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Art Gallery presents 'In Black and White and Color: Photographs by Denise Froehlich and Murad Sayen,' May 4 – July 2
In Black and White and Color: Photographs by Denise Froehlich and Murad Sayen  will be on view May 4 through July 2, 2006 at the Art Gallery on the Westbrook College Campus.

An opening reception will be held on Thursday, May 4 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.

Two separate conversations with the artists are scheduled at the Art Gallery. Murad Sayen will speak on Wednesday, May 10th, 5:00 - 6:30 p.m., and Denise Froehlich will speak on Tuesday, June 13th, 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. 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. 

Fourth Annual CHP Research Symposium
The Fourth Annual College of Health Professions Research Symposium will be held on Wednesday, May 3, 2006 from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. on the Westbrook College Campus.  Oral presentations will be held in both Coleman 7 and the CHP Interactive Classroom from 8:30 - 10:10, while posters will be displayed in Ludke Auditorium from 10:30 to 11:30.  Light refreshments will be served.

All are welcome to come and hear from both students and faculty about their research efforts.  Posters and oral presentations will be from four programs: Dental Hygiene, Occupational Therapy, Nursing and Social Work.

Center for Arts and Social Transformation to sponsor two shows in May
The Thin Line, a 30-minute one-woman show, will be performed at on May 18, 2006 at 4:00 p.m. in Ludcke Auditorium, WCC. Cathy Plourde, a Maine Playwright and the executive director of Add Verb Productions will perform the play.

The Thin Line weaves together the voices of four characters—a girl who is struggling, her internal negative voice, her mother, and a friend—showing how the disease affects not only the individual struggling, but also how it impacts his or her surrounding family and circle of friends.   Following the performance, the audience has a chance to interact with area resources and local counselors and medical experts.

Love Letters, an one-act play by A. R. Gurney and performed by Michael Rafkin and Kate O’Neill, will be presented on Friday, May 19th at 8:00 p.m., also in Ludcke. Tickets cost $20.

Love Letters is comprised of letters exchanged over a lifetime between the staid, dutiful lawyer Andrew Makepeace Ladd III and the lively, unstable artist Melissa Gardner as they go their separate ways, but continue to share confidences and a unique bond born out of childhood friendship. As the actors read the letters aloud, what is created is an evocative, touching, frequently funny, but always telling, pair of character studies in which what is implied is as revealing and meaningful as what is actually written down.

For more information, contact Clay Graybeal at cgraybeal@une.edu or x.4509.  

UNE's Maine Women Writers Collection hosts creative writing workshop series
UNE's Maine Women Writers Collection will host "A Gathering of Writers" -  a five-week series of creative writing workshops held at the MWWC in the Abplanalp Library on the Westbrook College Campus, Tuesdays from 6:00-9:00 p.m., July 18 - August 15, 2006.

Each writing workshop will be inspired by the heritage of Maine women writers such as May Sarton, Edna St. Vincent Millay and Sarah Orne Jewett. But the true focus of the workshops will be on creating a supportive community of writers and using a variety of prompts to foster the development of a writer's own individual voice. More Information 

1st Annual Student-Athlete vs. Faculty/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.