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The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine General University of Maine Publications University of Maine Publications 3-26-2001 Maine Perspective, v 12, i 13 Department of Public Affairs, University of Maine Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/univ_publications Repository Citation Department of Public Affairs, University of Maine, "Maine Perspective, v 12, i 13" (2001). General University of Maine Publications. 1559. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/univ_publications/1559 This Newsletter is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@UMaine. It has been accepted for inclusion in General University of Maine Publications by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UMaine. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ______ SPECIAL COLLECTION Cooperative Graduate Studies Program forms a new statewide education, research partnership Separate agreements between the University Furthermore, the agreement will of Maine and four other Maine-based research make doctoral-level education in the institutions form a new education and biosciences available to satisfy research partnership which UMaine an increasing demand in President Peter S. Hoff says “will Maine. Employees - provide new opportunities and and, in USM’s case, benefits - not just for the (partic employees and ipating) institutions, but for students - of the four the state of Maine and institutions will be able to perhaps beyond.” earn a Ph.D. from UMaine The Cooperative in fields of study related to the Graduate Studies agreement, creating more highly Program is a collabo trained scientists to support Maine’s ration that includes The growing biomedical and biotechnology Jackson Laboratory of Bar industries. Harbor; Mount Desert Island “As we move forward in the broad field Biological Laboratory of Salisbury of biomedicine, new strategies and technolo Cove; the University of Southern Maine gies will be needed to address the increasingly in Portland, Gorham and Lewiston-Auburn; complex questions faced by scientists,” Hoff says. and Maine Medical Center Research Institute in ’ “Collaboration will allow us to develop new syner Portland. gies and strategies to (help find answers to those) Under the agreements, UMaine faculty members questions,” he says. and graduate students in the fields of biology, chem By sharing expertise and resources, the institutions istry, physics, engineering, computer science and in the program hope to increase their ability to mathematics will collaborate with researchers at the compete at the highest level for the opportunity to four institutions on projects related to biology and conduct cutting-edge research. biomedicine. In return, certain researchers at the four “Under these agreements, collectively we will institutions will be granted graduate-level adjunct compete for a larger pool of federal research funds,” faculty status and will work in their respective areas of Hoff says. “By becoming more competitive for those expertise with graduate students and undergraduates at funds, we increase significantly the opportunities for UMaine. millions of dollars in federal investment to our state.” Such an investment, at the very least, creates new jobs and new spending in-state, strengthening the Maine economy. It also is investment which, at the University has a very best, creates entire new industries for Maine and new look on the Web contributes to medical breakthroughs that benefit UMaine’s Web site (www.umaine.edu) has a new humanity, Hoff adds. look. The University has statewide teaching, research and The Marketing Department, which maintains the outreach responsibilities. The Carnegie Foundation for site, has put new architecture and a navigational the Advancement of Teaching classifies UMaine as a system in place to create a dynamic homepage for the “doctoral research extensive” university, the top clas University. The redesigned top-level page offers sification. Only four percent (148) of the nation’s access to UMaine news headlines, spotlight features, 3,800 accredited universities and colleges have “quick links” to popular campus destinations - even received that top classification. ▲ streaming audio of the Stein Song. A portal system links users to six primary information centers dedi cated to prospective students, current students, In Perspective research, visitors/alumni, faculty/staff, and outreach. 2 Alumni House The new architecture is found on the first and 8 Tenure and Promotion second tiers of the site. UMaine departments and Cover photo by Matthew Hakola others with Web pages that are official publications of the University of Maine will incorporate aspects of the As a service to the University community, costs of producing Maine Perspective are new format and navigational system. Guidelines, underwritten by University Printing Services. templates and artwork for redesigning UMaine-affili- HOOB THE UNIVERSITY OF A PUBLICATION ated Web pages are available on the University’s Web OF AND FOR help pages. THE For more information, contact UMaine Webmaster H MAINE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE Howard Mosher ([email protected]). ▲ VOL. 12, NO. 13 MARCH 26-APRIL 9,2001 Groundbreaking set for Buchanan Alumni House A groundbreaking ceremony this spring will launch the construction of a $4.5 million Alumni House, made possible by the largest private fund-raising effort in the University’s history. UMaine alumni and friends donated thousands of gifts and pledges that total more than $7 million, which allows for the establishment of an endowment. Alumni House, named in honor of Dr. Robert D. Buchanan, Class of ’44, is the first UMaine building to have an endowment for its perpetual care and maintenance. A groundbreaking ceremony for Alumni House is set for 2 p.m., Friday, May 4. Construction is expected to take 14 months. The hope is that the facility will be open when students begin the fall 2002 semester. A scale model of Dr. Robert D. Buchanan '44 Alumni House shows the facility as it will face “This is a building that will help market the College Avenue. University,” says Jeff Mills, president and executive director of the Alumni Association. “Our hope is that Alumni House will be a resource that faculty, staff, the community and alumni will Barrett Fund to sponsor want to use. It will be the setting of major campus functions and Garden Show Preview Night announcements, the ‘place to call home’ for alumni and the holder of The Bangor Garden Show, Thursday-Sunday, March 29-April 1, the traditions for students and the institution. will open with a Preview Night and the introduction of the first “Many alumni think of UMaine as their second family. That’s why University of Maine recipient of the Ellen Louise Payson Scholarship, this project was so popular.” established last year by Bangor Beautiful and patrons of the Bangor While most of the fund raising occurred in the past four years, Garden show. alumni have been anticipating the project for more than a decade. The Preview Night, 6-9 p.m. March 29, is sponsored by The Robert and first donation to the project was made 10 years ago. Catherine Barrett Fund for Landscape Horticulture at the University In recent years, a $1 million naming gift came from Robert of Maine in Memory of Beatrix J. Ferrand. Buchanan, a first-generation college student who grew up in Caribou Students in the Landscape Horticulture Society are selling tickets and had a career as a dentist before retiring in California. for Preview Night. Tickets are $25, with $3 from every sale bene The 32,000-square-foot facility is designed by the Bangor-based fiting the Ellen Louise Payson Landscape Horticulture Scholarship continued on page 15 for landscape horticulture majors. continued on page 15 Historical Maine census data MAINE PERSPECTIVE PUBLISHING SCHEDULE available on Fogler Web site Publication dates and deadlines for spring issues of Maine Perspective: April 9 (copy deadline March 30); April 23 (copy deadline April 13); Two hundred years of census population totals and selected infor May 7 (copy deadline April 27). mation about Maine towns and counties are now available to the public through a new Web page by Fogler Library. The Maine Census Data page (www.library.umaine.edu/census/) includes information about Maine’s population trends between 1790 and 1990. MAINE Perspective The site will be useful for --------- MAINE CENSUS DATA- Maine Perspective is published by the Department of Public Affairs The University of Maine • 5761 Howard A. Keyo Public Affairs Building students, Orono. Maine 04469-5761 • 207-581-3745 public Director of Public Affairs John Diamond • Executive Editor Margaret Nagle administrators Layout and Design by The University of Maine Department of Public Affairs and others who need information about Maine’s population trends. Printed by The University of Maine Printing Services Previously, such information was found in published documents that In complying with the letter and spirit of applicable laws and in pursuing had to be searched separately. 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