Contact: David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine — UMaine doctoral student Christy Finlayson recently placed first in the 4th European Conference on Biological Invasions poster competition in Vienna, Austria with her poster “Considering Biocontrol and Biological Invasions: An Experimental Unit for Primary and Secondary School Classrooms.” Selected from more than 200 other posters, Finlayson’s entry […]
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Contact: Joyce Longcore (207) 581-4396; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine — Researchers around the world now have a valuable new tool for studying the deadly Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis fungus, thanks to the efforts of scientists at the Broad Institute, Timothy James of Duke University and UMaine researcher Joyce Longcore. The fungus’ genome sequence was recently […]
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Contact: Michael Kinnison (207) 581-2575; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – UMaine researcher Michael Kinnison will be bringing his considerable expertise in population and evolutionary biology to a five-year, $5 million project aimed at defining the real-time relationships between evolution and ecology in the wild streams of Trinidad’s jungle. One of just three projects […]
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Contact: Jose Cordero, 581-1428; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Twelve students and four advisors from La Universidad de las Americas – Puebla (UDLA), a prominent Mexican university, are visiting the University of Maine this week through Nov. 7. The visit is the fourth time UMaine has hosted a group from the university as part of […]
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Contact: Doug Allen, 581-3860; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The University of Maine’s Philosophy Colloquium’s fall speaker series is offering four lectures on the Orono campus during the month of November. Topics include an Aristotelian approach to terrorism, genocide in Bosnia and lessons about every-day-life from ancient Greece. The schedule is as follows: Nov. 1, […]
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Contact: Len Kaye, 581-3444; George Manlove, 581-4756 ORONO — When it comes to marketing to the Baby Boomer generation, a lot has changed in methods and sales strategies for this fiercely independent population still in the throes of self-discovery, adventure and personal improvement as its members advance in age. The University of Maine Center on […]
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Contact: Doug Nangle, (207) 581-2045; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO (Maine) — Undetected and untreated mental health issues among the nation’s school children is causing millions of students to under perform academically and personally, and is considered by the U.S. Surgeon General to be a major public health concern. Some of those problems contribute to […]
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Contact: David Munson (207) 581-3777 The quiet backwaters of Pleasant River and Bog brook in Washington County are a popular destination for many, offering paddlers and hikers alike scenic views of scented woods and rolling pastures. UMaine doctoral student Lucner Charlestra has spent untold hours on the small rivers of coastal Maine, but he doesn’t […]
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Contact: Maine Channel Promotion Department, (207) 581-1559 Birthday Bash — featuring ‘The Bay State’ — on Nov. 2 ORONO, Maine — Imagine getting $50,000 for your first birthday. The Maine Channel, the University of Maine’s closed-circuit campus television station, was granted an annual operating budget of $50,000, effective this semester. This funding was the first […]
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Contact: Betsy Arntzen, 581-4225; George Manlove, 581-4756 ORONO — Native studies education, Canadian politics and Canadian history are three topics speakers will address as the University of Maine Canadian-American Center presents Canada Week 2006. The 27th annual Canada Week is designed to highlight Canadian studies at UMaine and showcase research being done by faculty and […]
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