Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has named University of Maine Professor of Resource Economics and Policy Kevin Boyle the 2004 Maine Professor of the Year. The Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) established the Professors of the Year Program in 1981. […]
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Contact: Andrew Files, Dept. of Resource Economics and Policy, 207-581-3108, andrew.files@umit.maine.edu ORONO–University of Maine researchers will host a series of workshops in December and January on creating networks to improve community marketing of locally grown foods. In eight workshops throughout the state, they will meet with farmers, food producers and retailers to discuss opportunities to […]
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Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 ORONO — The University of Maine Symphonic Band will share the stage at the Maine Center for the Arts Nov. 17 with Hampden Academy musicians as UMaine Director of Bands Curvin Farnham presents the fall symphonic band concert. Hampden Academy’s symphonic band will open the program at 7:30 p.m. […]
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Contact: Steve Adam, (207) 581-2262; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO — A special Veteran’s Day memorial ceremony will be observed Thursday, Nov. 11 at the University of Maine to commemorate the addition of newly discovered names of World War II casualties who attended UMaine in 1943 as part of a specialized U.S. Army training program. […]
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Contact: Richard Grant, 581-1973 ORONO — The University of Maine Business School invites the public to an open house Nov. 17 to learn more about its business graduate programs, which could be tickets to new career opportunities. Some of the business school faculty members will be on hand from 5-7 p.m. in the Donald P. […]
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Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 ORONO — As the state of Maine struggles to replace its withering manufacturing-based economy and stem the flow of young people to out-of-state jobs, UMaine interim President Robert A. Kennedy stresses the importance of the university as an economic engine driving job creation and spawning economic research to help […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Bob Kerrey, the former Nebraska governor and U.S. Senator who currently serves as president of New School University in New York City, will visit the University of Maine on Tuesday, Nov. 9. In an 11 a.m. appearance at the Maine Center for the Arts, Kerrey will deliver […]
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Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 ORONO — In celebration of its twenty-fifth anniversary, the University of Maine Canadian-American Center will focus its annual Canada Week activities on assessing the state of Canadian studies in the United States. Planned in conjunction with UMaine’s annual International Week, Nov. 8-12, Canada Week will take a retrospective look […]
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Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 ORONO — Phillip Silver, a UMaine associate professor of music, research and performance, has joined the advisory board of The Inextinguishable Symphony Project, an international educational project that tells the story of the little-known Jewish Cultural Association, formed in 1933 in Nazi Germany. Based on the book, “The Inextinguishable […]
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Contact: Sharon Malm, UMaine Target Technology Incubator, 866-6500, sharon.malm@umit.maine.edu ORONO- Coming up with a good idea and figuring out how to make it work are just the beginning of successful innovation. Getting that idea patented is also key. Students and faculty members can get a glimpse of the patent process at a two-hour workshop in […]
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