Contact: Mazie Hough, (207) 581-1225 ORONO — Mary Bonauto, lead counsel in the controversial same-sex civil marriage court case in Massachusetts and director of the Civil Rights Project at Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) since 1990 will speak at UMaine, Wednesday, April 6. Appearing from 12:15-1:30 in the Bangor Room of the Memorial […]
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Contact: Jack Burt, (207) 581-1773, George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 (Ed. Note: release also references the late Dr. Michael Solomon, former Bangor physician.) ORONO — Jack Burt, UMaine assistant professor of trumpet, and friends will perform a concert on Sunday, April 3 at Minsky Recital Hall on the Orono campus that debuts three new German rotary […]
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Contact: Derek Mitchell, Chair, Guest Lecture Series, University of Maine Student Government, Inc., (207) 712-8990 ORONO, MAINE — Nearly five-years after the broadcast of MTV’s Real World: New Orleans, 27-year-old Danny Roberts will discuss the pressures of being gay with University of Maine students on Monday. A semi-closeted gay man when cast for the show, […]
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Contact: Marie Hayes (207) 581-2039, George Manlove (207) 581-3756 ORONO — Two University of Maine researchers working in conjunction with colleagues in Japan have found links between infant and child sleeping arrangements and the phenomenon of “yonaki,” or night-time crying. The research suggests how parents, infants and toddlers all can get a better night’s sleep […]
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Contact: Lorriann Orr, (207) 581-2007; Amy Booth, (207) 581-2011; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 (Ed. note: April 28 event offers free hearing tests for adults, free hearing aid batteries and a look at new devices to assist hearing impaired people. Last year 100 or more people showed up for hearing screening and hearing aid cleaning.) ORONO […]
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Contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs and Marketing, 207-581-3777 ORONO, Maine — Biotechnologies such as stem cell lines, genetic engineering and cloning raise ethical questions on topics ranging from individual human rights to property rights. Eric M. Meslin, a bioethicist from Indiana University, will give a presentation on these topics at 4 p.m. Monday, […]
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Contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs and Marketing, 207-581-3777. ORONO, Maine — From the stage to the laboratory, University of Maine students are learning by challenging themselves, laying the foundations for future careers. They will show off their achievements during the annual UMaine Student Research and Creative Achievement Week April 10-17. Each year, more […]
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Contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs and Marketing, 207-581-3777 ORONO, Maine — College student engineers from across New England will become bridge builders for a day when they bring their custom designed steel bridges to the University of Maine’s Wells Commons on April 2. They will compete in the Northeast Regional Student Steel Bridge […]
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Contact: Paul Stern, (207) 581-1082, George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO — Don’t let the name CAD Camp scare you. CAD Camp, offered at UMaine for youths July 10-15 is a lot of creative fun, says camp director Karen Horton, associate professor of mechanical engineering technology. It’s just one of a dozen summertime activities at […]
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Contact: George Manlove at 581-3756 Dr. Werner Fornos, president of the Population Institute in Washington. D.C. this week warned audiences throughout state and at UMaine on Tuesday that failing to manage alarming population growth in poverty-stricken nations likely will be “the ultimate global blunder, from which there is no recovery.” On campus at the invitation […]
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