Contact: Bob Potts, Alumni Programs & Marketing; (207) 581-1149 / 1 (800) 934-2586 ORONO, Me. –The University of Maine Alumni Association has announced the recipients of its 2007 Alumni Awards. They are as follows: Alumni Career Award (UMAA’s highest honor): Col. William Smullen ’62, Fayetteville, New York (Retired Colonel, United States Army; former Chief of […]
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Contact: Michael Grillo, 581-3252; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — A new art exhibit opening Feb. 9 at the Lord Hall Galleries on the University of Maine’s Orono campus uses work by seven internationally renowned photographers to assess the meaning and objectivity of the camera as a means of documentation. “Documentation: Photography as Witness” brings together […]
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Contact: Peg Cruikshank, 581-1228; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The title of her newly revised anthology, Fierce with Reality: An Anthology of Literature on Aging, embodies the paradoxes that come with the consideration of aging for Margaret “Peg” Cruikshank, author and lecturer in women’s studies at UMaine. So does the frustration Cruikshank feels when doctors […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Two U.S. diplomats with deep knowledge of contemporary issues in the Middle East will visit the University of Maine for a Tuesday, Feb. 13 forum, “The Middle East Conundrum: Diplomacy or Military Solution?” Presented by UMaine’s new School of Policy and International Affairs and its William S. […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Gov. John Baldacci and some of Maine’s leading experts on environmental policy will participate in a Wednesday, Feb. 7 Augusta conference on the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). Seven northeastern governors, including Baldacci, signed onto the initiative in 2005. RGGI aims to reduce greenhouse gases in the […]
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Contact: Marcia Douglas, 581- 1846; George Manlove, 581-3756 High resolution photos are available upon request. ORONO — The director of the next student production opening Feb. 16 at UMaine, “Bat Boy: The Musical,” expects audiences in Hauck Auditorium to be transfixed by a suspenseful comedic horror story emboldened by creative costuming, staging and live musical […]
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Contact: Sarah Joughin, 581-2905; George Manlove, 581-3756 Note to editors: Students will rehearse Saturday, Feb. 3, from 3-5 p.m., in the dance studio on the second floor of the Class 1944 Hall and plan a full dress rehearsal Friday, Feb. 9 from 7-9 p.m. at the MCA. ORONO — Using the overwhelming success of last […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — A benefit concert featuring folk music by “Generations,” a local group that includes University of Maine professors Larry Latour and Joel Gold, is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 18 at 1 p.m. in Room 100 of UMaine’s Donald P. Corbett Business Building. Proceeds will support the Michele Alexander […]
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Contact: Owen Maurais (207) 581-3651 ORONO — Gordon Donaldson, professor of educational leadership in the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, will present the findings from his study of Maine school administrative efficiencies in next week in Bangor. The forum is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. at Bangor High […]
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Contact: Richard Brzozowski, 207-780-4205 MONMOUTH, Me. — University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Alternative Poultry Association (MAPA)will sponsor the 2007 Maine Poultry School for small-scale poultry producers. The poultry school will be held at UMaine’s apple, small fruit and vegetable research facility at Highmoor Farm in Monmouth, in two parts–one specifically for turkey […]
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