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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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 BREWER — The Maine Folklife Center at the University of Maine will present its new DVD, “The Writing on the Wall: Stories and Pictures from the Eastern Fine Paper Mill,” on Thursday June 14 at Brewer Middle School. The event, set for 6:30 p.m. in the school’s auditorium, will […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI) and the University of Maine’s Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering will host Maine’s fourth annual MLTI Student Tech Team Conference on Friday, June 1 at UMaine. The conference will feature a variety of hands-on activities related to the MLTI iBook […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 AUGUSTA, Me. — The Sports Done Right Board of Directors has granted full accreditation to MSAD 51 (Cumberland, North Yarmouth) and the Winthrop School department. The board took this action at its May 23 meeting in Augusta. Accreditation is a milestone that signifies significant progress by these school districts, […]
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Contact: Darrell Donahue (207) 581-2728David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has selected UMaine engineering professor Darrell Donahue to receive a Science & Technology Policy Fellowship beginning in September. During his yearlong appointment, Donahue will provide technical and engineering expertise for policy development and implementation to […]
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Contact: Laura Wilson, 207-581-2971, lwilson@umext.maine.edu LINCOLNVILLE, Me.–A dozen local volunteers will walk the area around Coleman Pond on June 2, looking for soil erosion problems. The survey area will include portions of State Routes 52 and 173, parts of Slab City Road, and most of Chester Dean Road, as well as the smaller roads that […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — University of Maine journalism students will be able to get the inside scoop from veteran reporters thanks to a new fund established by alumna Anne Lucey in memory of her late husband, Alan Miller, who taught journalism at UMaine for more than two decades. The Alan Miller […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Aiming to make it easier for University of Maine students to pursue a career in construction management, the well known Brewer building firm of Nickerson & O’Day has established a scholarship in the name of its immediate past president, John F. “Jack” Kelley III. Kelley, who led […]
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