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News Releases 2001-2002

August 27, 2001, to August 31, 2002

Below is a chronological log of news releases written and distributed by the Office of Media & Community Relations. For more info, please contact Bob Caswell or Susan Swain at Media Relations via e-mail or phone, 780-4200.

August 27, 2002

Report Card Available on K-12 Public Education

August 26, 2002

Post-Holocaust Christian & Jewish Studies

August 21, 2002

Applications Up at USM

Muskie School to Offer Certificate Program in Child and Family Policy and Management

USM: Rich in Possibilities

July 31, 2002

Owls Head Couple Gives USM $150,000 To Promote Community Service

July 29, 2002

Preparing for Careers in Fine Art at USM

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Marks Fifth Anniversary

Noted Yale Researcher & Portland Native Joins USM

July 23, 2002

USM Hosts NASA/NSF Project

Law School and Bernstein Shur Sawyer & Nelson Announce Bernstein Family Scholarship

July 22, 2002

USM to Evaluate its Core: Study of USM‰s Core Curriculum Funded by Davis Educational Foundation Gift

Seniors Count Their Steps

Interest in Insects

July 16, 2002

‹The Company We KeepŠ

Maine Teachers Receive Technology Training in USM Lab

July 12, 2002

State Planning Office Director Joins USM's Muskie School

July 9, 2002

USM To Add Graduate Degrees, Suspend Two-Year Business Program

July 3, 2002

USM To Add Parking

Leading NY Architect to Discuss Role of Architecture and Cultural Identity

Stonecoast Writers' Conference

July 2, 2002

POWER Wins National Award for Social Action

July 1, 2002

‹Hurricane FranŠ Comes To Portland

USM Research on Garden Pests

June 28, 2002

Hannaford Donates $500,000 to USM Community Education Center

June 27, 2002

USM‰s Summer Session Breaks All Records

June 19, 2002

USM Hosts National Youth Sports Program for Low Income Children

June 18, 2002

Professor's Book Wins Award From the American Political Science Association

USM Students Fly to Havana

June 13, 2002

It's Far From Over: The Impact on Maine's Muslim Communities Post 9/11

June 10, 2002

The State of Casco Bay

June 6, 2002

Portland and Gorham Councils Endorse Bond Packages

Technical Colleges/USM Sign Transfer Agreement To Aid Maine Manufacturers

USM Sports Information Director B.L. Elfring Earns Prestigious ECAC Award

New USM Board of Visitors Members Named

June 5, 2002

Presumpscot River Management Plan Public Meetings

Muskie School Studies Domestic Violence Programs Nationwide

May 29, 2002

Greater Portland Chambers Endorse Bond Packages

Attorney/Photographer Honored at SOL Ceremony

May 28, 2002

Boat Donation Aids Research on DNA Damage to Maine Fish

May 20, 2002

Survivor of Shooting To Speak on Aftermath of Trauma

Coalition Says June Bonds Will Create Jobs, Build Economy, and Help Communities

USM's Athletic Training Education Program Awarded National Accreditation

May 17, 2002

USM Research on Garden Pests

May 16, 2002

Human Cloning Key Issue at Law School's Biotechnology Conference

USM Baseball Coach Garners 500th Win

Update on USM Community Education Center

Law School Graduation

USM Hilltop and Community Service Award Recipients Named

May 15, 2002

Challenges and Triumph of Commencement

May 11, 2002

Wathen Tells USM Graduates that Maine Needs Them

May 10, 2002

USM Hosts Children‰s Water Festival

May 8, 2002

USM Authors Honored

Bond Issues on June Ballot Include Funding for USM Initiatives

May 2, 2002

USM Hosts a Model UN

President Pattenaude Inducted into Business Hall of Fame

USM Professor Searce Selected to Set Toni Morrison Poem to Music

April 23, 2002

USM Names Emeriti Faculty

Parking Planned for Gorham

April 17, 2002

Students Poll Residents About Terrorism

USM Convocation Ends with Duclos Celebration

Wathen Named Commencement Speaker

USM Hosts Gorham Marketplace

April 16, 2002

USM Student Exhibits Research in D.C.

April 12, 2002

USM Signs Environmental Agreement,
Completes Public Arboretum

April 11, 2002

Research on View

April 10, 2002

Accreditors Note Strength of LAC Grad Program

USM in Final Bond Package

Terrorism and Opium Farms

April 8, 2002

Open House at College of Nursing Demonstrates New Teaching Mannequins

April 5, 2002

Muskie School Examines Taxes on Service Centers

Proposed Smoking Policy Debated

April 2, 2002

Noted Mystery Writer Gives Public Reading

April 1, 2002

Bioscience Construction Underway, Parking Lot Closed, Parking Options

March 28, 2002

Athletic Training Takes Hold

USM/UM Create Partnership To Serve Maine Manufacturers

March 26, 2002

Crossing Cultural Borders at USM

Sports Law Conference

March 22, 2002

Sun, Fun, & Service

USM‰s Field of Dreams

Rare Passover Haggadah at USM‰s Osher Map Library

March 20, 2002

Ground Breaking Ceremony for USM‰s Bioscience Research Institute

Two New Deans Will Lead Key USM Schools

March 15, 2002

Bioscience construction to begin; Sullivan Gymnasium parking lot to be closed

March 14, 2002

USM Students Get Edge in Engineering

March 13, 2002

USM Launches Community Wellness Program

March 12, 2002

2002 Board of Directors

March 11, 2002

Muskie Researcher to Study Disability Support in New Zealand

USM Helping Young People Improve Reading/Writing

March 8 & 9, 2002

Dreams & Realities of Franco-America @ LAC

March 8, 2002

Adult Learners Find Life Options at USM

March 5, 2002

Celebrate Women's History Month with a Good Walk

March 4, 2002

Osher Map Library & Harvard Selected to Host International Conference

Race to Benefit YWCA & USM's Center for the Prevention of Hate Violence

Visiting Libra Professors at USM this Spring

March 1, 2002

Despite Loss in NCAA Tournament, Huskies End Season on High Note

National Teacher of the Year at USM To Address Maine's Technology Educators

February 28, 2002

Work of Art to be Dispersed into Presumpscot River

February 25, 2002

USM Web site gets a new look

February 22, 2002

Women‰s History Month at USM

February 20, 2002

Seminar on Copyright Clearance Takes Place at School of Law

Longtime Theater Critic Receives Kennedy Center Medallion

February 15, 2002

Patent Protection for Maine Businesses

February 13, 2002

Critiquing Coverage of War, Terrorism & Religion

Media Coverage of 9/11

Low Income Kids Denied Access to Key Court Program

February 8, 2002

V-Day 2002 College Campaign at USM

February 7, 2002

How Lawyers Work: New Book

February 6, 2002

Applications Up at USM

February 5, 2002

Science Bowl at USM

January 30, 2002

USM Celebrates Black History Month

January 17, 2002

Muskie Researcher Studies Disability Support in New Zealand

January 10, 2002

Osher Map Library Examines Jewish and African Migration

January 10, 2002

Sorority Scholarship Established

January 8, 2002

David Carey's Book on Mayan Language

January 7, 2002

News Advisory
Economic Forecast for Maine, 2002

December 27, 2001

Maine’s Economic Outlook, 2002

December 19, 2001

USM School of Business Introduces Business Plan Competition

December 18, 2001

Applied Technology Development Center System Signs Agreement with USM To Generate Training & Job Opportunities in River Valley Region

December 18, 2001

Maine Inventors Hold Monthly Meetings and January 16 Seminar

December 14, 2001

ESL Scholarship Fund Announces Fall Recipients

December 10, 2001

USM's "Good Woman of Setzuan" chosen as finalist in theater festival

December 5, 2001

Regional Science Bowl Held at USM

December 3, 2001

Frances W. Peabody Papers Donated to USM

November 21, 2001

Craig Hutchinson Named VP at USM

November 16, 2001

“Calling Maine Home” Tells Stories of Maine Elders
USM’s Marcy Muller Named State Student Leader

November 13, 2001

“A Perfect Fifth”

November 9, 2001

Ecological Artists to Speak at USM

November 8, 2001

Thanksgiving Gives Author Misgivings
Muskie School Study on Medicaid for Workers with Disabilities

November 1, 2001

ScienceCorps Program Takes Biotech Courses to Rural Maine

October 31, 2001

LAC Grand Reopening - November 11

October 23, 2001

Full-Time Students Increase at USM ‘01

October 21, 2001

USM USM TO MARK ALCOHOL AWARENESS WEEK

October 10, 2001

Graduate and Professional School Information Day
Lecture on Same-Sex Marriage at USM

October 4, 2001

Local Bands Rock for Red Cross at USM
“Cemetery Project” Organizes in Maine
Friends of USM Football Suspend Fund-Raising Efforts

October 3, 2001

USM Lecture on Concept of “Coming Out”

October 1, 2001

USM to host student business plan competition

September 28, 2001

Lecture on Refugee Trauma

September 26, 2001

The Art of the Road Map
Equal Rights Not Special Rights Subject of 10th Annual Coffin Lecture

September 25, 2001

Business Leaders To Turn Knowledge Into Action

September 24, 2001

Women in Public Life

September 19, 2001

WMPG Wins Award

September 17, 2001

New Radio Documentary Series

September 13, 2001

Connecting Generations on Reproductive Rights

September 12, 2001

Tragedy’s Aftermath: Wessler Urges Unity

September 10, 2001

New Journalism Prof at USM

September 6, 2001

Lesbian and Gay Families

September 5, 2001

Weekend Celebrates African and African American Presence in Southern Maine
Nigerian Exile Reflects on Meanings of Home

August 27, 2001

USM Expects Record Enrollments

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