Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Belfast native Paul T. Conway, a 1987 University of Maine graduate who currently serves as chief of staff to U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao, will return to his alma mater on Friday Sept. 1 to address UMaine’s first-year student class. Conway will be the featured […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Members of the University of Maine’s Class of 2010 will arrive on campus on Friday, Sept. 1 when they will move into residence halls and participate in UMaine’s unique and successful “Maine Hello” student greeting and orientation program. “Maine Hello” is highlighted by a Friday welcoming effort […]
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Contact: Mary Dinsmore, Pine Tree State 4-H Foundation, 207-581-3327 or Ray Corey, Extension Educator, Phone 207-778-4650, rcorey@umext.maine.edu LINCOLN, Neb. —More than 200 young from across the nation, including five from Maine, attended the 2006 National 4-H Leadership Conference held July 24-27 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. “Science, Engineering and Technology for the 21st Century” was […]
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Contact: Sarah Nelson at (207) 581-3454 Madison, WI — Eleven different UMaine scientists, students and alumni who study various aspects of mercury pollution presented their work at the Eighth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant earlier this month. Approximately 1,200 people attended the conference, the largest meeting dedicated to mercury pollution ever in […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The 176 Maine high school students who will take UMaine courses in the fall semester, through an innovative program known as Academ-e, will spend Thursday Aug. 24 on the UMaine campus in Orono. After an opening session during which they will learn more about UMaine and the […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO, Me. — A national college rankings publication rates the Maine Business School at the University of Maine at 150th on its list of the best undergraduate business programs in the U.S. The U.S.News & World Report rankings, which became public earlier this week, are based on assessments by […]
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Contact: Mary Dinsmore, Pine Tree State 4_H Foundation, Phone 207-581-3327, Fax 207-581-1387, mdinsmore@umext.maine.edu ORONO, Me. –During the week of July 9-15, 20 Maine youth delegates attended the National 4-H Program Citizenship Washington Focus (CWF), in Washington D.C. The motto of the program, “Better Citizens Today, Better Leaders Tomorrow”was reflected in the CWF itinerary, which included […]
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Contact: Harold Daniel, 581-1933; Thomas Allan, 581-3164; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The newly formed University of Maine-based Center for Tourism, Research and Outreach (CenTRO) is developing a customer satisfaction survey for Maine campground visitors, which will help the state’s tourism industry get a comprehensive look at how well it is doing to attract and […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — For the third consecutive year, the University of Maine is listed by the Princeton Review as one of the best choices for undergraduate education. The New York-based publisher announced the details of its annual book, “The Best 361 Colleges,” earlier today. Princeton Review rankings are based on […]
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