http://www.une.edu/News from the University of New England located on the coast of Maine in Biddeford and Portland.Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:00:15 +0000CommonSpot Content ServerUniversity of New EnglandLieutenant General Brent Scowcroft, former National Security Advisor to both Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush, will deliver the University of New England's 2010 George and Barbara Bush Distinguished Lecture on Friday, Sept. 24, 2010 at 5:30 p.m. in the Riverview Tent on the Biddeford Campus.http://www.une.edu/news/2010/scrowcroft.cfmhttp://www.une.edu/news/2010/scrowcroft.cfmWed, 08 Sep 2010 18:17:00 +0000The University of New England’s new exhibition exploring the history of the Berlin Wall runs from Tuesday Sept. 21 through Dec. 21, 2010 at the George and Barbara Bush Center Gallery on UNE’s Biddeford Campushttp://www.une.edu/news/berlinwall.cfmhttp://www.une.edu/news/berlinwall.cfmWed, 08 Sep 2010 17:22:00 +0000The University of New England will honor four prominent Maine women on Tuesday, Sept. 21 at the 2010 Deborah Morton Awards Ceremony at 11 a.m. at the Eleanor DeWolfe Ludcke ’26 Auditorium on the Portland Campus at 716 Stevens Avenue.http://www.une.edu/news/2010/mortonaward2010.cfmhttp://www.une.edu/news/2010/mortonaward2010.cfmWed, 08 Sep 2010 15:23:00 +0000Featured will be works by Aaron Stephan, Beverly Hallam, Melita Westerlund, Mark Emerson, Anthony Muench, Brigitte Keller, Christopher Becker, Leila Cherkaoui, Stephen Burt, Denise Froehlich, Lois Weingarten, Mimi Gregoire-Carpenter, Murad Sayen, as well as photographs documenting the work by UNE Environmental Studies Faculty including Owen Grumbling, Pam Morgan, Bethany Woodworth, Rick Peterson, Michelle Steen-Adams and Noah Perlut.http://www.une.edu/news/2010/envlandscapes.cfmhttp://www.une.edu/news/2010/envlandscapes.cfmThu, 02 Sep 2010 17:32:00 +0000The University of New England's Center for Global Humanities is hosting a seminar by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Gordon S. Wood, Ph.D., at 6 p.m. on Sept. 27, 2010 at the WCHP Lecture Hall on the Portland Campus.http://www.une.edu/news/2010/gwood.cfmhttp://www.une.edu/news/2010/gwood.cfmWed, 01 Sep 2010 19:51:00 +0000James M. Norton, PhD, Professor of Physiology and the chair of the Department of Physiology, has been named the 2010 Didactic Instructor of the Year by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA).http://www.une.edu/news/2010/nortondidactic.cfmhttp://www.une.edu/news/2010/nortondidactic.cfmWed, 25 Aug 2010 16:18:00 +0000The University of New England's Marine Animal Rehabilitation Center (MARC) released 12 endangered Kemps ridley turtles on Wednesday, Aug. 18th, 2010 at a beach in Osterville, Mass., on Cape Cod.http://www.une.edu/news/2010/turtlerelease081810.cfmhttp://www.une.edu/news/2010/turtlerelease081810.cfmWed, 18 Aug 2010 21:00:00 +0000Timothy Ford, Ph.D., University of New England vice president for research and dean of graduate studies, has been appointed chair of the Maine Innovation Economy Advisory Board (MIEAB).http://www.une.edu/news/2010/mieba.cfmhttp://www.une.edu/news/2010/mieba.cfmTue, 17 Aug 2010 18:04:00 +0000The University of New England has once again been ranked as one of the "Best Universities" in the North that offer "a full range of undergraduate and master's programs" in the 2011 edition of "America's Best Colleges" from U.S. News & World Report.http://www.une.edu/news/usnews.cfmhttp://www.une.edu/news/usnews.cfmTue, 17 Aug 2010 14:01:00 +0000The Maine Technology Institute has announced an award of $480,000 from its Cluster Initiative Program (CIP) to the University of New England for a collaborative project designed attract new biotech ventures, support Maine-based companies, and stimulate new federally-funded research.http://www.une.edu/news/2010/mtiaward.cfmhttp://www.une.edu/news/2010/mtiaward.cfmTue, 10 Aug 2010 18:59:00 +0000The University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine (COM) and the Center for Excellence in the Neurosciences (CEN) are pleased to announce that Robert Lenox, M.D., has been appointed professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Biomedical Sciences.http://www.une.edu/news/2010/robertlenox.cfmhttp://www.une.edu/news/2010/robertlenox.cfmMon, 09 Aug 2010 16:44:00 +0000University of New England Professor of History Elizabeth De Wolfe returns to this marital dispute for the second time in her new book, Domestic Broils: Shakers, Antebellum Marriage, and the Narratives of Mary and Joseph Dyer (University of Massachusetts Press).http://www.une.edu/news/2010/domesticbroils.cfmhttp://www.une.edu/news/2010/domesticbroils.cfmWed, 28 Jul 2010 12:39:00 +0000The University of New England announces the lead gift of $2.3 million from Northeast Delta Dental in support of the UNE College of Dental Medicine. http://www.une.edu/news/2010/deltadentalgift.cfmhttp://www.une.edu/news/2010/deltadentalgift.cfmThu, 15 Jul 2010 18:47:00 +0000Marine Biology Professor James Sulikowski, Ph.D., had no intention of encountering an oil spill when he brought 14 students in his Biology 421, Physiological Ecology of Fish course, to Ocean Springs, Mississippi May 23-31. This is the second consecutive year he has made the trip to the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (GCRL), affiliated with the University of Southern Mississippi, for an intensive summer lab program. This year the trip came on the heels of the now-infamous BP oil spill, and while it was too early to see the immediate impact of this environmental disaster in Mississippi, the research they conducted will be a valuable barometer for future study of the health of the species they investigated.http://www.une.edu/news/2010/sulikowskigulf.cfmhttp://www.une.edu/news/2010/sulikowskigulf.cfmFri, 25 Jun 2010 15:25:00 +0000The University of New England has been named the recipient of a Pfizer Visiting Professorship in Pain Medicine fellowship.http://www.une.edu/news/2010/pfizerfellowship10.cfmhttp://www.une.edu/news/2010/pfizerfellowship10.cfmTue, 22 Jun 2010 18:29:00 +0000The Maine-Harvard Prevention Research Center has a new home at the University of New England's Center for Community and Public Health on the Portland Campus.http://www.une.edu/news/2010/mhprc.cfmhttp://www.une.edu/news/2010/mhprc.cfmWed, 16 Jun 2010 20:51:00 +0000Ali Abdullatif Ahmida, Ph.D., professor and chair of the University of New England's Political Science Department, provides a provocative study analyzing the social, cultural, and historical roots of modern Libya in the second edition of his book, “The Making of Modern Libya: State Formation, Colonization, and Resistance, Second Edition” (State University of New York Press).http://www.une.edu/news/2010/modernlibya.cfmhttp://www.une.edu/news/2010/modernlibya.cfmThu, 03 Jun 2010 14:00:00 +0000The University of New England (UNE) has been named the recipient of the 2010 Robert R. Masterton Award for Economic Development by the Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce. http://www.une.edu/news/2010/chamberaward.cfmhttp://www.une.edu/news/2010/chamberaward.cfmWed, 02 Jun 2010 01:47:00 +0000In her new book, Law, Literature, and the Transmission of Culture in England, 1837-1925 (Ashgate Press), Cathrine Frank, associate professor of English at the University of New England, explores how the legal bequest of property through the will also reveals the transmission of cultural values.http://www.une.edu/news/2010/franklaw.cfmhttp://www.une.edu/news/2010/franklaw.cfmFri, 28 May 2010 04:00:00 +0000The University of New England College of Arts and Sciences has announced that the 2010-2011 Ludcke Chair of Liberal Arts and Sciences has been awarded to Professor Ali Abdullatif Ahmida, Ph.D.http://www.une.edu/news/2010/ludckechair1011.cfmhttp://www.une.edu/news/2010/ludckechair1011.cfmFri, 28 May 2010 04:00:00 +0000The University of New England Westbrook College of Health Professions Graduate Hooding and Awards Ceremony on May 21, 2010 honored graduate students and faculty who have excelled in scholarship and in their contributions to the college.http://www.une.edu/news/2010/wchphooding2010.cfmhttp://www.une.edu/news/2010/wchphooding2010.cfmThu, 27 May 2010 04:00:00 +0000The University of New England has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Grant, enabling it to host Helida Oyieke, Ph.D., as a visiting professor of environmental studies and marine botany for the upcoming 2010-2011 academic year.http://www.une.edu/news/2010/oyieke.cfmhttp://www.une.edu/news/2010/oyieke.cfmThu, 13 May 2010 04:00:00 +0000The American Conference for Irish Studies (ACIS) awarded the 2009 James S. Donnelly, Sr. Prize for Books on History and the Social Sciences to University of New England Assistant Professor Eric G.E. Zuelow’s recent book, 'Making Ireland Irish: Tourism and National Identity since the Irish Civil War.'http://www.une.edu/news/2010/zuelowbookaward.cfmhttp://www.une.edu/news/2010/zuelowbookaward.cfmWed, 12 May 2010 04:00:00 +0000The University of New England has received a substantial grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to conduct research on the northern blue mussel.http://www.une.edu/news/2010/bluemussells.cfmhttp://www.une.edu/news/2010/bluemussells.cfmThu, 15 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0000In a collaboration with researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston, University of New England professor of pharmacology David Mokler, Ph.D., has played a key role in research that has linked sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) with low production of serotonin in the brainstem.http://www.une.edu/news/2010/sids.cfmhttp://www.une.edu/news/2010/sids.cfmTue, 02 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0000Nancy MacRae, M.S., OTR/L, FAOTA, associate professor in the University of New England Department of Occupational Therapy, is co-editor of a new occupational therapy text, Occupational Therapy Essentials for Clinical Competence, published by Slack.http://www.une.edu/news/2010/macraebook.cfmhttp://www.une.edu/news/2010/macraebook.cfmTue, 02 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0000An important program designed to fully integrate and enhance writing instruction into University of New England’s undergraduate core curriculum recently received funding support from the Davis Educational Foundation.http://www.une.edu/news/2010/davisgrant2010.cfmhttp://www.une.edu/news/2010/davisgrant2010.cfmWed, 27 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0000Bethany L. Woodworth, Ph.D., University of New England visiting assistant professor, is co-editor and contributing author to 'Conservation Biology of Hawaiian Forest Birds: Implications for Island Avifauna,' published by Yale University Press in November 2009. Co-editors are Thane K. Pratt, Carter T. Atkinson, Paul C. Banko, and James D. Jacobi.http://www.une.edu/news/2010/woodworthbook.cfmhttp://www.une.edu/news/2010/woodworthbook.cfmWed, 27 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0000The University of New England has embarked on a $26 million expansion of the Biddeford Campus with the construction of a new 300-bed residence hall and athletics field across Pool Street in Biddeford.http://www.une.edu/news/2010/expansion.cfmhttp://www.une.edu/news/2010/expansion.cfmMon, 11 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0000Jane O’Brien, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy at the University of New England, is co-editor of the new sixth edition of Occupational Therapy for Children, the premier textbook used in pediatric occupational therapy practice, published by Mosby press.http://www.une.edu/news/2010/obrientext10.cfmhttp://www.une.edu/news/2010/obrientext10.cfmTue, 05 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0000Regula H. Robnett, Ph.D., OTR/L, director of the University of New England Department of Occupational Therapy, is co-editor of the new second edition of Gerontology for the Health Care Professional, published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers.http://www.une.edu/news/2009/robnettbook.cfmhttp://www.une.edu/news/2009/robnettbook.cfmMon, 23 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000In Law and the Humanities: An Introduction, University of New England Professors Matthew Anderson, Ph.D., and Cathrine O. Frank, Ph.D., join Amherst College Professor Austin Sarat, Ph.D., J.D., in bringing together a collection of original chapters by a selection of distinguished scholars in both the law and the humanities from institutions around the world.http://www.une.edu/news/2009/lawhumanities.cfmhttp://www.une.edu/news/2009/lawhumanities.cfmThu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000The Downtown Portland Corporation honored the University of New England on Nov. 12 with the 2009 Economic Achievement Award.http://www.une.edu/news/2009/economicaward09.cfmhttp://www.une.edu/news/2009/economicaward09.cfmTue, 10 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000Bridges Across the Sahara: Social, Economic and Cultural Impact of the Trans-Sahara Trade during the 19th and 20th Centuries, is the title of a new book by Ali Abdullatif Ahmida, Ph.D., professor and chair of the University of New England's Politcal Science Department.http://www.une.edu/news/2009/sahara.cfmhttp://www.une.edu/news/2009/sahara.cfmTue, 29 Sep 2009 04:00:00 +0000An innovative project designed to partner University of New England researchers and their graduate students with the local K-12 community has been awarded a substantial $2.87 million five-year National Science Foundation (NSF) grant.http://www.une.edu/news/2009/nsfgrant.cfmhttp://www.une.edu/news/2009/nsfgrant.cfmFri, 15 May 2009 04:00:00 +0000Demonstrating its commitment to environmental responsibility, the University of New England's President, Danielle N. Ripich, Ph.D., has signed the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPCC).http://www.une.edu/news/2008/climatecommitment.cfmhttp://www.une.edu/news/2008/climatecommitment.cfmMon, 03 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0000