Contact: Ellen Freeman, 338-8034 Kathryn Olmstead, 581-3844 Discussion topics for the second annual “Great Conversations on the Coast” range from poetry to the presidential election, from the women’s movement to the environmental movement and from archaeology to spirituality and our place in the universe. Scheduled for August 16 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the […]
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Contact: Dr. Colin Summerhayes, Executive Director of SCAR, at 0011 4478 3426 9997. Three prominent international Antarctic scientists have been honoured for their outstanding achievements by the world’s peak Antarctic science organization — the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). The President of SCAR — Professor Jorn Thiede — presented the awards during the Committee’s […]
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Contact: Paul Mayewski (207) 581-3091; David Munson (207) 581-3777 The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research has announced that UMaine professor Paul Andrew Mayewski, of Castine, will receive the first ever SCAR Medal for Excellence in Antarctic Research. The award will be presented at a ceremony in Hobart, Tasmania on July 12 at the 2006 SCAR […]
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Contact: Meg Malmberg, (207) 388-8000George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 BELFAST — Margaret “Meg” Malmberg, associate director of the University of Maine Fred Hutchinson Center in Belfast, has been named director of the UMaine education and outreach center, succeeding founding director Jim Patterson, who is retiring. Malmberg has been associate director since September of 2005, when she […]
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Contact: Len Kaye, 581-3481George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO – Lenard Kaye, director of the Center on Aging at the University of Maine, recently was elected president of the Maine Gerontological Society, a statewide non-profit organization that exists to address issues effecting older adults. It serves as the primary interdisciplinary association of individuals and organizations in the […]
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Contact: Lisa Phelps, Extension Educator, (207) 780-4205, 800-287-1471 ORONO, Me. — The Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) has awarded 70 4-H clubs across the United States with a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software grant–and University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s 4-H Youth Development program won 11 of them. ESRI is a geographic information system (GIS) technology […]
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Contact: Todd Gabe, associate professor of Resource Economic and Policy, 207-581-3307, todd.gabe@umit.maine.eduClinton Colmenares, UMaine University Relations, 207-581-3742, clinton.colmenares@umit.maine.edu Regions with fastest growth in people hadslowest growth in jobs ORONO, Maine — New economic data from the University ofMaine give hope to cities across the country trying to gain a foothold in thecreative economy. Growth in […]
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Contact: David Munson (207) 581-3777 Thanks to the pioneering efforts of surgeon and UMaine researcher Ian Dickey and Chemical and Biological Engineering Professor Darrell Donahue, UMaine is at the leading edge of research aimed at improving medical implants using a group of new materials collectively referred to as foam metals. Composed of a variety of […]
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Contact: Kelly Dorgan (207) 563-3146 x319; David Munson (207) 581-3777 Kelly Dorgan, a UMaine Ph. D. student in oceanography, has been selected by Popular Science magazine to be included in the fifth annual “PopSci’s Brilliant 10” feature for 2006. The article features young researchers who are emerging as leaders in their prospective fields. Citing both […]
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Contact: David Munson (207) 581-3777 A new study of glacial retreat shows that much of the world emerged from the last ice age simultaneously, according to two leading climate change scientists at Columbia University and at the University of Maine. The exceptions were areas of the North Atlantic, which remained in a deep freeze 2,500 […]
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