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UMaine Business Lecturer to Receive International Psychology Award

Contact: Scott Anchors, (207) 581-1927; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 Photo available upon request ORONO — Maine Business School faculty member Scott Anchors has been selected as the 2009 recipient of a prestigious international educational achievement award in recognition of his work and research with the Myers Briggs Type Indicator. Anchors, a lecturer in management at […]

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Maine Sea Grant Communications Coordinator Awarded for Book

Contact: Catherine Schmitt (207) 581-1434; Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777 Critics have called her work “enchanting,” “a rare treasure,” and “a superb effort to make natural science interesting, entertaining, and educational.” They all appear to have gotten it right because University of Maine Sea Grant Communications Coordinator Catherine Schmitt recently received a silver award for her […]

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UMaine-Virginia Tech Pair Up to Receive Nearly $800,000 for Watershed Research

Contact: Kevin Simon (207) 581-2618; Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – Three University of Maine professors, in collaboration with colleagues at Virginia Tech, recently received nearly $800,000 to study the impact that pollution from excess nitrogen is having on the environment. “Nitrogen in general is a huge problem,” says Kevin Simon, UMaine assistant professor […]

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Engineering Society Names Fellow, Makes Scholarship Awards

Contact: George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Benjamin Gordon Freedman of Caribou has been awarded a 2009-2010 graduate fellowship from Tau Beta Pi, the world’s largest engineering honor society. Freedman, the son of Dale Gordon of Caribou and Jon Freedman of Bangor, will pursue a doctoral program in bioprocess engineering at Virginia Tech, focusing on the […]

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Class of 2009 Commencement Ceremonies Held at UMaine

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 More information about UMaine commencement, including the text of the commencement speech and details about the honorary degree recipients, the valedictorian and the salutatorian, is online. ORONO — Encouraging graduates to embrace America’s entrepreneurial spirit and to approach their careers with passion and enthusiasm, the head of the U.S. […]

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Information for Reporters Covering UMaine Commencement

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine’s 207th commencement is scheduled for Saturday May 9, inside at Alfond Arena.  As always, the event consists of two ceremonies, one at 10 a.m. and one at 2:30 p.m.  Each will last approximately 2 hours. Northbound I-95 traffic and traffic between the Interstate […]

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UMaine Names Winners of Annual Employee Awards

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine has recognized four employees, two from its classified staff and two from its professional staff, as winners of annual outstanding employee awards.  These awards recognize outstanding professional accomplishment and dedicated service.  Formal presentation of the awards is scheduled for the Employee Recognition and […]

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Four UMaine Professors Honored at Convocation

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Four esteemed University of Maine professors, each with long and distinguished records of service to the university and its students, were announced this afternoon as the winners of UMaine’s annual top faculty awards. The awards are part of the annual Academic Honors Convocation, traditionally held the day […]

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UMaine Professor Named Fellow for Contributions to Food Science

Contact: Alfred Bushway, (207) 581-1629; Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – University of Maine Professor Alfred Bushway has been selected as an Institute of Food Technologists Fellow for 2009 for his contributions to the industry in the areas of food processing and food safety for fruits, vegetables, seafood, meat and poultry. Founded in 1939, […]

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UMaine Cooperative Extension to Offer Cheese-making Safety Session

Contact: Melissa Potts, (800) 287-7170 or (207) 581-2788; Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – Recognizing that it’s crucial to be aware of proper sanitation practices and ensuring the safety of Maine artisan cheese, University of Maine Cooperative Extension is helping the Maine Cheese Guild by promoting food safety awareness, proper sanitation practices and an […]

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