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Back for Second Season, UMaine Business Faculty Fit to Face Young Athletes

Contact: Contacts: Nory Jones, 581-1995; George Manlove, 581-3756/ cell phone: 458-9296 ORONO – Back for a second season, members of the UMaine Business School faculty are prepping for a return to the ice at Alfond Arena for the second annual Broomball game to benefit the Bangor offices of the Maine Children’s Miracle Network. This year’s […]

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February 2006 UMaine Calendar

Contact: George Manlove, 581-3756 f=”http://calendar.umaine.edu/details.asp?eventid=2084″>Saving Title IX: A Call for Action, 12:15-1:30 p.m., Bangor Room, Memorial Union, with Lynn Atherley, Janice Clark, Rena Lolar and Kristin Langellier, part of the Women in the Curriculum and Women’s Studies Program Lunch Series Feb. 16 Academic Dishonesty and the Student Conduct Code, 9:30-11:15 a.m., Bumps Room, Memorial Union, […]

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Socialist and Marxist Studies Spring Lecture Series Scheduled

Contact: Contacts: Doug Allen, 581-3860; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO – Global controversies over peace, war, politics and human rights are topics to be covered in depth by the UMaine Marxist-Socialist Studies Lecture Series for spring, 2006. Lectures featuring guest speakers, UMaine professors and student perspectives on critical issues of international importance are offered 12:30-1:45 p.m. […]

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Research Discussion Topics in Education and Human Development Announced

Contact: Contact: Kay Hyatt (207) 581-2761; David Munson 581-3777 ORONO, Me — The College of Education and Human Development’s Spring Research Colloquium begins Friday, Feb. 10.  The intent is to provide a forum for College faculty to share and discuss their research — planned, in process or recently completed — and to learn from each […]

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Clam Research Sheds New Light on Red Tide

Contact: Contact: Laurie Connell (207) 581-2470; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Me. – UMaine Marine Scientist Laurie Connell isn’t one to brag: she would rather talk about the potential of her current research than the popularity of what she has published in the past. With more than five months at the top of the charts […]

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Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research Spring Lecture Series

Contact: Contact: Ruth Hallsworth (209) 581-3196; David Munson (207) 581-3777 Penobscot River Research — Looking to the future THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2006 Topic: NOAA Salmon Research in the Penobscot River, Estuary, and Bay Speaker: John Kocik, NOAA Fisheries THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2006 Topic: Atlantic Salmon Management in the Penobscot Drainage Speaker: Joan Trial, Atlantic Salmon […]

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Lobster-based Pet Treat Now on the Market

Contact: Contacts: Pat Pinto (207) 321-2109; Cathy Billings (207) 581-2751; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Me.  —  Your dog can now be a lobster connoisseur.  Blue Seal Feeds, Inc. has launched the newest addition to its dog biscuit line — Blue Seal Lobster “Bisque-its.” — based on a concept devised by the Lobster Institute at […]

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School of Forest Resources to Open at UMaine

Contact: Contact: Charlene Herrick (207) 581-3204; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Me. — UMaine’s Department of Forest Ecosystem Science and Department of Forest Management will come together this summer to form the new School of Forest Resources. Scheduled to take place just weeks after the nationally-known forestry programs bid farewell to their 100th graduating class, […]

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UMaine Researchers Look at Ecological Effects of Trawling

Contact: Contact: David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Me. – Working in cooperation with Maine trawler captain Cameron McLellan and the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, UMaine graduate student Emily Knight and UMaine Marine Science Professor Les Watling recently completed a long-term study that examines the effects of groundfish trawling on the complex ecology of the […]

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