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		<title>Students to Take Part in Maine NEW Leadership</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 14:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Twenty-eight female college students from Maine institutions will arrive at the University of Maine on Thursday, May 30 to take part in the fifth annual Maine NEW Leadership session. The event is a free, six-day, public leadership training program aimed at strengthening leadership skills, learning how to network and encouraging running for public office. Throughout the session, students will participate ...]]></description>
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		<title>MPR Volume 22, No. 1 (Special Issue) &#8211; Libraries and Information</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 13:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Dickerson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest issue of Maine Policy Review (Volume 22, No. 1) is available on Digital Commons.  This special issue looks at Libraries and Information, and how libraries have been a key part of the transformation that has occurred in how we use and acquire information.  Included in MPR are articles about the digital environment that libraries must navigate; the collaboration ...]]></description>
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		<title>NEW Leadership at White House</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; Mary Cathcart joined with women from other NEW Leadership programs at a recent White House Conference on Girls Leadership and Civic Education.]]></description>
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		<title>White House Conference on Girls Leadership and Civic Education</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:44:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mary Cathcart was in Washington, D.C. April 22nd, as a participant in the White House Conference on Girls Leadership and Civic Education.  The conference included presentations by Dr. Jill Biden and Tina Tchen, and panel discussions identifying the public leadership gap and new ideas for transforming civic education.  Maine&#8217;s Senator Susan Collins was a lunchtime speaker during the conference.]]></description>
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		<title>Rubin to discuss Low Carbon Transportation Fuels at the University of Vermont.</title>
		<link>http://mcspolicycenter.umaine.edu/2013/04/01/rubin-to-discuss-low-carbon-transportation-fuels-at-the-university-of-vermont/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jonathan Rubin will present &#8220;Low Carbon Transportation Fuels: Climate Change and Energy Security&#8221; at the Dan and Carole Burack President&#8217;s Distinguished Lecture Series at the University of Vermont, on Friday, April 5th.  A video recording of this presentation will be available on the University of Vermont&#8217;s Transportation Research Center seminars webpage within a few weeks of April 5th. ]]></description>
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		<title>Distinguished Maine Policy Fellow Chris Rector</title>
		<link>http://mcspolicycenter.umaine.edu/2013/03/26/distinguished-maine-policy-fellow-chris-rector/</link>
		<comments>http://mcspolicycenter.umaine.edu/2013/03/26/distinguished-maine-policy-fellow-chris-rector/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:07:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chris Rector Thursday, April 4, 2013 The Honorable Chris Rector is a regional representative for U.S. Senator Angus King, former State Senator and State Representative and Career Entrepreneur. Download Chris Rector Flyer A day with us at UMaine Chris Rector will be at the University of Maine for a full day of activities on April 4, 2013, including meeting with ...]]></description>
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		<title>Margaret Chase Smith Public Affairs Scholarship Applications</title>
		<link>http://mcspolicycenter.umaine.edu/2013/03/18/margaret-chase-smith-public-affairs-scholarship-applications/</link>
		<comments>http://mcspolicycenter.umaine.edu/2013/03/18/margaret-chase-smith-public-affairs-scholarship-applications/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Applications are now being accepted for the Margaret Chase Smith Public Affairs Scholarship. The scholarship is available for students for 2013-14 for $3500 to support undergraduate independent research on any topic of public policy relevance. All majors are encouraged to apply. The application is on the MCS scholarship webpage http://mcspolicycenter.umaine.edu/55-2/scholarships/ and can be downloaded directly here:http://mcspolicycenter.umaine.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/2013-MCSPAS-Application.doc.  The application deadline is ...]]></description>
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		<title>Distinguished Maine Policy Fellow Lauren Sterling</title>
		<link>http://mcspolicycenter.umaine.edu/2013/03/13/distinguished-maine-policy-fellow-lauren-sterling/</link>
		<comments>http://mcspolicycenter.umaine.edu/2013/03/13/distinguished-maine-policy-fellow-lauren-sterling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:06:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lauren Sterling March 25, 2013 Lauren Sterling manages the philanthropy activities for Educare Central Maine as well as the new $10 million replication initiative called Elevate Maine in partnership with the Maine Early Learning Investment Group (MELIG). Download Lauren Sterling Flyer A day with us at UMaine Lauren Sterling will be at the University of Maine for a full day ...]]></description>
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		<title>Biofuels development in Maine: using trees to oil the wheels of sustainability</title>
		<link>http://mcspolicycenter.umaine.edu/2013/03/13/biofuels-development-in-maine-using-trees-to-oil-the-wheels-of-sustainability/</link>
		<comments>http://mcspolicycenter.umaine.edu/2013/03/13/biofuels-development-in-maine-using-trees-to-oil-the-wheels-of-sustainability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bangor Daily News published a shortened version of a Maine Policy Review article by Caroline L. Noblet, Mario F. Teisl, Katherine H. Farrow and Jonathan Rubin that provided a summary of survey results regarding Mainer&#8217;s and New Englander&#8217;s perceptions and understanding of biofuels and cellulosic ethanol (found at http://bangordailynews.com/2013/03/12/opinion/biofuels-development-in-maine-using-trees-to-oil-the-wheels-of-sustainability/). The full Maine Policy Review article can be found at http://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mpr/. ...]]></description>
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		<title>The changing winds on outdoor smoke-free policies in Maine</title>
		<link>http://mcspolicycenter.umaine.edu/2013/02/25/the-changing-winds-on-outdoor-smoke-free-policies-in-maine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bangor Daily News published a shortened version of a Maine Policy Review article by Suzanne Roy, Sarah Mayberry and David E. Harris that looked at outdoor smoke-free policies, found at http://bangordailynews.com/2013/02/22/opinion/the-changing-winds-on-outdoor-smoke-free-policies-in-maine/. The full Maine Policy Review article can be found at http://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mpr/. &#160;]]></description>
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