Contact: Wally Mason at 561-3350 Bangor — Winter 2005 marks the 1st Winter Art Camp to be held at the University of Maine Museum of Art. in downtown Bangor. The museum will offer a week-long session of art and fun for students from Grades 3 through 5, providing a unique opportunity for children to observe […]
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Contact: Nancy Hall, (207) 581-2404, Marybeth Allen, (207) 581-2403 or George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO — The UMaine Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders is inviting parents, children, teens and speech-language pathologists to a workshop Feb. 12 on stuttering and strategies for overcoming stuttering. A series of discussions scheduled throughout the day at the Memorial […]
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Contact: Marie Hayes, (207) 581-2039, Kevin Duplissie, (207) 581-3080, George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO — Maine’s First Lady Karen Baldacci will help the teachers, staff and psychology students — and dozens of preschool children — celebrate the grand opening of a new sunroom porch at the UMaine Child Study Center Jan. 19. The 12-by-36-foot carpeted, […]
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Contact: BJ Kitchin, (207) 581-3615, George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO — The University of Maine’s Center on Aging and a consortium of child and aging advocacy agencies have proposed a series of recommendations to help enable older relatives to care for children when parents can’t. The University of Maine’s Center on Aging, in conjunction […]
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Contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO, Maine — Washing fresh fruits and vegetables with distilled water appears to be as effective in protecting food safety as using some commercial products designed for that purpose, according to a new University of Maine Cooperative Extension fact sheet. Eating fresh produce provides important health benefits, […]
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Contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO, Maine — Wendy Hagen Bauer, an astronomer at Wellesley College in Massachusetts, will give a free public presentation at the University of Maine on January 27. Her presentation is titled The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and will be given in room 101, Neville Hall at 7 […]
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Contact: John Mahon, (207) 581-1516; George Manlove (207) 581-3756 ORONO — Three University of Maine faculty members are among 10 professors honored recently by the University of Maine System Chancellor’s Office for their research contributions in fields that advance Maine’s scientific, agricultural and economic development. UMaine Cooperative Extension Professor Richard J. Kersbergen, UMaine psychology Professor […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — A benefit concert featuring folk music by “Generations,” a local group that includes University of Maine professors Larry Latour and Joel Gold, is scheduled for Friday Jan. 21 from 7-9 p.m. in Room 100 of UMaine’s Donald P. Corbett Business Building. Proceed will support the Michele Alexander […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — University of Maine System Chancellor Joseph Westphal has approved two recent University of Maine appointments. Robin Toderian has been promoted to the role of Assistant Vice President of Auxiliary Services and June Baldacci has been named director of Purchasing and Resource Efficiency. “In two years as UMaine’s […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — University of Maine and Orono police have received reports of 16 vehicle burglaries that occurred during the evening of Jan. 1 and the morning of Jan. 2. Each of these incidents occurred on the UMaine campus or in adjacent residential areas. Investigators are hoping for help from […]
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