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Maine Alumni Magazine, Volume 91, Number 1, Winter 2010, University Of Maine Alumni Association Jan 2010

Maine Alumni Magazine, Volume 91, Number 1, Winter 2010, University Of Maine Alumni Association

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A Stimulus for Offshore Wind Energy: UMaine researchers receive an $8 million federal grant --- A Cool Way to Spend a Summer Break: Two UMaine undergraduates conduct research in Greenland --- Moving Forward in Tough Times: Political realities limit the scope of a new University of Maine System plan --- Black Bears in the NFL: Patriot's safety Brandon McGowan tops the list of UMaine alumni playing at the top level of pro football --- Alumni Newsmakers Gary Clegg, William Brennan, Steven Hooper, David LaBreque, Bruch Leavitt, Ken Hodgkins


Maine Alumni Magazine, Volume 85, Number 2, Spring 2004, University Of Maine Alumni Association Apr 2004

Maine Alumni Magazine, Volume 85, Number 2, Spring 2004, University Of Maine Alumni Association

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Inner Peace, Outer Action: Conference will address "Peacemaking in the 21st Century" --- Restructuring the University System: The board of trustees and chancellor propose a sweeping new plan for public higher education in Maine --- That Championship Season: A great winter for Black Bear sports --- Giving a Hand and Their Heart to Honduras: UMaine students take an alternative break --- Intuition and Innovation: A profile of biopharmaceutical researcher, John McMichael '71 --- There's Nothing Like Maine Hockey: NHL star Paul Kariya '96 looks back with fondness on his days at UMaine


Maine Alumni Magazine, Volume 84, Number 3, Summer 2003, University Of Maine Alumni Association Jul 2003

Maine Alumni Magazine, Volume 84, Number 3, Summer 2003, University Of Maine Alumni Association

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Around the Campus --- An Honors Graduate Contemplates Monastic Life: Class of 2003 salutatorian Amanda Reynolds's dream of becoming a cloistered nun may soon come true --- The "Worm Guru" of Genetics: With a coveted MacArthur Grant in hand, geneticist Geraldine Seydoux '86 is pursuing pioneering research at Johns Hopkins University --- Two Black Bears Help Ducks Become "Mighty": Paul Kariya '96 and Keith Carney '92 --- A Greenlight to Hollywood: Kyle Rankin '94 and Efram Potelle '94 await the opening of their feature film


Maine Alumni Magazine, Volume 83, Number 2, Fall 2002, University Of Maine Alumni Association Oct 2002

Maine Alumni Magazine, Volume 83, Number 2, Fall 2002, University Of Maine Alumni Association

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University News --- Why Does It Take So Long to Grow Up? The findings of UMaine researchers Rebecca and Douglas Bird might surprise you --- For the Love of the Sport: A look at the dedication of athletes in UMaine's lower profile sports --- The Long Journey Home (on Ibrahim Parvanta '76) --- Of War and Peace: Veteran War Correspondence David Lamb '62 Explores Today's Vietnam


Maine, Volume 81, Number 3, Fall 2000, General Alumni Association, University Of Maine Oct 2000

Maine, Volume 81, Number 3, Fall 2000, General Alumni Association, University Of Maine

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Facing His Toughest Opponent [Shawn Walsh's fight against cancer] --- Helping to Understand Climate Change, UMaine Researchers Collect Environmental Data at a 2,000-acre Site in Howland --- Maine Coast High, Telford Aviation Pilot Brud Folger --- Witness to the World's Madness, Journalist Janine de Giovanni --- Man of the World, A Profile of the Career Foreign Service Worker Peter Skoufis --- It's All in the Game, Joan Moravick is Creating Her Own Board Games


Maine, Volume 78, Number 3, Fall 1997, University Of Maine General Alumni Association Oct 1997

Maine, Volume 78, Number 3, Fall 1997, University Of Maine General Alumni Association

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Whence El Nino? UMaine Researchers are Studying the Origins and Impacts of the Weather Phenomenon --- Starting on a High Note: UMaine's 17th President, Peter Hoff, Has a Surplus of Enthusiasm --- Howling at the Door: Do We Want the Timber Wolf Back in Maine? --- Following Cindy: UMaine's Superstar Has a Pure Passion for the Game --- Preachers to the Prisoners: A Profile of UMaine Alumnus George Castillo '67


Maine, Volume 76, Number 1, Spring/Summer 1995, University Of Maine General Alumni Association Apr 1995

Maine, Volume 76, Number 1, Spring/Summer 1995, University Of Maine General Alumni Association

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A Big Step Toward Equity: UMaine Makes a $724,000 Commitment to Women's Athletics --- New Alumni House: Gateway to the University of Maine --- 'Farming' For Fish: University Researchers Help Maine's Aquaculturists Achieve Success --- High-Tech Meets Higher Ed: Welcome to the New World of Learning at the University of Maine --- In Harm's Way: Charles McKay '51 Was a Deep-Sea Diver at Bikini Atoll in 1946 When the U.S. Detonated Its Fourth and Fifth Atomic Bombs. Now He Works To Help Atomic Veterans


Maine, Volume 75, Number 2, Fall 1994, University Of Maine General Alumni Association Oct 1994

Maine, Volume 75, Number 2, Fall 1994, University Of Maine General Alumni Association

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New Look, New Spirit For the Maine Marching Band --- The Food Detective: Nutritionist Jayne Greer Hurley '79 Is Letting Americans Know What's In the Food We Eat --- Faithfully Following Cindy: Excerpts from Tabitha King's '71 New Book on Maine's High School Hoops Superstar Cindy Blodgett --- John Baer '92, NYPD: From the Serenity of Orono To Walking a Beat in the Big Apple --- Patience and Perseverance: Tips For Job Seekers in the '90s from Employment Expert Charles Logue '58


Maine, Volume 74, Number 2, Summer 1993, University Of Maine General Alumni Association Jul 1993

Maine, Volume 74, Number 2, Summer 1993, University Of Maine General Alumni Association

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Smaller, But Better: President Fred Hutchinson's Downsizing Plan Gains Approval --- The Legendary Curmudgeon: At Maine, the Name Brooks Hamilton is Synonymous with Journalism --- Affordability and Access: Is the Price of College Too High? --- 'I Need To Be Strong': AIDS Victim Winnie MacDonald '72 Educates the Public and Serves as a Role Model For Other Women with the Disease --- Interview with Chancellor Woodbury: Outgoing Chancellor Robert Woodbury Reflects on UMaine and Issues in Higher Education


Maine, Volume 74, Number 1, Winter 1993, University Of Maine General Alumni Association Jan 1993

Maine, Volume 74, Number 1, Winter 1993, University Of Maine General Alumni Association

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Could This Be the Year? Eighteen-Year-Old Wonder Paul Kariya Hopes To Provide Maine Hockey the Boost It Needs To Go All the Way --- Campus at Risk: How Concerned and Informed are UMaine Students About AIDS? --- When You're Lighter Than Air (featuring Ruth Ludwig '78, editor of Ballooning magazine) --- Lasers, Stock Cars & a High Tech Crystal Ball: a Profile of Chemical Physicist and 'High-Tech Astrologer' George Hart --- Talking Trade: Economist Peter Morici Gives His Views on Free Trade, the Maine Economy, and the Policies of the Clinton Administration


Maine, Volume 72, Number 2, Spring/Summer 1991, University Of Maine Alumni Association Apr 1991

Maine, Volume 72, Number 2, Spring/Summer 1991, University Of Maine Alumni Association

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President for a Year: John Hitt Takes Over as UM Interim President --- Visions of an Energy Efficient Utopia: Professor Richard Hill Says We Have To Change Our Wasteful Ways --- A World of Color and Light: Paul Knaut '42 Approaches Photography Like a Fine Painter --- Black Bear in the Bronx: Carl "Stump" Merrill '66 Finally Makes It To the "Show" as Manager of the New York Yankees --- The 'We' Generation: Today's College Students Are Working To Define Themselves


Maine, Volume 72, Number 1, Winter 1991, University Of Maine Alumni Association Jan 1991

Maine, Volume 72, Number 1, Winter 1991, University Of Maine Alumni Association

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An Air of Uncertainty (about the year's budget crisis) --- Here at LASST! (the Sawyer Environmental Center) --- Maine Women Take the Ice --- Time, Myth, and the Artist: A Profile of UM Teacher / Painter Michael Lewis --- For Peat's Sake: A Profile of UMaine Alumna Joan Brooks --- Quality in the Classroom (Teaching / Research Debate at America's Universities)


Maine, Volume 71, Number 2, Spring/Summer 1990, University Of Maine Alumni Association Apr 1990

Maine, Volume 71, Number 2, Spring/Summer 1990, University Of Maine Alumni Association

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'No Human Can Do It All': An Interview with UM President Dale W. Lick --- Ouch! The Budget Cuts Hurt, but UM Leaders Are Still Optimistic --- Frozen Secrets: UMaine Researchers Test a New Theory That Could Greatly Improve Climate Prediction --- Are We Any Closer To the Goal? (equality in men's and women's athletics) --- Freed at Last! After 44 Months of Captivity, UMaine Graduate Frank Reed Comes Home --- King of the Elves: Inventor, Entrepreneur Doug Hall Thinks Fun and Success Go Hand In Hand --- The Power of Roots: The First Native American Graduate from Maine …


Maine, Volume 68, Number 3, Fall 1987, University Of Maine Alumni Association Oct 1987

Maine, Volume 68, Number 3, Fall 1987, University Of Maine Alumni Association

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Bernard Lown '42: A Frank Discussion with the Internationally Renowned Physician and Man of Peace --- Weinrich Makes Olympic Team --- The Canadian Connection: UMaine's Canadian-American Center Celebrates its 20th Anniversary --- Close Call in the Arctic (Walter Staples and the 1937 expedition of the Gertrude L. Thebaud) --- After a War, It Seemed Like Heaven: The Old South Apartments Hold Fond Memories For a Lot of WWII Veterans and Their Families --- The Good Life at Nicatous Lake


Maine, Volume 68, Number 2, Spring 1987, University Of Maine Alumni Association Apr 1987

Maine, Volume 68, Number 2, Spring 1987, University Of Maine Alumni Association

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Gary Thorne '70: An Interview with the Voice of UMaine Hockey and the World Champion Mets --- The Rising Sea (research of UM Professor Kenneth Fink) --- Oscar Whalen '19, At 92, Maine's Oldest Practicing Attorney --- Spring Fashion '87 --- Maine Alumni and the Vietnam War --- Living in the 50's of His Mind (songwriter Larry Jonh McNally)


Maine Alumnus, Volume 67, Number 2, Spring 1986, General Alumni Association, University Of Maine Apr 1986

Maine Alumnus, Volume 67, Number 2, Spring 1986, General Alumni Association, University Of Maine

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Restoring Orono to Eminence - A special report on the Visiting Committee's recommendations for the University of Maine --- Eat those Carrots - UMO's vitamin A research is helping nutritionists plan healthier diets --- Professors and Patents - The second of a two-part series on the creativity of campus inventors --- The President's House - Photographer Brian Vanden Brink explores the architecture and decor of the house that has been a campus landmark since the beginning


Maine Alumnus, Volume 67, Number 1, December 1985, General Alumni Association, University Of Maine Dec 1985

Maine Alumnus, Volume 67, Number 1, December 1985, General Alumni Association, University Of Maine

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Fantaisie-Impromptu --- Professors and Patents --- Owen Wells: Move and Shakes --- Hard Times Ahead --- Maine's Own Hall of Fame


Maine Alumnus, Volume 51, Number 2, November-December 1969, General Alumni Association, University Of Maine Nov 1969

Maine Alumnus, Volume 51, Number 2, November-December 1969, General Alumni Association, University Of Maine

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Homecoming 1969 --- Public Service: Bringing the University to the Community --- Campus Code Clarified --- University Mourns Alumni --- California Building Dedicated to Maine Alumnus Raymond E. Davis


Maine Alumnus, Volume 41, Number 2, November 1959, General Alumni Association, University Of Maine Nov 1959

Maine Alumnus, Volume 41, Number 2, November 1959, General Alumni Association, University Of Maine

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University Receives Over $90,000 In Grants And Gifts --- UMP (University of Maine in Portland) To Go Co-ed (admitting women in 1960) --- New Look for SRA (as the Maine Christian Association becomes the Student Religious Association) --- Maine Scientists in Vital Research


Maine Alumnus, Volume 32, Number 5, February 1951, General Alumni Association, University Of Maine Feb 1951

Maine Alumnus, Volume 32, Number 5, February 1951, General Alumni Association, University Of Maine

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Contents:

Radioactive Research --- The Union Building --- Budget Hearing --- The Undergraduate