Past News Releases: 2006

 
• UNE College of Pharmacy to be established in innovative private/public partnership with University of Maine and other healthcare partners
• Ellen Beaulieu appointed to new position of associate provost
• 2 UNE students to provide year of service as 'Civic Fellows'
• Endangered sea turtle returned to its ocean home in Virginia following 5 months of rehab at UNE's Marine Science Center
• University of New England honored by the Newcomen Society
• Marine Science Center now has guides available for Friday-Sunday tours
• 2 UNE students receive awards from Maine Campus Compact
• UNE opens with largest undergraduate enrollment in school's history
• Jacque Carter, Ph.D., named provost/vice president for academic affairs
• 8 UNE faculty members promoted
• UNE hires experienced administrator to lead medical school's community programs
• Medical students' 'Turkey Trot' raises fund for Biddeford Free Clinic
• UNE volunteers participate in a statewide initiative to keep Maine residents warm this winter
• UNE names new dean of College of Health Professions
• UNECOM faculty members honored at Maine Osteopathic Association conference
• UNE researcher Nancy Quick to use new Thermal Imaging Processor for studies of physical therapy treatment of nerve injuries
• Graduate of Teacher Certification Program wins Milken National Educator Award
• UNE Mentoring Program and Biddeford Community Receive State Grant
• Office of Study Abroad hosts Spotlight on the World series for fall 2006
• Maine Historical Society Research Library celebrates 175 Anniversary of UNE's Westbrook College Campus with exhibit
• UNE to host Candlelighting Celebration featuring Jen Kearney and the Lost Onion Dec. 7th
• UNE hosts Katahdin Institute's Maine Prosperity Summit Dec. 2nd
• UNE scholar David Livingstone Smith to discuss evolutionary roots of war and genocide Nov. 30th
• UNE President Danielle Ripich is featured speaker at "Invention to Venture" workshop Nov. 30th
• Seminar for policy makers examines health insurance reform efforts in Maine, Massachusetts and Vermont
• UNE North Africa scholar Ali Ahmida speaks on 'Demystifying Islam' Nov. 29th
• Art Gallery presents 'John Muench: A Retrospective' Sept. 19th - Nov. 19th
• Cookies in the Mill Film & Video Festival to show more than 50 local, national and international films Nov. 18th
• UNE Maine Women Writers Collection hosts Nov. 14th performance of 'Perdita,' based on life of Lewiston native
• Quilts and paintings by Georgette Sutton and Kate Roy on display at University Campus through Nov. 10th
• Boston University scholar to speak on U.S. Foreign Policy in Middle East on Nov. 13th
• Art Gallery presents Fifth Annual Sculpture Garden Invitational June 16-Oct. 31
• UNE's 'Project Sleep-Out' to benefit Preble Street Shelters Oct. 27th
• Public health professionals invited to conference in Augusta Oct. 30th
• UNE neuropsychologist Kilian Garvey to speak on creationist and evolutionary beliefs Oct. 26th
• UNE offers local children safe place to trick or treat Oct. 22nd
• Panelists discuss illness in society from four perspectives Oct. 16th
• UNE hosts town hall meeting with gubernatorial candidates Oct. 19th
• UNE inaugurates Danielle N. Ripich as its fifth president
• Henry Wheat awarded UNE med school's 2006 Annual Service Award
• 'The Power of Color' on display at UNE's Campus Center and Stella Maris Hall
• UNE honors four prominent Maine women with Deborah Morton Awards
• Retired U.S. ambassador to lecture on U.S. foreign policy in today's world on Oct. 4th
• Charles Kean named to UNE Board of Trustees
• Bowdoin author Barbara Held to discuss the virtues and vice of positive psycholgy Sept. 28th
• Environmental studies students work as summer interns on local research and service projects
• The UNE community welcomes its new president
• UNE names new athletic director
• UNE Wins 2 Maine Health Access Foundation Grants totaling $66,700
• Historian Paul Burlin to discuss 'Empire and the American Way of Life' Sept. 20th
• Baseball Coach John Winkin reflects on 60 years of coaching for Harold Alfond Sports Medicine Lecture Sept. 18th
• Maine Women Writers Collection presents screening of "Ugly Ducklings," based on a play by Carolyn Gage
• Panel of legal experts to discuss U.S. Constitutional issues Sept. 15th
• 'Hybrid Image' on display at Campus Center; local artists on display at Stella Maris Hall
• Art Gallery presents paintings of Jason Berger and AIA Maine award-winning architectural designs July 13 - Sept. 10th
• UNE College Community Mentoring Program celebrates third year
• Athletics Department honors outstanding 2005-2006 athletes
• Undergraduate Arts and Sciences Symposium honors students' scholarship and research
• UNE 2005-2006 awards ceremonies honor students, faculty, staff achievements
• Kenneth Johnson, D.O. '92, named UNECOM interim associate dean for clinical affairs
• UNE's Marine Animal Rehabilitation Center adds new professional staff, doubling its size
• Portland orthopaedic physician named medical director of Athletic Training Education Program
• Two UNE students return from NSF-funded Antarctic research cruise
• Dental hygiene faculty member receives Fulbright Scholar award
• New On-line Master of Public Health Degree Designed for Working Adults and Students
• Portland Chamber Music Festival performs 6 concerts at Ludcke Auditorium August 17-26
• UNE's Maine Women Writers Collection hosts creative writing workshop series
• Stacy Gato and Glen Ellen Roth named UNE employees of the year
• Local lawyer and 2 students join UNE Board of Trustees
• UNE Community Mentoring Program participates in National Mentoring Month
• UNECOM Dean Shannon Named AACOM President; Boyd Buser Appointed Interim Dean
• Local scenes by area artists on display at UNE's Campus Center
• Art Gallery presents 'In Black and White and Color: Photographs by Denise Froehlich and Murad Sayen,' May 4th - July 2nd
• 90-pound Endangered Sea Turtle Undergoes Rehab at UNE’s Marine Science Center
• Maine Women Writers Collection to host conference on "Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Then and Now" June 15-18th
• UNE names new president to begin July 2006
• Feminist classic meets Victorian thriller in a production of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's 'The Yellow Wallpaper' June 17th
• Controversial right-to-die issue topic of June 15th lecture by Bill Colby, attorney for the Nancy Cruzan case
• First black female medical school dean to speak at UNE's 25th medical school commencement June 3rd
• Public invited to May 3rd student presentation on how to reduce flooding and restore salt marsh wetlands in Ocean Park
• UNE exhibits 'Everyday Still-Lifes' by Betsey Mahoney
• Olympic gold medalist Joan Benoit Samuelson to speak at UNE Commencement, May 13th
• Art Gallery presents 'Studio Connections: Artists Supporting MPBN' April 2-30th
• American medicine's powerful influence on the American dream is the topic of author Carl Elliott's April 28th Crosley Lecture
• Harvard scholar David Haig to speak on "The Divided Self: Brain, Brawn and Superego" April 28th
• Award-winning writer Dava Sobel to discuss the challenge of writing about science and history for a general audience April 19-20
• Environmental journalist Mark Hertsgaard to speak on global warming April 20th
• Tufts economist Jonathan Harris to discuss ecological economics April 19th
• Core Connections Spring Lecture Series focuses on 'The Art of Science/The Science of Art'
• UNE's Maine Women Writers Collection hosts creative writing workshop series
• School of Social Work series examines trauma through innovation and imagination
• Harvard scholar Elizabeth Perry to present Featherman Lecture on future of the Chinese revolution April 18th
• UNE celebrates Pride Week April 10-14th
• College of Health Professions' annual spring symposium looks at dealing with disasters April 13th
• UNE symposium to discuss Bush administration's environmental and human health policies April 10th
• Spring multicultural lecture series spotlights international experience of faculty and staff
• Forum series highlights UNE authors
• Archeological chemistry scholar Sr. Mary Virginia Orna to discuss the Shroud of Turin and other mysteries April 6th
• UNE and UMaine host workshop for medical professionals and students on handheld personal digital assistants (PDAs) and Epocrates software
• Art Gallery hosts student and faculty exhibition through March 26th
• Faculty panel discusses 'Women in the Biological, Physical and Environmental Sciences' March 22nd
• Public invited to free health fair sponsored by medical school student organization
• UNE hosts February events in conjunction with Black History Month
• MIT scholar Melissa Nobles to discuss racial categorization and political apologies March 7th
• Video repeats of UNE's Martin Luther King celebration lectures by Noam Chomsky and William Anderson to be offered in February
• UNE Dental Hygiene Clinic celebrates National Dental Hygiene Month; schedule an appointment
• Art Gallery show explores six photographers' work with toy Holga cameras
• UNE Hosts Portland Chamber Music Festival Concert March 3rd
• Poet Megan Grumbling to give reading at UNE’s Maine Women Writers Collection March 2nd
• Seeds of Peace camp director to discuss program Feb. 22nd
• Evolutionary biologist David Lahti to speak on evolution and morality Feb. 21st
• Yale scholar Jim Sleeper to speak on race and democracy Feb. 14th
• College of Health Professions hosts 4th Annual Health Professions Career Fair
• Georgia State scholar Robert Almeder to lecture on "Mind, Matter, and Cognitive Science" Jan. 30th
• Noam Chomsky and William Anderson highlight UNE's annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration
   
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