Contact: Joe Carr, Dept. of Public Affairs and Marketing, 207-581-3571 ORONO — Some 1,993 University of Maine degrees were awarded today at two commencement ceremonies. The Class of 2005 is the largest in UMaine’s history. An estimated total of 11,000 graduates, family members and friends attended the events, which featured a commencement address by author […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The four highest awards to University of Maine faculty were presented at the Academic Honors Convocation earlier this afternoon. This year’s Distinguished Maine Professor is Robert Strong, professor of finance and University of Maine Foundation Professor of Investment Education. The annual award by the Alumni Association recognizes […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at 207-581-3571 (Augusta) – On May 21st, Governor Baldacci will bring together about 800 Maine people to discuss health care in Maine. They will discuss priorities for improving health and health care in Maine, and significantly, what we all can do – providers, consumers and payers – to make Maine the healthiest […]
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Contact: Alexander Grab, 581-1928, George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — UMaine history professor Alex Grab has been named the first prize winner in an international book competition of the International Napoleonic Society. The award, which carries a stipend of $2500, attracted 13 entries worldwide. Three were selected for the society’s literary honors. Grab received the top […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Susan Hunter, a University of Maine zoology faculty member since 1991, has been named associate provost for undergraduate education at UMaine. In her new role, Hunter will oversee academic and related programs that focus on undergraduates. She will succeed Douglas Gelinas, who is retiring after 37 years […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO– In a move that will increase opportunities for Maine businesses and University of Maine faculty and students, the University of Maine will announce a $6.2 million U.S. Army research program in the UMaine Advanced Engineered Wood Composites (AEWC) Center at 10:30 a.m. on May 6. The program takes […]
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Contact: Yong Chen, School of Marine Sciences, 207-581-4303 ORONO- Scientists at the University of Maine and Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) have developed a new stock assessment model for the American lobster. The product of more than four years of work, the stock assessment model has been accepted by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries […]
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Contact: Leah Ruffin, 581-2249, George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Healthy Productive Aging is the theme of this year’s University of Maine Center on Aging’s Spring 2005 continuing education series, running May11-June 22 in Augusta, Belfast, Bucksport, Orono and Presque Isle. This year the center is offering the Professional Excellence in Geriatrics Series (PEGS) in combination […]
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Contact: Leigh Stearns, Climate Change Institute, 207-581-1491; Joe Carr, Dept. of Public Affairs and Marketing, 207-581-3571 ORONO–Learning how glaciers move could be like watching corn grow. Things don’t happen very fast. However, University of Maine graduate student Leigh Stearns has found a way to make the learning fun and, in the process, help students […]
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Contact: Kay Hyatt (207) 581-2761 ORONO– Maine schools and communities will have the opportunity to learn more about the Sports Done Right interscholastic athletics reform initiative during a free training session set for Wednesday, May 25 at the University of Maine. Twelve pilot site school districts, representing 29 separate schools from South Berwick to Ashland, […]
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