Contact: George Manlove, 581-3756 The following is a list of special events offered through or at the University of Maine in Orono and scheduled for this month. Athletic events are not included, but can be accessed on the UMaine Athletics Department website (http://goblackbears.cstv.com/). Nov. 3Latino Heritage Celebration 2006!, 7 p.m.-11 p.m., Stodder Hall and Commons, […]
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Contact: Capt. James C. Moreno, Enrollment Officer, University of Maine Army ROTCRoom 114, Armory, Orono, Maine 04469, 207-581-1125 ORONO — Cadets from the Army and Navy ROTC programs at the University of Maine will participate in the annual Veterans Day Vigil on Friday, Nov. 10. The solemn event will occur from 10 a.m. until 2 […]
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Contact: Karel Lidral, 581-1256; George Manlove, 581-4756 ORONO — The new University of Maine Chamber Jazz Ensemble will debut its first formal concert with a program of great jazz standards on Nov. 7 in Minsky Recital Hall, Class of 1944 Hall on the Orono campus. The program, beginning at 7:30 p.m., will include original tunes […]
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Contact: Tom Mikotowicz, 581-1965; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The University of Maine School of Performing Arts Theater Division’s upcoming student production of “Wintertime,” by Charles Mee, is described as an uproariously funny postmodern comedy ranging in style from slapstick to philosophical. Performances, in Hauck Auditorium, are Nov. 3, 4, 9, 10 and 11 at […]
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Contact: David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine — UMaine doctoral student Christy Finlayson recently placed first in the 4th European Conference on Biological Invasions poster competition in Vienna, Austria with her poster “Considering Biocontrol and Biological Invasions: An Experimental Unit for Primary and Secondary School Classrooms.” Selected from more than 200 other posters, Finlayson’s entry […]
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Contact: Joyce Longcore (207) 581-4396; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine — Researchers around the world now have a valuable new tool for studying the deadly Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis fungus, thanks to the efforts of scientists at the Broad Institute, Timothy James of Duke University and UMaine researcher Joyce Longcore. The fungus’ genome sequence was recently […]
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Contact: Michael Kinnison (207) 581-2575; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – UMaine researcher Michael Kinnison will be bringing his considerable expertise in population and evolutionary biology to a five-year, $5 million project aimed at defining the real-time relationships between evolution and ecology in the wild streams of Trinidad’s jungle. One of just three projects […]
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Contact: Jose Cordero, 581-1428; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Twelve students and four advisors from La Universidad de las Americas – Puebla (UDLA), a prominent Mexican university, are visiting the University of Maine this week through Nov. 7. The visit is the fourth time UMaine has hosted a group from the university as part of […]
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Contact: Doug Allen, 581-3860; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The University of Maine’s Philosophy Colloquium’s fall speaker series is offering four lectures on the Orono campus during the month of November. Topics include an Aristotelian approach to terrorism, genocide in Bosnia and lessons about every-day-life from ancient Greece. The schedule is as follows: Nov. 1, […]
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Contact: Len Kaye, 581-3444; George Manlove, 581-4756 ORONO — When it comes to marketing to the Baby Boomer generation, a lot has changed in methods and sales strategies for this fiercely independent population still in the throes of self-discovery, adventure and personal improvement as its members advance in age. The University of Maine Center on […]
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