Contact: Chris Frank, 866-6521; Debbie Neuman, 866-6500 ORONO — UMaine graduate and president of Intelligent SpatialTechnologies (iST) Chris Frank recently received the Small BusinessAdministration’s prestigious Maine Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awardfor his innovative “iPointer,” a digital tour guide product his companyis developing. The device gives visiting users information about landmarks by simply pointing at […]
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Contact: Cindy Thomas, (207) 581-3072, George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO — The intensified special topics class the University of Mainetraditionally designs around the three-day Camden Conference has grownso popular after nine years that it now is filling up almost as fast asword gets out about registration. This year’s course, structured around the Feb. 24-26 conference,focuses […]
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Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 Music professor Stuart Marrs, in conjunction with the UMaine Office ofResearch and Economic Development, recently completed a uniquerecording project that could become a novel new business venture –interactive DVD tutorials for classical instruments. Marrs, chair of the music division in the School of Performing Arts,collaborated with staff in the […]
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Contact: Ginger Hwalek, 581-1246; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Ginger Yang Hwalek, a music instructor in the UMaine School ofPerforming Arts’ Music Division and long time piano teacher andaccompanist in the Bangor area, recently was named the 2006 Teacher ofthe Year by one of the largest music teachers organizations in thenation. The award from the […]
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Contact: Steven Colburn, 581-1982; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — UMaine accounting students will be available on Mondaysthrough April 17 to provide free help with filing state and federalincome tax returns. The Monday sessions from 12-2:30 p.m. in Room 113 in the Donald P. Corbett Business Building began Feb. 6. Students in the UMaine Business School […]
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Contact: Mary Bird, 581-2434; Tiffany Wilson, 581-3288 ORONO — The Edith Marion Patch Center for Entomology, the Environment and Education and the UMaine Page Farm and Home Museum are offering a free public educational forum on sketching nature on Sunday, Feb. 26. “Field Sketching: A hands-on opportunity to reproduce the art of nature” is scheduled […]
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Contact: Patty Henner, 581-4100; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO – Captain Laurence Wade, master of the Castine-berthed training ship State of Maine, which responded to disaster relief efforts on the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina, will speak about his experiences at a Brown Bag Lunch Lecture March 1 at noon at the UMaine Page Farm and […]
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Contact: Rory Eckardt, 949-4401; Debbie Neuman, 866-6500 ORONO – A recent UMaine graduate has become one of the newest tenants at the Target Technology Innovation Center’s business incubator in Orono, launching a forest consulting business he hopes will help loggers, foresters and landowners in Maine make the most efficient use of their property and equipment. […]
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Contact: Andrew Knapp, Public Relations-Philanthropy Chairman, Beta Eta Chapter of Beta Theta Pi, 581-8323 ORONO – Beta Theta Pi, the University of Maine’s oldest fraternity, is undertaking an effort to decrease rape crimes in the area and increase awareness of the issue. But to do this, the brothers need the community’s help. Starting at 6 […]
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