Contact: Karel Lidral, 581-1256; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Members of the University of Maine Chamber Jazz Ensemble will present their formal spring concert at Leonard and Renee Minsky Recital Hall in the Class of 1944 Hall on the University of Maine Tuesday, April 1, at 7:30 pm. The organization, established in the fall of […]
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Contact: Barbara A. Byers, (716) 645-3312; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 BUFFALO, N.Y. — Paul Mayewski, director of the Climate Change Institute at UMaine, will be honored by the University at Buffalo Alumni Association at its achievement awards gala to be held April 5 in the Adam’s Mark Hotel in downtown Buffalo on April 5. The […]
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Contact: Alan Davenport, 581-1341; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Telescopes and binoculars, often considered windows to the universe, allow average sky-watchers to see stars of different colors, brightness and those with partners called doubles. More exotic objects — star clusters, nebula and galaxies — also are readily visible with magnification. To help the public access […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3517;
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Contact: Pauleena MacDougall, 581-1848 ORONO — The Maine Folklife Center is presenting a lecture Wednesday, March 26, by University of Pennsylvania professor Dan Ben Amos, author and scholar on Jewish, Eastern European and Middle Eastern folklore. “Is There a Jewish Mother in Jewish Folklore?” is the title of the talk, which is free and open […]
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Contact: Jean MacRae, 581-2137George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Last year, civil engineering undergraduates Heather Martin and Lee Rand joined a group of other UMaine students visiting a small, poverty-stricken community in Honduras over spring break as part of a Spanish language service-learning class. While some in the group led by Spanish professor Kathleen March worked […]
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Contact: Danielle Meyer at (207) 581-1733 ORONO– University of Maine graduate student Danielle Meyer,working with Dept. of Food Sciences and Human Nutrition Prof. Mary-Ellen Camire, is looking for women between the ages of 30 and 50 for an appetite study involving potatoes. Volunteers who complete all sessions of the study will receive $100 compensation. Some […]
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Contact: Yifeng Zhu (207) 581-2499 Bruce Segee (207) 581-2212 Tom Weber (207) 581-3777 ORONO — Two innovative programs being launched at the University of Maine will allow college undergraduates as well as middle-school teachers and their students to experience firsthand the extraordinary educational potential of supercomputer technology. The Supercomputing Undergraduate Program in Maine (SuperMe), […]
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Contact: Renee Kelly, 581-1141George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Students from five area high schools and 10 area businesses will team up Thursday, Feb. 28, for the Junior Achievement-Bank of America Titan Challenge, part of Maine’s observance of National Entrepreneurship Week. Ten student teams will compete at the Foster Student Innovation Center at UMaine in Orono […]
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Contact: Carl Little at little@prexar.com, 207-667-9735Stephen Hartgen at Stephen_Hartgen@hotmail.com. or 208-420-6761. Orono, Maine, Feb. 21, 2008 ‘ Vincent Hartgen, the prolific Maine artist who founded the University of Maine Art Department, the University of Maine Museum of Art, and advanced arts in the state through a lifetime of promotion and creative works of his own, […]
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