Contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO, Maine — A total of 15,560 visitors registered at the Orono Bog Boardwalk in 2003, according to Director Ronald Davis, more than double the expectations of the facility’s management committee. The board closed for the season on December 1 and will reopen in May. “The boardwalk […]
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Contact: Joe Carr, 581-3744 The University of Maine Museum of Art will be hosting three exhibitions at Norumbega Hall in downtown Bangor from January 23 through March 27, 2004. Expanding Universe The Recent Paintings of Al Held Grand new works by the great geometric abstractionist Al Held (b. 1928), on view at the University of […]
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Contact: Joe Carr, 581-3571. Michele Alexander, a member of the UMaine psychology faculty since 1999, was killed in a Tuesday auto accident in Glenburn. “I was deeply saddened to hear of this tragic accident,” says UMaine President Peter Hoff. “Michele was a rising star on our faculty, much loved by her students and colleagues. We […]
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Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins has announced a $1.3 million federal grant to the University of Maine Center on Aging for a statewide AmeriCorps VISTA project to serve senior citizens. The grant will fund the Senior $ense program, which will recruit, train and place 30 full-time […]
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Contact: Science writer: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777; Team advisor: John Hwalek, Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering, 207-581-2302 ORONO, Maine — Students on this year’s University of Maine Energy Challenge team will have a natural advantage in the annual pulp and paper technology competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). […]
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Contact: Media contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777; Steve Kahl, Mitchell Center, 207-581-3286 ORONO, Maine — A University of Maine scientist has become president-elect of the National Institutes for Water Resources, NIWR. Steve Kahl, a geochemist and director of the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research at UMaine, also […]
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Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3571 ORONO, Maine — University of Maine research in marine sciences, climate change and composite materials will be on the agenda when Congressman Tom Allen (D-Portland) of Maine’s First District tours laboratories and talks with scientists at the university on December 11. News media representatives are […]
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Contact: Media contacts: Tom Bickford, Agent Institute, 207-581-2012; Joe Carr, UMaine Public Affairs, 207-581-3571 ORONO- On Dec. 7, the University of Maine and the Agent Institute will host the 4th FIRST LEGO League’s robotics fair and tournament competition. This event, which will be held at Orono High School, is the season finale for 54 teams […]
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Contact: Media contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO, Maine — University of Maine scientists will give presentations about the sun’s influence on global climate, thinning of the Earth’s crust and volcanic dust in Antarctic ice at one of the world’s largest annual gatherings of geophysicists this month. Researchers from the UMaine Climate […]
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Contact: Media contact: Richard J. Brzozowski, Cumberland County Cooperative Extension, 780-4205 or 1-800-287-1471 (in Maine) ORONO, Maine — Trees have an honored place at the center of holiday celebrations, and they play many roles in our culture, science and the economy. Maine citizens can learn more about them through the Maine Tree Club, a program […]
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