Contact: Karel Lidral, 581-1256 ORONO — The members of the University of Maine Chamber Jazz Ensemble will present a formal concert Tuesday, March 31, at 7:30 p.m.at Minsky Recital Hall, Class of 1944 Hall. The organization is composed of soloists or small ensembles performing with piano accompaniment. The spring semester’s group consists of 16 musicians, […]
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Contact: Audra Grady, 581-4194; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Members of UMaine’s Athletic Department staff are fielding a team to play a benefit basketball game with the Harlem Superstars April 4 at Memorial Gym — an event that promises an exciting evening of basketball highlights and high jinks. The game starts at 7 p.m. Tickets […]
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Contact: Joe Carr, 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine System Board of Trustees, meeting March 16, promoted and/or tenured 18 University of Maine faculty members. PROMOTED TO PROFESSOR College of Business, Public Policy, and Health Kenneth L. Nichols, Public Administration College of Engineering Aria Amirbahman, Environmental Engineering William G. Davids, Civil and Environmental Engineering Roberto A. […]
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Contact: Julian Epps: julian.epps@umit.maine.edu ORONO — Deborah Wing-Sproul, a Maine-based artist, will lecture and lead a hands-on public workshop at the University of Maine March 26-27. Wing-Sproul works in video performance, sculpture and installation, photography, printmaking and projects of social engagement and exchange. Prior to studying film, video and printmaking, she was a modern dancer […]
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Contact: Daniel Flannery, 249-8466 ORONO–Daniel Flannery of Bangor, a student in the University of Maine’s Intermedia master of fine arts program, has won a grand prize in the children’s music category of the prestigious John Lennon Songwriting Competition. Flannery is a New Jersey native who moved to Maine to start a career in children’s media […]
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Contact: Nory Jones, (207) 8581-1995; Peter Pitegoff, (207) 780-4344; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO — The University of Maine business school and the University of Maine School of Law in Portland are rolling out a new joint degree option in the fall, allowing students to concurrently get an MBA and law degree sooner and less […]
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Contact: Amy Witt, 207-780-4205 PORTLAND, ME–Nine Portland-area students won prizes in the Portland Flower Show essay contest sponsored jointly with University of Maine Cooperative Extension. Student essays addressed the subject “how to care for the environment by gardening.” Winners were announced at the show’s opening preview on Wednesday, March 11. Maine residents between the ages […]
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Contact: Alan Davenport, 581-1341; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The universe will open for discovering stars, planets and more when “Stella-Baloo” comes to the UMaine campus April 4, a public event sponsored by the Maynard F. Jordan Planetarium and the Penobscot Valley Star Gazers (PVSG). As part of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 celebration, […]
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Contact: Jim McConnon, 581-3165 ORONO – Louis Bassano, Extension professor with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Washington County, and James McConnon, Extension specialist and professor of economics at the University of Maine in Orono, recently received the 2008 national team award for Excellence in Community Development Programming from the National Association of Community […]
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Contact: George Kinghorn at (207) 561-3350 BANGOR — The University of Maine Museum of Art’s 11th annual Summer Art Camp will begin in late June with the first of seven week-long sessions where children can have a fun, educational art experience at the downtown Bangor museum. A professional museum educator will lead each session. Classes […]
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