinguished educator, feminist and scholar, the awards […]
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Contact: Gretchen Gfeller, Web and Public Relations Specialist, 207-581-1696 ORONO — Within his poem, “Small Town,” poet Philip Booth wrote, “the town knows. You / know. You
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Contact: Patty Counihan, 581-1355; George Manlove, 591-3756 ORONO — The University of Maine’s annual Engineering Job Fair, scheduled from 10 .m.-3 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 18, at the new Student Recreation and Fitness Center on campus, has attracted at least 63 engineering and technology firms, a record number. Companies from throughout Maine, New England, and as […]
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Contact: Corey Pickett, 207-789-5803 LINCOLNVILLE, Me. — Tanglewood 4-H Camp and Learning Center, a program of University of Maine Cooperative Extension, recently held a ceremony dedicating the Dale Mudge Memorial TREES Trail, an ADA-accessible trail that weaves through the Yankee Woodlot forest in Camden Hills State Park. The first 1,100 feet of the trail are […]
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Contact: Kathryn Jovanelli, 207.561.3352 BANGOR, Me. — The University of Maine Museum of Art is pleased to present the exhibition A Legacy of Collecting: The Vincent A. Hartgen Years, 1946-1982 beginning October 12. This is the first of two exhibitions which celebrate the 5th Anniversary of the Museum of Art’s relocation to downtown Bangor. The […]
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Contact: Pauleena MacDougall, (207) 581-1848 ORONO — The Maine Folklife Center at UMaine has announced the release its 40th issue of “Northeast Folklore,” an annual publication that serves as a way of bringing to the public parts of its collection of traditional and cultural materials from and about Maine. This year’s book, is titled “I’ve […]
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Contact: Pauleena MacDougall, 581-1848; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The Maine Folklife Center is presenting a free public concert Tuesday, Oct. 23, from 1:30-3 p.m. in Minsky Recital Hall, Class of 1944 Hall, at the University of Maine. The concert features Maine’s Old Grey Goose International, a multi-cultural folk ensemble that plays old-time dance tunes […]
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Contact: Jay Bregman, 581-1918; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — A public talk by an Amherst College professor of classic studies on the “new” Greece since the 2004 Olympics is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 23 at the University of Maine. Professor Rebecca H. Sinos will present “The New Greece: Historic Site Improvements Since the 2004 Olympics,” […]
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