Contact: Jesse Moriarity at (207) 581-1427 ORONO, Maine — Building snow forts is one way to ward off winter boredom, but imagine how impressed your friends will be when they find out you can build a traditional igloo. Dr. Bert Yankielun — engineer, author, inventor and adventurer — will hold an igloo building workshop on […]
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Contact: Elizabeth Sutherland, Sutherland Weston Marketing Communications, (207) 945-9999 ORONO — The Maine Center for the Arts at the University of Maine will host a brief news conference and tours of the recently completed renovation on Thursday, January 29, 2009 at 10 a.m. in anticipation of the redesigned enter’s opening performance on Sunday, February 1, […]
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Contact: Steven Colburn, 581-1982; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — University of Maine Business School accounting students under the supervision of accounting professor Steven Colburn are offering free income tax filing assistance to the public on Monday afternoons, beginning Feb. 2. The long-standing UMaine Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA) is designed for low- to moderate-income […]
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Contact: Doug Allen, 581-3860 ORONO — The Spring 2009 Socialist and Marxist Studies Luncheon Series (Controversy Series) at UMaine begins Feb. 5 with a lecture about the implications of the home heating oil crisis in Maine and continues into April with thought-provoking talks reflecting on education, politics, terrorism, human rights and climate change. Sponsored by […]
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Contact: Nick DeHaas, (207) 831-2083; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO–The Beta Eta Chapter of Beta Theta Pi, the University of Maine’s oldest fraternity, will hold its 16th annual sleep-out Feb. 13 at the fraternity house at 12 Munson Road on the Orono campus. The event raises money and awareness for the mission of Rape Response Services […]
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Contact: Karen Cole, 581-4704; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — UMaine School of Performing Arts associate professor of theater Sandra Hardy knows she will raise eyebrows when she bandies the word “freak” around in explaining the latest student theatrical production opening in February in Hauck Auditorium. “Side Show,” the true story of conjoined twins Daisy and […]
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Contact: Laurie Hicks, 581-3247; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The Lord Hall Gallery, on the University of Maine campus, is presenting a new exhibit, “Articulating Mystery: The Art of David Larson,” Feb. 6. through March 20. The exhibit is free and open to the public. An opening reception is planned Feb. 6, 5:30-7 p.m., with […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Professor Harlan J. Onsrud at the University of Maine has been selected for a Fulbright Specialists project in Law in Australia at The University of Melbourne during February and March 2009, according to the UnitedS tates Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. […]
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Contact: Amy Witt, 207-780-4205 PORTLAND, ME — University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the organizers of the Portland Flower Show are asking kids to respond to the question “How we can care for the environment by gardening?” in the Portland Flower Show’s third annual student essay contest. For a contest application and rules,c ontact the […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at 581-3571 ORONO — Three experts will discuss “Population Dynamics: Community, Science and Policy in the Gulf of Maine Fisheries” on Wednesday Jan. 28 from 12:10-1:30 p.m. in the University of Maine’s Jenness Hall. Scheduled panelists are UMaine Prof. Teresa Johnson, MacArthur Foundation Fellow Ted Ames and Glen Libby of Port […]
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