Contact: Sherry Treworgy, 581-1356; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The nation’s largest employer — the United States government, with a workforce of 1.8 million workers — is facing significant and immediate personnel reductions, as nearly a million people will be eligible to retire as soon as this year. Recognizing an urgent need to fill 193,000 […]
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Contact: Stephanie Palmer, 207-650-0457, Ashley Hoskins, 944-9519, or Casey Johnson Bromberg, 949-0497 Delta Zeta Brings Resolution for Sororities to Join Together to Fight Global Warming by Acting Locally ORONO — In anticipation of Earth Day later this month, the University of Maine’s Delta Zeta Sorority will present a resolution at this Thursday’s UMaine Panhellenic Council […]
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Contact: Patty Henner, 581-1400; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Tired of the usual April vacation destinations, high gasoline prices and crowded airports? The University of Maine’s Page Farm and Home Museum is suggesting a little-time traveling as a different choice this year for area families with elementary and middle school-aged children. Children ages 6-12 can […]
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Contact: Karen Cole, 581-4704; George Manlove, 581-3756 PORTLAND –The University of Maine Symphonic Band and South Portland High School Wind Ensemble are teaming up for an evening of music spanning three centuries on Thursday, April 10, at Merrill Hall Auditorium in Portland. The performance is at 7:30 p.m. There is no admission charge, although donations […]
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Contact: David Hiebeler, 581-3924 ORONO — Starting this fall, Maine high school students can work alongside University of Maine researchers as part of a unique outreach effort at the SPEED (Spatial Population Ecological and Epidemiological Dynamics) Lab. Under the guidance of David Hiebeler, a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, the lab’s research […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — A University of Maine junior from Hampden is one of just 65 college students announced recently as the 2008 Truman Scholars. Erin McKenzie, an accounting major who served ten years in the Air Force before enrolling at UMaine, is an aspiring attorney who plans to practice family […]
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Contact: Krista Molnar-Smith, 581-3258; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO –“Art Matters,” the 2008 Juried Student Art Exhibition in the Department of Art at the University of Maine, is opening April 8 and runs through May 2 at Lord Hall Galleries on the UMaine campus with a collection of about 100 diverse pieces by as many as […]
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Contact: Joe Carr, (207) 581-3571 ORONO — James R. Fleming, professor of science, technology and society at Colby College, will be the guest speaker at the 2008 University of Maine Phi Beta Kappa annual initiation. The event is scheduled for Monday, April 7 at 3 p.m. in Buchanan Alumni House. His topic is “The Climate […]
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Contact: Gretchen Gfeller, 207-581-1696 ORONO — The University of Maine’s Prism Yearbooks present a wonderful opportunity for alumni to revisit their campus years. To the university community as a whole, they offer a unique perspective on the cultural history of the campus and the events that shaped the academic and social lives of our students. […]
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Contact: Alec Richardson, (207) 749-4165; Karen Cole, (207) 581-4704 ORONO — The Maine Masque Theatre’s newest production, Caryl Churchill’s “Cloud 9,” running April 9-13 in Hauck Auditorium, offers an intense look at sexuality, social identification and suppression of human sexuality — and how little really changes over time. The annual Maine Masque production is a […]
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