Contact: Jesse Moriarity, 581-1427; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — UMaine students will be asked to think outside the box during Global Entrepreneurship Week Nov. 12-19, as they create uncommon new uses for everyday objects like post-it notes or rubber bands. They’ll be competing with teams of other college students from at least 55 institutions from […]
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Contact: Serena Bemis, 581-1648 The Wabanaki Center and the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center are cosponsoring an afternoon with Donna Loring, the Penobscot Nation’s representative in the Maine legislature, who will discuss her book In the Shadow of the Eagle: A Tribal Representative’s Experience in Maine on Nov. 12. A plenary session for approximately 100 […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 (Note: A photo is available on request) ORONO — The Acadia Hospital in Bangor has provided up to $250,000 over five years to establish a professorship at the University of Maine School of Nursing as part of what is likely the state’s first-ever academic-service partnership aimed at improving opportunities […]
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Contact: UMaine Dept. of Art at (207) 581-3245 UMaine Dept. of New Media at (207) 581-4358 ORONO — The University of Maine Dept. of Art and its Dept. of New Media will present “Bone Factories, Dead Boys + Duets for Devils,” a talk by artist Leon Johnson on Wednesday Nov. 12 at 6 p.m. The […]
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Contact: Andrea St. Pierre, andrea_stpierre@umit.maine.edu ORONO–The University of Maine chapter of the American Marketing Association will host the third annual Maine State Collegiate Business Conference on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008 from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. The theme of the conference, “Bringing Tomorrow Into Today’s Choices,” addresses the idea that the choices students make today directly affect […]
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Contact: Jeff Hecker, 581-1954; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The University of Maine’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is launching a new initiative this week — the Maine Heritage Project — to showcase some of the research and scholarship by college faculty members into the culture, traditions and history of Maine. The kick-off event […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine men’s rugby team is on its way to the Northeast Ruby Union’s U.S. Regional Finals at West Point Saturday, Nov. 8, following a 44-3 Saturday playoff win over Hamilton College. If the team wins in the next round against Fairfield University, it will […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine’s rugby team will take on Hamilton College in a Saturday Nov. 1 playoff game on Lengyel Field. The game is scheduled to begin at 12 noon. The team that wins will advance to the Northeast Ruby Union’s U.S. Regional Finals at West Point […]
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Contact: Terry Porter, 581- 1990; Nory Jones, 581-1995; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — It’s no longer business as usual for a growing number of companies, as consumers more than ever demand evidence of corporate responsibility in environmental and social matters. Businesses are realizing that a “triple bottom line” — economic growth, environmental protection and social […]
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Contact: Robert Goodwin, (518) 578-6235 ORONO — Free pizza and a Webcast by former vice president and global warming authority Al Gore will be part of a program scheduled tonight at the Memorial Union’s Bangor Room in conjunction with a get-out-the-vote effort by the Maine Outing Club at UMaine. The event is free and open […]
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