University of New England

World Famous Environmental Writer to Speak on Global Warming April 20th
World-renowned environmental journalist Mark Hertsgaard will discuss ways we can survive global warming in a lecture at 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 20th in the Simard-Pettapiece-Wescott Rooms, Campus Center.

The lecture, “Living through the Storm: How We Can Survive Global Warming,” is free and open to the public.
 
Hertgaard has covered the global warming story all over the world and written a popular book about the subject, Earth Odyssey, which has brought about worldwide reforms and is taught in UNE’s Introduction to Environmental Issues course. More Information

Harvard scholar David Haig to speak on ‘The Divided Self: Brain, Brawn and Superego,’ April 28th
Harvard biologist David Haig, Ph.D., will deliver the fifth annual William D. Hamilton Memorial Lecture on "The Divided Self: Brain, Brawn and the Superego" April 28, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. in the College of Health Professions Lecture Hall on the University of New England's Westbrook College Campus, 716 Stevens, Ave., Portland.

The lecture, sponsored by the University of New England's New England Institute, is free and open to the public.

Haig will discuss emerging theories on the conflicts between genes within a single individual, an organism at odds with itself. He will use the example of conflicts between maternally and paternally imprinted genes: genes that are expressed only when inherited from one's mother and those expressed only when inherited from one's father.
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American medicine's powerful influence on the American dream is the topic of author Carl Elliott's April 28th Crosley Lecture
More and more Americans are using drugs and medical technology to make themselves more attractive, happier and better performers, according to Carl Elliott, M.D., Ph.D.

Ethics scholar and author Dr. Elliott will address this issue in his lecture “American Medicine Meets the American Dream” at noon on Friday, April 28, 2006 in Room 6, Blewett Hall on the Westbrook College Campus.

“There is nothing new about the American pursuit of happiness. But how are we to understand the steady incorporation of medicine into that pursuit?,” asks Dr. Elliott. “Over the past half-century American doctors have begun to use the tools of medical technology not merely to make sick people better, but to make well people better than well. From Botox, Viagra and Propecia to antidepressants, breast augmentation and sex-reassignment surgery, vast numbers of Americans now deploy the tools of medical technology to transform themselves, ward off shame and social stigma, and achieve self-fulfillment. Why do we feel so uneasy about these drugs and therapies even as we embrace them? What has drawn American medicine into the pursuit of the American dream?” More information

UNECOM Hosts Sixth Annual Spring Symposium at Eastland Park Hotel
The Eastland Park Hotel in Portland will be the setting for the Sixth Annual UNECOM Spring Symposium on April 28th. 

Titled “Practice Dilemmas: Topics in Rheumatology,” the symposium will feature presenters Jonathan S. Coblyn, M.D., director of the Center for Arthritis and Joint Diseases at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.  Also presenting are Charles Radis, D.O. and Brian Kerouack, M.D., rheumatologists from Portland, Edward Reardon, D.O. a rheumatologist from Providence, RI, Rob Smith, M.D., M.P.H., director of the Infectious Disease Fellowship at MMC, and others. 

Topics will include Rheumatoid Arthritis, Gout, Safe & Effective Rheumatoid Pain Management, Lyme Disease, the latest medications, Osteoarthritis, and Age/Gender Considerations in Rheumatoid Disease.  In addition, there will be 3 hands-on workshops: Joint Exam Refresher, the Use of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine for Pain Relief and Joint Injection/Aspiration Techniques. 

Registration is $50; UNE Residents/Interns: $25; Students may attend for free.  For more information or to register, please call Marolyn Bissonnette, CME Office Manager, at x2589 or email her at mbissonnette@une.edu.  See the full brochure on the CME web page: www.une.edu/com/cme/events.asp. 

Aging and Public Health: Optimizing the Linkages to Benefit Maine Elders
The Maine UNE Geriatric Education Center is cosponsoring a conference on “Connecting Public Health, Aging and Clinical Resources: Optimizing the Linkages to Benefit Maine Elders” on April 26th for 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Maple Hill Farm in Hallowell, Maine.

The goal of the event is to identify and highlight the linkages between Maine aging and public health resources and to strengthen the linkage between clinicians and aging and public health recourses to enhance communication, coordination, collaboration and ultimately, the number of people served.

Registration is $20 with a deadline of April 18th.

Cosponsors include the Harvard School of Public Health, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Maine Center for Public Health and the New England Alliance for Workforce Development.

For more information on the event, contact Ann Conway at aconway@mcph.org. For more information on registering or to receive a registration form, contact Dani Kalian at dkalian@mcph.org.

Workshop for medical professionals and students on Handheld Personal Digital Assistants and Epocrates Software
A workshop for medical professionals and students on the usefulness and value of handheld personal digital assistants (PDAs) and Epocrates (user software) will be held from 1 to 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 27, in Room 233, Blewett Hall, Westbrook College Campus.

The workshop, “Introduction to Handhelds and Epocrates,” will be taught by Rorie Lee, Ph.D., M.P.H., assistant professor of family medicine and assistant director of medical education at the College of Osteopathic Medicine. The workshop, part of the University of Maine Center on Aging’s Spring 2006 Professional Excellence in Geriatrics Series (PEGS), is co-sponsored by UNECOM and the Maine UNE Geriatric Education Center. More information.

1st Annual Student-Athlete vs. Facutly/Staff Wiffle Ball Tournament
The UNE Student-Athlete Advisory Committee would like to invite all of you to participate in our 1st Annual Student-Athletes vs. Faculty/Staff Wiffle Ball Tournament!

The tournament will be held on Friday, May 5th from 4-7 p.m. on the athletic fields. This will be a 16 team, single-elimination tournament. Teams will consist of a minimum of 7 players, with a minimum of 4 female players.

Interested participants may sign up their complete teams only either via e-mail to Julie Redman - jredman@une.edu , or by signing up on her office door (back of the CC Gym).

This is going to be a wonderful family-oriented event, and everyone is encouraged to stop by and catch the excitement!

SAAC will also be hosting a good old fashioned cookout from 4-6 p.m. out on the fields!
Please contact Julie Redman with any questions at Ext. 2907.

10th Annual UNE Golf Classic
The 10th Annual University of New England Golf Classic will be held on Friday, May 19th at 8:00 a.m. at Nonesuch River Golf Course in Scarborough, Maine. The format is a four-person scramble and the cost is $120 per person. Please come support UNE's Athletic Department by taking part in this year's fundraising Classic.

New to the tournament this year will be a chance to win great hole-in-one prizes from a new car to a choice of airline tickets or a 7-day cruise. All you have to do is knock it in the hole!  To enter a foursome in the Classic, please contact Kasey Keenan at ext. 2555 ASAP.