Contact: Marie Hayes, (207) 581-2039, George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO — Psychology researchers at the University of Maine and at three Maine hospitals, in Bangor, Waterville and Portland, are looking for shy children to participate in a research project they hope will improve treatment for children at risk for developing severe social anxiety as adults. […]
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Contact: Angela Fiandaca at 581-1397 ORONO — The University of Maine’s Peer Education Program, part of Residence Life and Programs, will sponsor Celebrate EveryBODY Week in promotion of eating disorders awareness Monday March 21 through Friday March 25 at the UMaine campus. All events are free and open to the public. The purpose of the […]
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Contact: Wally Mason, 561-3350 BANGOR — The University of Maine Museum of Art is pleased to announce a Spring Art Camp will be held during April Vacation, April 19 — April 21 (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) from 8:30 – 12:00, and will be offered to students in grade 2 — 4. The camp is a unique […]
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Contact: John Diamond 973-3224, Rita Sullivan 973-3245 BANGOR — Four candidates for the presidency of the University of Maine have been invited to Orono for a series of meetings with faculty, staff, students, and others. University System Chancellor Joseph W. Westphal announced the names Tuesday morning. A 12-member search committee, appointed by Board of Trustees […]
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Contact: Laura Wilson, Cooperative Extension, 207-581-2971, lwilson@umext.maine.edu; Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777, houtman@maine.edu ORONO, Maine – Auburn and Lewiston area residents will have the opportunity to learn about their lakes and the watersheds that feed them this spring. For eight weeks starting April 13, the Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program and University of […]
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Contact: Jack Burt, (207) 581-1773, George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO — The UMaine School of Performing Arts’ Division of Music has acquired three new German rotary trumpets, which broadens the musical range of its brass collection for student and faculty concerts, according to Jack Burt, assistant professor of trumpet. The three trumpets, purchased with a […]
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Contact: Kay Hyatt, (207) 581-2761 ORONO, Maine — Maine Education Commissioner Susan A. Gendron will be the keynote speaker at the fifth annual Math and Science Future Teachers Conference, taking place Saturday, March 26 at the University of Maine. Designed for aspiring math and science teachers, conference participants will have the opportunity to work with […]
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Contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs and Marketing, 207-581-3777, houtman@maine.edu ORONO, Maine — Monitoring the performance of jet engines and other combustion technologies requires sensors that can operate at high temperatures. University of Maine master’s student Jeremy Thiele of Hollis, Maine earned an award in 2004 for his research on patented sensor technology that […]
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Contact: Christine Nold (207) 866- 7373, George Manlove (207) 581-3756 ORONO — A group of UMaine students doing volunteer work in Florida over spring break joined dozens of wet-suited volunteers on Marathon Key, caring for some of the 70 rough-tooth dolphins that beached themselves in shallow water March 2. Christie Nold, a 20-year-old secondary education […]
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Contact: Mazie Hough, (207) 581-1225, George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO — This year’s Women’s History Celebration, March 14 through April 7, at UMaine features a program series of lectures, performances, movies and music that explore the lives of women ranging from Joan of Arc to Maine’s Cornelia “Fly Rod” Crosby. Through a program of 15 […]
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