Contact: Visit www.umaine.edu/campusrecreation for more information! ORONO — Membership enrollment for the University of Maine’s new Student Recreation and Fitness Center begins on Tuesday, June 19. Full memberships and specialty passes will go on sale to members of the UMaine community and the general public. The state-of-the-art facility will open on Aug. 31. With 87,000 […]
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Contact: Karen Sanborn, EMHS (207) 973-6164 Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems News Release (Brewer, Maine)- This past week researchers, scientists, and geneticists from various institutions, universities, and colleges in Maine gathered together at the Maine Institute for Human Genetics and Health to discuss the formation of the first ever Maine Neurogenetics Consortium. During this next year, […]
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Contact: Karen Horton (207) 581-2136; General Questions (207) 581-CAMP ORONO, Maine — High school students interested in exploring the creative and dynamic possibilities of computer-aided design (CAD) can learn the latest techniques in 3D design at UMaine’s CAD Camp. Guided by UMaine’s unparalleled faculty and MaineBound staff, students in grades 9 — 12 use cutting-edge […]
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Contact: Karen Cole, 581- 4704 ORONO — Local artist Arline K. Thomson is the recipient of the 2007 Vincent A. Hartgen Award, presented by the University of Maine Patrons of the Arts in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the advancement of the arts at the university. The Hartgen Award is an honor bestowed annually […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine Police Department and 13 other public safety agencies will participate in the Special Olympics Torch Run on Friday, June 8. The officers will take Leg 11 of the State of Maine Torch Run, beginning in Millinocket at 7 a.m. and finishing at the […]
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Contact: Richard Brzozowski, 800-287-1471 BRADFORD —The third farm tour in University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s series of Goat Enterprise Farm Tours will take place on Saturday, June 16 from 10 a.m.-12 noon at Leanne Waters’ Cedar Run Farm on the Hudson Road in Bradford. Waters raises full-blood and percentage Boer goats, and the topic of […]
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Contact: Regina Rooney, 581-1296 ORONO–The University of Maine’s Women in the Curriculum and Women’s Study Program is seeking nominations for the 22nd Annual Maryann Hartman Awards. The award is named for the late Maryann Hartman, associate professor of speech and communication at UMaine who was regarded as a distinguished educator, feminist, scholar and humanitarian. Her […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — A University of Maine alumnus and savvy business operator with a penchant for tinkering has established a fund to support creative students who are developing new products. “I want students to think of new inventions,” says Perry Hunter, who graduated in 1952 with a degree in economics. […]
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Contact: Amos E. Orcutt, (207) 581-5100Todd D. Saucier, (207) 581-1138 ORONO — Buchanan Alumni House, which celebrates its fifth anniversary as part of Reunion Weekend 2007, has set a new standard for excellence at the University of Maine. An architectural gateway to the campus, it is a signature building that displays outstanding alumni and their […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — When the University of Maine’s nearly 4,000 residence hall students moved out for the summer this month, they left behind seven tons of furniture, electronic equipment, appliances, clothing and other miscellaneous items. Rather than take this material to landfills or burn it, UMaine hopes to recycle it […]
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