Contact: at UMaine Cooperative Extension, Judith Graham, 207-581-3104, or Ruth Brown, 207-581-3448 ORONO– Becoming a parent can be one of life’s most difficult but rewarding challenges. To help people who are planning to start a family, University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a new course, Parents-to-Be, in June. The course is designed to help […]
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Contact: Laura Wilson, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, 207-581-2971 ORONO– Members of volunteer lake associations can participate in a new free training program at the University of Maine June 3-5. The purpose, says organizer Laura Wilson of University of Maine Cooperative Extension, is to provide training in outreach activities, including working with the public, the […]
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Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 ORONO — A longtime staff member at University of Maine who became an instant fan of Vincent Hartgen after taking an art class from him more than 25 years ago is the recipient of the Fifth Annual Vincent A. Hartgen Award. Janet Candage Rourke came to work at the […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — An estimated 12,000 people — graduates, family members and friends — filled the University of Maine’s Harold Alfond Stadium under a cloudless sky this morning, as degrees were awarded to 1,908 members of the Class of 2004. The commencement ceremony was the 202nd, and the largest, in […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Four University of Maine professors were recognized for outstanding job performance at this afternoon’s UMaine Academic Honors Convocation. The convocation is an annual event, scheduled for the day before commencement, at which faculty members and students are recognized for exceptional work. Along with the UMaine Alumni Association’s […]
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Contact: Cathy Billings, Assistant Director – Lobster Institute – University of Maine 207-581-2751 ORONO, Maine ‘ The accents came from Down East Maine, Nova Scotia, Massachusetts and the Connecticut shore, but the talk was all about the same thing: the future of the lobster industry. Keeping that industry healthy will take research on topics such […]
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Contact: Aileen Fortune, University of Maine Cooperative Extension (UMCE), York County office, 1-800-287-1535 ORONO– In Waterville, a nonprofit organization, Hardy Girls Healthy Women, promotes self-awareness and positive images among girls. The group holds conferences, sponsors recreational opportunities and provides a “safe space” for girls to avoid competing with each other and instead, to become friends, […]
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Contact: Joyce Peterson, The Jackson Laboratory, 207-288-6058; Nick Houtman, University of Maine, 207-581-3777; Louise Berlin, Maine Medical Center Research Institute, 207-885-8108 What: Opening reception for the Institute for Molecular Biophysics (IMB), a collaborative research facility with the University of Maine, Maine Medical Center Research Institute and The Jackson Laboratory Where: The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor […]
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Contact: Kay Hyatt at (207) 581-2761 ORONO, Maine — Online matchmaking was bound to happen when the Internet began linking strangers as never before, says a University of Maine graduate student whose research examines development of intimate relationships between adults seeking suitable partners virtually. The seemingly futuristic method of dating is a present reality that […]
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Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 ORONO — The University of Maine Center on Aging has received a $200,000 grant to help detect and prevent elder abuse through a unique screening program being launched in Penobscot and Piscataquis counties this summer. The “Maine Partners for Elder Protection Project,” funded by a grant from the Maine […]
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