Contact: William Ellis, School of Marine Sciences, 207-581-4360, wge@umit.maine.eduNick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777, houtman@maine.edu ORONO, Maine – The School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine has a new assistant director. William Ellis of Orono will advise first year undergraduates and manage student recruitment activities at high schools, in addition to managing […]
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Contact: Eric Wages, Dept. of Industrial Cooperation, 207-866-6510, wages@eece.maine.eduNick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777, houtman@maine.edu ORONO, Maine — University of Maine computer engineers and employees of Applied Thermal Sciences of Sanford, Maine have bragging rights in a recent announcement that the U.S. Army will create what may be the second most powerful computer in […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Peter S. Hoff, the 17th president of the University of Maine, has resigned from that position effective Aug. 15, it was announced today by University of Maine System Chancellor Joseph Westphal. Westphal also announced that Robert A. Kennedy, UMaine’s executive vice president and provost, has been appointed […]
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Contact: Kay Hyatt (207) 581-2761 ORONO– Forty-six aspiring writers will sharpen skills and express their creativity during the annual Young Authors’ Camp taking place July 12-16 at the University of Maine. The students in grades 3-12 represent 24 schools throughout the Greater Bangor area and from Fort Kent to Oakland. The Young Authors’ camp is […]
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Contact: Coen Hofstede, Climate Change Institute, 207-581-8935, coen.hofstede@maine.eduNick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777, houtman@maine.edu ORONO– It helps to visit a place if you’re going to study it, but some might say that Coen Hofstede went to extremes. The University of Maine Ph.D. student in the Climate Change Institute is conducting research on a fast […]
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Contact: Randy Alford, 581-2964; Linda Ives, 581-2522; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — “I’ve got one alive and two dead. Do they normally lie on their back like that?” asks a high school girl in a University of Maine Upward Bound class. “How do I know they’re really dead?” She peers into a screen box with […]
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Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 ORONO — Working all night, napping on the production room floor and letting other work slide was just part of the sacrifice by two dozen University of Maine film students whose efforts are being rewarded July 10 with the debut of their movie at the Maine International Film Festival […]
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Contact: Roger LeB. Hooke, Dept. of Earth Sciences, 207-581-2203 (office), 207-348-6933 (home), rhooke@acadia.netNick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777, houtman@maine.edu ORONO, Maine — Think of large earth moving projects: highway interchanges, coal mines or Boston’s Big Dig. According to Roger LeBaron Hooke, a University of Maine scientist, such activities have propelled humans into becoming arguably […]
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Contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO– Travis Hamel of Milford, a junior in the University of Maine Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, received a first place award in the Bentley Education Network (BEN) Student Design Competition, Animation and Freeform/Artistic Expression Category. Hamel’s entry was a 3D rendering of a 1947 Willys […]
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Contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777, houtman@maine.edu ORONO– Colin Stewart of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension will receive an Achievement Award from the National Association of County Agricultural Agents at its 89th Annual Meeting and Professional Improvement Conference in Orlando, Florida on Tuesday, July 13. Stewart will be honored for his service […]
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