Contact: Shannon E. Martin, 207-581-1283 ORONO — The Maine Center for Student Journalism hosted the 15th annual High School Newspaper Conference and Contest Awards ceremony Wednesday, April 30, at Donald P. Corbett Business Building on the University of Maine campus in Orono. The gathering included training sessions and the announcement of newspaper contest winners. Eric […]
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Contact: Pauleena MacDougall, 581-1848; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The Maine Folklife Center at UMaine and Cultural Resources, Inc., a Rockport-based organization that helps community groups preserve cultural traditions, are co-sponsoring a training workshop on perfecting methods of collecting, documenting and presenting local stories. Local stories include personal experiences and local folklore, which can contribute […]
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Contact: George Manlove, 581-3756 Employees at UMaine are invited to drop by Wells Conference Center May 13 for the annual spring coffee breaks sponsored by the Office of Human Resources as a way to extend appreciation to the university’s more than 2,000 employees. Coffee breaks are scheduled from 9-11 a.m. for first-shift employees and 9-10:30 […]
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Contact: Ali Abedi (207) 581-2231; Tom Weber (207) 581-3777 ORONO — Three undergraduate students in the University of Maine’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have been selected to spend the summer at NASA field centers to conduct cutting-edge wireless technology for the next generation of space vehicles. The students, Stephanie Duy of Caribou, James […]
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Contact: Mary Dickinson Bird, Chair, Friends of Dr. Edith Marion Patch, 866-2578 ORONO –The University of Maine’s remarkable women in science — past, present, and future — were the honored at a special Earth Day reception held on Sunday, April 27. The Annual Earth Day Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Dr. Edith Marion […]
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Contact: Cameron Wake, UNH Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, (603) 862-2329; Karl Kreutz, University of Maine Climate Change Institute, (207) 581-3011; Tom Weber (207) 581-3777 DURHAM, N.H. — The State of Alaska has the dubious distinction of leading the lower 48 in the effects of a warming climate. Small villages are […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Some 170 Maine high school and middle school students will visit the University of Maine on Thursday May 1 to learn more about climate change science. The students will engage in hands-on activities and interact with UMaine faculty and graduate student scientists. The event runs from 10 […]
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Contact: Maureen Smith, 581-4450, Sandra Butler, 581-2382 ORONO — The University of Maine’s Maine studies program is pleased to announce Valerie Mitchell of West Old Town and Holly Blanchard-Reed of Portland are the winners of the 2008 Maine Studies Research and Creativity Awards. A history major with minors in Native American studies and museum studies, […]
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Contact: Sandra Horne, 581-1236 ORONO – Lucille A. Zeph, director of the University of Maine’s Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies and associate professor of education, has been invited to serve on the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee’s Strategic Planning Workgroup. The invitation came from Dr. Thomas R. Insel, director of the National Institute of […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Laurie Lachance, president and CEO of the Maine Development Foundation, will visit the University of Maine on Wednesday, April 30 as part of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center Distinguished Maine Policy Fellow Program. Lachance will spend the day at UMaine, meeting with students, faculty members and […]
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