Contact: Mazie Hough, 581-1225; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The UMaine Women in the Curriculum and Women’s Studies Program has announced its spring lunchtime lecture series, which covers a range of topics from women’s rights to education, with student speakers and faculty from the Orono campus and other universities. All lectures are free and open […]
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Contact: Karen Cole, 581-4704 ORONO — The University of Maine’s School of Performing Arts has announced its spring 2007 music, performance and dance events scheduled at Minsky Recital Hall or Hauck Auditorium. Admission is $6 and UMaine students are admitted free with a MaineCard, unless otherwise noted. Exceptions may occur. For more information, please call […]
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Contact: John Bear Mitchell, 581-1417; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Since 1935, members of Maine’s Native American Indian tribes have been offered free tuition at the University of Maine, but historically, very few have taken advantage of the offer. In the last 20 years, 402 Native American students from 23 tribes nationwide have graduated from […]
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Contact: Edwin Nagy, 581-2981; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Never let it be said engineering students are all about just mathematics, mechanics and structural theory. The University of Maine Engineering Art Club, unveiling its third annual “Art by Engineers” competitive art exhibit Feb. 5, is offering a glimpse of just how creative engineers can be. […]
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Contact: Amy Witt, 207-780-4205 PORTLAND — Maine citizens and visitors can learn more about one of the state’s greatest resources by joining the Maine Tree Club, an educational project designed for people of all ages to learn about trees. The club is organized by University of Maine Cooperative Extension, the Maine Forest Service, and the […]
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Contact: Constant Albertson, 581-3251George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The University of Maine Department of Art is accepting applications for the spring 2007 after school ArtWorks classes for area children, kindergarten through grade 7. ArtWorks classes are held on consecutive Friday afternoons, from 3:30-5 p.m., March 23-April 20 at Lord Hall on the Orono campus. ArtWorks […]
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Contact: Tai Cheng, 581-3155 George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The University of Maine is offering a unique travel-study course this spring on China, a 6,000-year-old country of 1.3 billion people that has transformed itself in less than 30 years from a third world communist nation to an increasingly capitalistic superpower. The course, available to current […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — A group of 75 Maine legislators will visit the University of Maine on Wednesday, Jan. 10. Their visit is part of a Maine Development Foundation bus tour highlighting important elements of Maine’s economy and culture. The group includes senators and House members from all over Maine. It […]
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Contact: Howard Cody, 581-1868; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — How do modern European politics, economics, currencies, cultures, religions and languages affect Americans? How is the development of the European Union influencing the evolution of Europe, and — more importantly — why should the United States care? Those questions surround some of the issues to be […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — University of Maine graduate student Megan Blackmore is looking for volunteers for a research project. A master’s student in Food Science and Human Nutrition, Blackmore is looking into the effects of different types of breakfast cereal on appetite. Participants must be between the ages of 20 and […]
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