Contact: Kay Hyatt at (207) 581-2761 ORONO, Maine — Some of the state’s top writing teachers will help students develop composition skills and polish their prose during the University of Maine’s annual Young Authors’ day camps, held in three locations. Camps will be offered July 12-16 at UMaine, Orono, and at Benton Elementary School; and […]
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Contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777, houtman@maine.eduSarah Nelson, Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research, 207-581-3454, sarah.nelson@umit.maine.edu RIVER RESTORATION, CLEAN AIR ACT, SALMON AND SLUDGE ARE PRIME TOPICS AT MAINE WATER CONFERENCE IN AUGUSTA ORONO, Maine — The politics and science of Maine’s water resources will come under discussion at the tenth annual […]
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Contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO, Maine — Six faculty members in the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture were recognized on April 13 for their outstanding contributions to the college and the University of Maine. Award winners were Aram Calhoun of Milford, assistant professor of wetland ecology; Ivan Fernandez of […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Big drums, little drums, kettle drums and ceramic drums, not to mention metal chimes, triangles and cymbals, are a few of the more than 50 instruments University of Maine music students will use for a percussion ensemble concert April 20 at Minsky Recital Hall. Approximately 10 students […]
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Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 ORONO — More than 90 outstanding students and faculty members at the University of Maine were honored for scholarship and outstanding character April 14 at the UMaine chapter of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi’s spring initiation and awards ceremony. Phi Kappa Phi is the nation’s oldest and […]
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Contact: Christine Burgess, York County Cooperative Extension, 41 Shaw’s Ridge Road, Sanford, ME 04073, (207) 324-2814, 1-800-287-1535, FAX: (207)324-0817 SANFORD, Maine — The University of Maine Cooperative Extension announces awards to ten girls for their entries into the first annual Turn Beauty Inside Out Maine Poster Contest. Winners are: Category A, Ages 9-11 First Place: […]
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Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 ORONO — The University of Maine Center on Aging on the Orono campus and Eastern Agency on Aging in Bangor are partnering up for a gala swing dance fundraiser — “A Celebration of Generations” — on May 8. The third annual event features local musicians The Moon Puppies playing […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — He’s called controversial, irreverent, even angry, but writer and public speaker Sherman Alexie, a Spokane Indian from Wellpinit, Wash. most of all wants people to better understand the dilemmas facing Native Americans today. Alexie, an internationally known poet, author and screenwriter will deliver a frank and provocative […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — High-level speakers representing the pulp and paper industry and large consumers of its products will be at the University of Maine on Thursday April 15 and Friday April 16 for the UMaine Pulp and Paper Foundation’s annual open house. UMaine chemical engineering and civil engineering students will […]
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Contact: Roger Merchant, Cooperative Extension, 1-800-287-1491 (in Maine)Todd Gabe, Dept. of Resource Economics and Policy, 207-581-3307Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO– Just over 1,000 households in Piscataquis County will receive a survey the week of April 12 on the subject of tourism development. With support from a $45,000 rural business opportunity grant from […]
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