Contact: Ashlee Lynch, 581-1468; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Earth Day events at the University of Maine April 22 include free bicycle tune-ups, canvas grocery bag and cedar sapling giveaways, energy-conservation exhibits, and a workshop on converting a York Village building to a self-sustaining residence for up to 20 students. Events begin at 10:15 a.m. […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at 9207) 581-3571 ORONO — University of Maine engineering students can learn the principles behind today’s electronic and computing devices at a laboratory that will be named in memory of Prof. Al Whitney who died last year after teaching at Maine’s flagship university for nearly 30 years. Thanks to gifts from 300 […]
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Contact: Elijah Magrane, 581-8434; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Volunteers are being sought by the UMaine Department of Food Science & Human Nutrition to participate in an eight-to-12-week study to test theories about the effects of wild blueberry consumption on hunger and blood chemistry. The purpose of the study is to demonstrate that consumption of […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine will celebrate the life of Burton Hatlen, a legendary professor who served on the UMaine English faculty for more than four decades, with a Friday April 18 service at the Newman Center on College Ave. The program will begin at 2:30 p.m. and […]
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Contact: Tom Weber (207) 581-3777 ORONO — A research paper written by Rodrigo Silva-Mu
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Contact: Michael Carrington 272-7298, Omar Khan, 581-1949, Cathy Marquez, 581-1353 ORONO – Usually, it is parents who badger the kids about good table manners, but at the University of Maine, a student group in the Maine Business School is asking for a little help with etiquette. They know they’ll soon be swapping their sweatpants and […]
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Contact: Amos E. Orcutt, President, University of Maine Foundation (207) 581-5100 ORONO — At its recent annual benefit dinner and dance, the Susan L. Curtis Foundation recognized the University of Maine Foundation for its support of the Camp Susan Curtis Arts Education Center at the Hewnoaks Volk Family Center in Lovell. The benefit was held […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Summer camp opportunities at the University of Maine will be highlighted at a Summer Camp Showcase, scheduled for UMaine’s Student Recreation Center on Thursday April 24 from 4-6 p.m. The program will feature information about UMaine’s Sam Sezak Sports Camps, Maine Summer Youth Music Program and Campus […]
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Contact: Joe Carr, (207) 581-3571 ORONO, Maine — Robert S. Steneck, University of Maine professor of oceanography, marine biology and marine policy, will give the 2008 Geddes W. Simpson Distinguished Lecture. The lecture is set for UMaine’s Maine Day, Wednesday, April 30 at 3 p.m. in Buchanan Alumni House’s McIntire Room. Steneck will give a […]
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Contact: Mazie Hough, 581-1228; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Farzana Doctor, a Toronto-based lesbian writer, educator and social worker, will be at the University of Maine and at the Bangor Public Library April 15 and April 16 to read from her critically acclaimed first novel Stealing Nasreen. Doctor’s appearance has been organized by the Women […]
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