Contact: Donna Lamb, 800-287-1491 (in Maine) or 207-564-3301 ORONO– University of Maine Cooperative Extension, the UMaine Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences and the Risk Management Agency will conduct a clinic on horse industry business and safety. The Horse Business and Safety Clinic will be held on Saturday, March 25 from 9 a.m. to 4 […]
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Contact: David Munson at (207) 581-3777 MITCHELL CENTER SPRING 2006 SEMINAR SERIES PENOBSCOT RIVER RESEARCH — LOOKING TO THE FUTURE Seminars are sponsored by the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental & Watershed Research and the UMaine Program in Ecology and Environmental Science. This goal of this seminar series is to provide information on […]
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Contact: Michael T. Kinnison (207) 581-2575; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Me. – Researchers from UMaine will soon be on the trail of one of the East Coast’s longest-lived and most endangered fish, thanks to an $86,298 grant from the United States Department of Commerce (NOAA/NMFS). UMaine Biological Sciences Professor Michael T. Kinnison, School of […]
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Contact: Mary Ellen Camire (207) 581-1627; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Me. – A state-of-the-art densitometer will soon contribute to an array of research programs being carried out by the UMaine Food Science and Human Nutrition (FSHN) faculty. The programs focus on the growing problems of obesity and osteoporosis around the world. Utilizing a grant […]
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Contact: Gregory Porter (207) 581-2943; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Me. – UMaine Agronomy researcher Gregory Porter was recently awarded more than $250,000 in funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for an ongoing eight-state potato breeding project aimed at creating improved potato varieties for cultivation in the Eastern United States. Maine’s potato industry generated […]
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Contact: William DeSisto (207) 581-2291; Clinton Colmenares (207) 581-3742 ORONO, Me. – William (Bill) DeSisto, assistant professor of Chemical Engineering, has received the most prestigious honor the National Science Foundation awards to young researchers, the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award. CAREER awards go to junior faculty who “most effectively integrate research and education within […]
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Contact: Sarah Joughin, 581-3423; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Student dancers from North and South America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia are pulling out the stops for the second annual International Dance Festival planned Saturday, Feb. 18, at 7 p.m. at the Maine Center for the Arts on the UMaine campus. Dancers from India, […]
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Contact: Clinton Colmenares at 581-3742 Bangor businessman, philanthropist and long-time University of Maine benefactor Larry Mahaney died Sunday, Feb. 12, in West Palm Beach, Fla. after suffering a massive stroke five days earlier. The former chairman of the board and CEO of Webber Energy Fuels was born in the small Aroostook County town of Easton […]
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Contact: Jose Cordero, 581-1425, George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO – Black History Month is being observed throughout the month of February at UMaine with speakers, films and, on Feb. 24, a free Black History Month dinner with a national speaker. The month is designed to provide students and the public with a better insight into the […]
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Contact: Karen Cole, 581-4704; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO – The University of Maine School of Performing Arts will present eight performances of “Jesus Christ Superstar” beginning Feb. 16 in the newly renovated Hauck Auditorium. The rock opera written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice combines hard-driving rock tunes and soulful ballads to create a […]
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