Contact: Dan Sandweiss (207) 581-1889; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – Decades of B movies and sensationalized TV specials have helped paint a picture of North America’s first explorers that is decidedly less than flattering. Often depicted as knuckle-dragging, club-toting brutes, they fit well with the notion that that the first humans to set […]
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Contact: Liz DePoy, 581-1469; Alan Parks, 581-1236; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO – International health and disabilities expert Gary Albrecht, a Ph.D. professor emeritus of health policy administration at the University of Illinois at Chicago, will speak at UMaine Thursday, March 30. Albrecht’s talk, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Woolley Room of the […]
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Contact: Kathryn Jovanelli 207.561.3352 BANGOR — Brighten up your child’s April Vacation at the 2nd annual UMMA Spring Art Camp, an in-depth art experience held at the University of Maine Museum of Art. This spring, art campers will take an artistic journey around the world as they explore sacred places through the photography of Japanese-born […]
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Contact: Hemant Pendse, professor and chair of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, managing director of UMaine’s NSF EPSCoR forest bioproducts project, (207) 581-2290; Steve Shaler, professor of Wood Science Technology, associate director of the Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center, ORONO, Maine — The University of Maine announced today that it has been awarded […]
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Contact: Angel M. Loredo, Associate Dean of Students, at (207) 581-1406; Caitlin Sanborn; Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine will host its first-ever Women’s Symposium this Saturday, April 1 from 12 noon-4 p.m. The symposium, “A Celebration of Mind and Body,” aims to create an awareness of body […]
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Contact: Faye Woodcock, 581-2297; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Some of the world’s foremost authorities on the paper and forest products industry will be at the University of Maine for “Paper Days 2006,” a two-day forest products symposium hosted by the UMaine Pulp & Paper Foundation. The theme of this year’s April 5-6 Paper Days […]
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Contact: Faye Woodcock, 581-2296; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — FORTUNE magazine senior editor-at-large Geoffrey Colvin, a leading thinker and commentator on today’s business trends and issues, will speak at the University of Maine during “Paper Days 2006,” a two-day forest products industry symposium hosted by the UMaine Pulp & Paper Foundation. Colvin’s address, “We’re Not […]
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Contact: Kay Hyatt at (207) 581-2761 ORONO, Maine — A pilot study on hazing conducted at four Northeast postsecondary institutions illustrates the need for national data to monitor trends and help colleges and universities address this highly consequential behavior, according to University of Maine researchers leading the multi-year initiative. One in 20 students responding to […]
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Contact: Adele Adkins, 581-1803; George Manlove, 581-3756 The Maine Center for the Arts will depart from its usual performance lineup to welcome celebrated author Augusten Burroughs to Hutchins Concert Hall to speak April 19 at 7 p.m. Burroughs is the author of the highly acclaimed memoir “Running with Scissors,“ which spent more than 70 weeks […]
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Contact: Nancy Kelly, 581-2378; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO – The University of Maine’s School of Social Work and Center on Aging are bringing geriatric social workers together with several Bangor area attorneys this week for a colloquium about issues both groups encounter in their work with older adults. The colloquium is Friday, March 24 from […]
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