Contact: Faye Woodcock, 581-2296; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — FORTUNE magazine senior editor-at-large Geoffrey Colvin, a leading thinker and commentator on today’s business trends and issues, will speak at the University of Maine during “Paper Days 2006,” a two-day forest products industry symposium hosted by the UMaine Pulp & Paper Foundation. Colvin’s address, “We’re Not […]
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Contact: Kay Hyatt at (207) 581-2761 ORONO, Maine — A pilot study on hazing conducted at four Northeast postsecondary institutions illustrates the need for national data to monitor trends and help colleges and universities address this highly consequential behavior, according to University of Maine researchers leading the multi-year initiative. One in 20 students responding to […]
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Contact: Adele Adkins, 581-1803; George Manlove, 581-3756 The Maine Center for the Arts will depart from its usual performance lineup to welcome celebrated author Augusten Burroughs to Hutchins Concert Hall to speak April 19 at 7 p.m. Burroughs is the author of the highly acclaimed memoir “Running with Scissors,“ which spent more than 70 weeks […]
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Contact: Nancy Kelly, 581-2378; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO – The University of Maine’s School of Social Work and Center on Aging are bringing geriatric social workers together with several Bangor area attorneys this week for a colloquium about issues both groups encounter in their work with older adults. The colloquium is Friday, March 24 from […]
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Contact: Patty Henner, (207) 581-4100, George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO — The UMaine Page Farm and Home Museum in Orono is celebrating maple syrup season with a public field trip to a sugaring operation on Friday, March 31. This year’s annual spring field trip will travel to Breakneck Ridge Farm near Monson to see the […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Thirty-five UMaine faculty members, representing each of UMaine’s academic colleges and Cooperative Extension, have been promoted and/or granted tenure. The University of Maine System Board of Trustees approved these actions at its Sunday/Monday meeting at the University of Maine at Presque Isle. “Promotion and tenure are significant […]
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Contact: Patty Henner, 581-4100; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO – The UMaine Page Farm and Home Museum will sponsor a children’s program on maple sugaring Sunday, March 26, from 1-3 p.m. on the Orono campus. Events start at 1 p.m. with a video, “The Maple Sugaring Story.” At 1:30 three groups of children (grouped by grade […]
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Contact: Steve Price, Director of Communications, (207) 602.2269 UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND NEWS RELEASE BIDDEFORD – University of New England medical student John Lowery recently received a highly competitive grant from the American Medical Association to help fund his research into safer and more efficient pain treatments for arthritis sufferers. Lowery, who has completed his […]
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Contact: Kyle McCaskill, 207-581-3185 or 800-287-0274 PRESQUE ISLE–Organic farming is the fastest growing segment of U.S. agriculture, and there is no reason potatoes shouldn’t follow suit. In recognition and support of this trend, crops specialists Steven Johnson of UMaine Cooperative Extension and Eric Sideman of the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) have teamed […]
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Contact: Rick Kersbergen/Sonia Antunes 1-800-287-1426 ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a forage conference designed to help dairy and livestock producers improve profitability on their farms. This conference will be held on Thursday, April 6 in central Maine at the Besse Building (Town Office) in Albion and will feature Jack Lazor from […]
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