Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Gov. John Baldacci, a 1986 University of Maine graduate, will return to his alma mater along with hundreds of other UMaine alums for Reunion 2004 Friday June 4-Sunday June 6. A series of activities, intended to evoke memories of college years and to provide a glimpse into […]
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Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — “I Remember,” an hour of questions, answers and stories about life on the farm in Maine prior to 1950, is the subject of a free brown bag lunch discussion June 4 at the UMaine Page Farm and Home Museum. Museum director Patricia Henner is the featured speaker, […]
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Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Student newspapers from Biddeford, Cape Elizabeth, Hiram, Orono, Portland, Waterville and Wells high schools earned first place awards at the University of Maine’s 11th Annual Maine Student Journalism Conference and newspaper competition this year. More than 150 student journalists and their advisors from 26 schools around the […]
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Contact: Steve Kahl, Director, Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research, 207-581-3286, kahl@maine.eduNick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777, houtman@maine.edu ORONO, Maine — Lakes are a barometer for acid rain, climate change and other environmental factors. A $155,000 University of Maine research project jointly funded by the U.S Dept. of Agriculture and the U.S. Geological […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine is hosting an all-star cast for the 51st All-State Music Festival this weekend, as more than 400 of Maine’s best high school musicians have arrived on campus for three days of music, camaraderie and performance. The three-day event began Thursday, continued today and […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine Maine Women in the Curriculum and Women’s Studies Program is looking for nominations for this year’s Maryann Hartman Awards. This award is presented every fall to distinguished Maine women whose achievements in the arts, politics, sports, sciences, business, education, and/or community service have […]
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Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 ORONO — Several internationally known computer code-writers recently helped students in the University of Maine New Media program examine the mystery of power and authority of the Internet in a series of workshops titled “Cracking the Codes.” Artist Eryk Salvaggio and software developer Ryan Genz guided students in their […]
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Contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777, houtman@maine.edu ORONO– Reuben Caron knows first hand what laptop computers mean to Maine school children. As a technology consultant for eight Aroostook County school districts, the graduating University of Maine senior saw middle school students, who had never used a computer, become overjoyed at their first touch […]
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Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 ORONO — The majority of University of Maine students have left the Orono campus for the summer, but there will still be plenty of students around, particularly in July, when more than 400 young musicians from grades six through 12 arrive for Maine Summer Youth Music Camp. The 24th […]
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Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 ORONO — Using tools of the future, a group of University of Maine archaeologists hope to discover more about tools of the past, specifically cutting and carving tools made from obsidian about 13,000 years ago by Peruvian Indians. Professor Dan Sandweiss this week left with a five-person team from […]
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