Contact: Susan K. Gardner, 581-3122 ORONO — University of Maine doctoral students complete their programs at higher rates than the national average, according to research by a faculty member in the UMaine College of Education and Human Development. Susan K. Gardner, an assistant professor of higher education who studies doctoral student success and retention, spent […]
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Contact: Jonathan Rubin, (207) 581-1528; Per Garder, (207) 581-2177 Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3571 ORONO, Maine — Slippery travel conditions, snow drifts, and potholes are part of living in Maine in the winter, and keeping the state’s roads as passable as possible during winter is costly. “Maine spends $23 million on winter road maintenance and snow […]
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Contact: Brenda Zollitsch, (207) 772-4729 or George Manlove, 581-3756 (Contact number the day of the event will be (207) 240-0398.) ORONO — The University of Maine is hosting the “Nor’Easter Bowl 2009 Regional Ocean Sciences Competition” Feb. 7, a regional ocean sciences competition among more than 100 top-achieving math and science high school students from […]
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Contact: Ali Abedi, (207) 581-2231; Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3571 ORONO, Maine — The CANEUS Fly-by-Wireless Sector Consortium, part of an international non-profit organization that serves the needs of the aeronautics, space and defense communities, has tapped University of Maine Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Ali Abedi to help them pull the plug. No, they’re […]
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Contact: Rebekah Smith, 542-6015 (media inquiries only) Maine NEW Leadership, a University of Maine initiative that aims to educate and empower women to become civic and political leaders, is accepting applications for its inaugural class. The program will take place at UMaine from June 11 to 16; applications are due March 20. Twenty-five college-age women […]
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Contact: Brenton Murray, 480-201-4678 or Tim Brauer, 203-414-6143 ORONO — Members of the Habitat for Humanity — UMaine Campus Chapter A — are sponsoring a concert Feb. 7 as a follow-up to the Feb. 2-4 sleep-out, when students at the University of Maine will camp out for three days in makeshift shanties on the university […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 FACILITY RIBBON-CUTTING FRIDAY AFTERNOON ORONO — A ribbon-cutting event at the University of Maine’s renovated Cutler Health Center is scheduled for Friday afternoon, Jan. 30. Officials will celebrate a new public-private partnership between UMaine and Eastern Maine Medical Center, which is now providing medical services to UMaine students through […]
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Contact: Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3571; Keri Lindberg, (207) 832-0343 The University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Sea Grant is working to keep Maine’s coastal beaches safe and clean, and recently received funding to continue their work. Since 2002, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has provided Maine with money to implement a beach monitoring, assessment […]
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Contact: Gabriella D’Italia, 234-2542 ORONO–Gabriella D’Italia, a student in UMaine’s Intermedia master of fine arts program, was selected for a national biennial exhibition of MFA students. Imaging Desire: Aegis First Biennial Graduate Student Exhibition will be held at the Hite Art Institute at the University of Louisville, Ky. The exhibit will run from February 12 […]
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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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