Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Two new art exhibitions will open at the University of Maine’s Carnegie Hall on Oct. 17. The shows, which include drawings and paintings, will continue through Dec. 1. “In the City — States of Mind”, the drawings of New York artist Robert Birmelin will be […]
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Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson will visit the University of Maine on Tuesday, Oct. 7 to deliver the inaugural talk in the Governor’s Distinguished Lecture Series, a collaborative effort of the University of Maine and the Maine governor’s office. A former U.S. Ambassador to the […]
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Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — When University of Maine graduates who were members of Sigma Chi fraternity return to campus for Homecoming Oct. 3-5, they will have good reason to take pride in the appearance of their fraternity house. Located on College Ave. across from Chadbourne Hall, the house has […]
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Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO, Me. — University of Maine police have charged William Diemer, 20, of Old Town, with misdemeanor cruelty to animals and misdemeanor criminal trespass. The charges follow an investigation into a Sept. 20 incident in the horse barn at UMaine’s Witter Teaching and Research Center. Police allege […]
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Contact: Media Contact: Nick Houtman at (207) 581-3777 ORONO– University of Maine wood composites researchers will take another step in developing international ties with a one-week visit starting October 4 to research laboratories and forest product companies in Chile. With federal government support from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), four wood scientists and engineers […]
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Contact: Media contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO, Maine — The Pulp and Paper Process Development Center at the University of Maine has received a donation of papermaking equipment worth $500,000. The machine — a hot soft nip calendar — came from the former Beloit Corporation Research and Development Center in Rockton, […]
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Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — “Katahdin: Wigwam’s Tales of the Abnaki Tribe,” a new volume of tales and legends based on Penobscot traditions, has been published by the Maine Folklife Center at the University of Maine. The 203-page book was written by the late Mary Alice Nelson, who was born […]
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Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO– New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson will visit the University of Maine on Tuesday, Oct. 7 to deliver the first installment in the Governor’s Distinguished Lecture Series, a collaborative effort of UMaine and the Maine governor’s office. For its inaugural presentation, the lecture series committee selected Richardson, […]
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Contact: Media contact: Bob Potts (207) 581-2586 / 1 (800) 934-2586 ORONO & PORTLAND, ME ~ The Cumberland County Alumni Chapter of The University of Maine (CCAC) and The University of Maine Alumni Association are pleased to announce that William D. “Bill” Johnson ’56 will be honored with the chapter’s Outstanding Alumni Award during the […]
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Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Edward “Sandy” Ives, who retired from the University of Maine in 1999 after 44 years on the faculty, first in English and later in anthropology, will be the presenter at UMaine’s Page Farm and Home Museum’s next brown bag lecture. The talk is scheduled for […]
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