Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Gov. John Baldacci and some of Maine’s leading experts on environmental policy will participate in a Wednesday, Feb. 7 Augusta conference on the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). Seven northeastern governors, including Baldacci, signed onto the initiative in 2005. RGGI aims to reduce greenhouse gases in the […]
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Contact: Marcia Douglas, 581- 1846; George Manlove, 581-3756 High resolution photos are available upon request. ORONO — The director of the next student production opening Feb. 16 at UMaine, “Bat Boy: The Musical,” expects audiences in Hauck Auditorium to be transfixed by a suspenseful comedic horror story emboldened by creative costuming, staging and live musical […]
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Contact: Sarah Joughin, 581-2905; George Manlove, 581-3756 Note to editors: Students will rehearse Saturday, Feb. 3, from 3-5 p.m., in the dance studio on the second floor of the Class 1944 Hall and plan a full dress rehearsal Friday, Feb. 9 from 7-9 p.m. at the MCA. ORONO — Using the overwhelming success of last […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — A benefit concert featuring folk music by “Generations,” a local group that includes University of Maine professors Larry Latour and Joel Gold, is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 18 at 1 p.m. in Room 100 of UMaine’s Donald P. Corbett Business Building. Proceeds will support the Michele Alexander […]
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Contact: Owen Maurais (207) 581-3651 ORONO — Gordon Donaldson, professor of educational leadership in the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, will present the findings from his study of Maine school administrative efficiencies in next week in Bangor. The forum is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. at Bangor High […]
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Contact: Richard Brzozowski, 207-780-4205 MONMOUTH, Me. — University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Alternative Poultry Association (MAPA)will sponsor the 2007 Maine Poultry School for small-scale poultry producers. The poultry school will be held at UMaine’s apple, small fruit and vegetable research facility at Highmoor Farm in Monmouth, in two parts–one specifically for turkey […]
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Contact: Richard Brzozowski, 207-780-4205 CUMBERLAND, Me. — University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Sheep Breeders Association (MSBA) will offer a hands-on sheep shearing school on Saturday, March 24 at Sunrise Acres Farm, 42 Winn Road in Cumberland. It will begin at 8 a.m. and will continue into the early afternoon. There is space […]
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Contact: Renee Kelly, 581-1141, George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO – The University of Maine Student Innovation Center (SIC) is seeking participants for the 2007 statewide Forest Bio-Products Research Project (FBRP) small business development awards competition this spring. Prospective participants are asked to describe the commercialization of a product or service for use in the fields of […]
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Contact: Donna Coffin, 800-287-1491 ORONO, ME– University of Maine
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Contact: Patricia Counihan, 581-1355; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — This year’s annual University of Maine Career Fair, scheduled Jan. 31 at the fieldhouse, has attracted more employers from Maine and throughout the country than ever before, and they represent an ever-expanding variety of career choices, from engineering to retail management, and even the FBI and […]
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