Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The Maine 4-H Teen Council will present a statewide teen conference, “Health Rocks!,” June 28-29 at the Old Town YMCA. Intended for Mainers between the ages of 12 and 19, the 25 and one-half hour conference will feature social activities and a variety of workshops […]
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Contact: Jonathan Rubin, Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy, 207-581-1528; Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO– As engineers and scientists look for ways to increase fuel efficiency in cars and trucks, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a $177,247 grant to the University of Maine for research on a business oriented […]
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Contact: Media contact: Tom Bickford, Agent Institute, UMaine, 207-581-2012; Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO– Hundreds of Maine educators, school administrators, learning and technology experts from around the country and pioneers of global learning and technology will gather at the University of Maine, August 13-15 for Learners, Laptops and Powerful Ideas 2: The […]
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Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine and BAT Community Connector, the public transportation system operated by the City of Bangor, have expanded their successful three-year-old collaboration that allows members of the UMaine community to use the system without paying a fee. UMaine students and employees may now […]
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Contact: Richard Kersbergen, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Educator, 1-800-287-1426 ORONO, Maine — Farmers, educators and technical service providers are invited to a workshop on soil health and crop performance, quality and profit planned for July 8 in Corinna and on July 9 in Dresden. The workshop is sponsored by the University of Maine Cooperative […]
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Contact: Media contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO– The University of Maine is taking steps to increase security at the Witter Teaching and Research Farm following last week’s attack on a horse at the facility. Those steps will include new security cameras, completion of an electric fence around the farm perimeter and a new […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO – The Women in the Curriculum and Women’s Studies Program at the University of Maine is looking for nominations for its annual Maryann Hartman Young Woman Social Justice Award. This award will recognize a young woman between the ages of 12 and 18 who has distinguished herself through […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The winners of the University of Maine’s top awards for faculty members were announced on Friday, May 16 at UMaine’s annual convocation ceremony. Along with the UMaine’s Alumni Association’s annual Distinguished Maine Professor Award, recognition was given for outstanding achievement in each of the three parts of […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — University of Maine police are investigating the sexual assault of a horse at the university’s Witter Teaching and Research Center. Police say that the incident, which occurred sometime between late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning “seems identical” to an assault that took place at the same […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Approximately 400 people, including some who graduated from the University of Maine more than 70 years ago, are expected to return to campus during the weekend of May 30-June 1 for Reunion 2003. The Reunion Hospitality Center will be located in UMaine’s Buchanan Alumni House, which is […]
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