University of New England News

Area students have received the following honors or awards: GRADUATION Shawnna Marie Lyons of Leominster recently graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design.

Rockland native Julie Hedrich Hurley has returned to the Midcoast as a family practice physician at Pen Bay Family Medicine.

When I pick up The Free Press, I turn at once to Mac Deford's ongoing editorials of events in the Middle East.

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Center for Bioenergy and Photosynthesis, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA 1 Present address: Department of Chemistry and Physics, University of New England, Biddeford, ME 04005, USA 2 Authors to whom any correspondence should be addressed E-mail: Gust@asu.edu Abstract.

Basking after a midday torpor allows dunnarts to survive on a quarter of the food and water they would normally require A small Australian marsupial is taking a lesson from the reptile world and basking in the sun to conserve energy and improve its chances of survival, a researcher has found.

The University of New England and two businesses were honored for helping to develop Portland's economic vitality.

The University of New England will find out in the next few days if it has helped to break a world record.

Christopher Abbott, son of David and Lisa Abbott of Belfast, and a first-year student at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, participated recently in the collegea TMs annual White Coat Ceremony to formally recognize the transition students make from laypersons to those assuming the responsibility of physicians.

Wayne David DuPlessis, 57, of Bethel, died Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. He was born Jan.

Dan Coyne of Westbrook was hired at the Maine Center for Economic Policy as a fiscal policy analyst.

ADD VERB PRODUCTIONS Q&A PROJECT VOTED BEST 'START-UP YOUTH PROGRAM 2009' Released 11/5/09 PORTLAND, ME-Nov. 5, 2009-The League of Young Voters honored Add Verb Productions last weekend at its annual 'Step Up to the Plate' awards ceremony.

NO vice-chancellor goes into the job pessimistic but Jim Barber gives an agreeable impression of candour and thoughtfulness as well as enthusiasm.

South Carolina and Georgia are welcoming three endangered sea turtles being flown to the area after they were stunned in cold waters off the New England coast last year.

While the District 1 and at-large races are uncontested , we offer here those candidates' answers, as well as those of the two candidates vying for the District 2 seat being vacated by Robert O'Brien. 1) Do you believe the superintendent's abilities and performance regarding managing the school budget should be discussed in public or in private? 2) ...

10 and again on Thursday, Nov. 12 at the Rockland Public Library. Both events run from 6:30 to 8 p.m. and are free and open to all.

The 14 local Aboriginal Land Councils of the New South Wales northern region, and the University of New England, will today sign a memorandum of understanding to improve teaching and research in Aboriginal affairs.

A Michigan water-rights activist will speak at five events just one week before a major vote on a proposed ordinance that would regulate how companies like Poland Spring could use water in town.

MARK COLVIN: It's now one year since the eruption of the current devastating outbreak of violence in the north and east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The voices of Maine's women have found an enduring home at the Maine Women Writers Collection at the University of New England.

PORTLAND, Maine-October 14, 2009-Add Verb Productions, the Portland-based nonprofit that uses live theatre for health and wellness education, recently presented its newest program, Major Medical Breakthrough, at two conferences: The 14th International Conference on Violence, Abuse and Trauma in San Diego, CA and The Family Violence Prevention ...