Contact: Heather Pullen, 581-2443 Orono, ME — High school students from around Maine will gather on Wednesday, Oct. 22 to share their experiences and ideas with high school student-staffed writing centers. Writing Centers are a collaborative way to help students think critically about their own writing and make their writing stronger. A student-staffed center adds […]
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Contact: Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777Nancy Hall (207) 581-3260 ORONO, Maine — A new program at the University of Maine is specifically designed to facilitate and enhance research and creative achievement opportunities for undergraduate students. The Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) has set out to develop a database of research and creative projects at UMaine that […]
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Contact: Karen Cole, 581-4704Julie Goell, 766-2945 ORONO — “Jack Sparrow meets Daffy Duck,” is how Portland actor, director and performer Julie Goell describes the upcoming UMaine School of Performing Arts production “Scapin,” a 17th century comic masterpiece by Moli
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Contact: Robert Goodwin, (518) 578-6235 ORONO — The Maine Outing Club at the University of Maine is holding a fundraising event — a raffle, a ski movie premiere and musical entertainment — Thursday, Oct. 16, at 8 p.m. at D.P. Corbett Business Building to raise money for maintenance and repairs at its cabin near Sugarloaf […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 NEW WORK A Department of Art Exhibition WHERE: Lord Hall Gallery, University of Maine WHEN: October 10–November 19, 2008 OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, October 17, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The Department of Art at the University of Maine (on the Orono campus) presents NEW WORK an exhibition of work by […]
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Contact: Ann Schonberger, 581-1229 ORONO ‘ The University of Maine has announced the recipients of the 2008 Maryann Hartman Awards. Named for the late UMaine speech communication professor, the awards honor the spirit, achievement and zest for life that Hartman epitomized. This year’s winners are Catherine Beller-McKenna, the director of the Portland-based women’s chorus Women […]
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Contact: Ivan Manev, 581-1968; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — A group of Maine Business School professors at UMaine, experts in finance, investments, management and marketing, are teaming up to present a symposium for the public on Thursday, Oct. 16, to explain the current financial crisis currently hobbling economies throughout the nation. “The current financial crisis: […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — County educators from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer members of the UMaine community some energy-saving advice next week. The information session will be held from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16, in the Memorial Union’s Coe Room, and is part of the Employee […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Asfan Chowdhury, the 2008 Colby College Oak Fellow whose wide-ranging career has drawn attention to numerous issues related to the fundamental tenets of human dignity, will give a Nov. 7 University of Maine presentation based on his film, “Who Cares if Bangladesh Drowns?” The UMaine event, scheduled […]
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Contact: Karel Lidral, 581-1256; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The UMaine Chamber Jazz Ensemble will present its annual formal concert in the Leonard and Renee Minsky Recital Hall, Class of 1944 Hall, on Nov. 4 at 7:30 p.m. The organization is composed of several soloists and small ensembles with piano accompaniment. This semester’s group consists […]
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