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UMaine to strengthen healthcare workforce, access with launch of new doctoral nursing programs

New initiatives reflect UMaine’s growing role as Maine’s flagship learner-centered R1 research university advancing research-driven workforce and economic development.

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Designing RoboBoat fuels UMaine students’ ingenuity amid evolving ship building industry

UMaine student researches library resource availability for young English language learners

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Ten school leaders earn UMaine doctoral degrees while bolstering schools and communities

Changing the field of medicine through education

UMaine student explores new ways to detect parasites in moose

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Achievement at every level: Thousands benefit from Student Success and Retention Initiative

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From soccer walk-on to entrepreneur: How UMaine shaped Sweet Addison’s founder Addison LaBonte

University of Maine names Susan Monagan executive director of Collins Center for the Arts

UMaine honors donors at the 2026 Stillwater Society dinner and awards event

Future engineers learn rocket design through UMaine program

From Orono to Machias, UMaine commencement speakers reflect on courage, resilience and community

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Tickets now on sale for Maine Blue Economy Week

Guidoboni, Carter selected for prestigious national higher education leadership program

Six UMaine alumni recognized through 2026 Maine Center Awards

UMaine professor named co-editor-in-chief of leading management journal

Wörsdörfer publishes new book on AI ethics and governance

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WABI features UMaine’s new comfort dog

Martha Stewart features UMaine fruit tree specialist on bare-root trees

The State highlights UMaine research on PFAS in agriculture

BDN publishes UMaine political scientist’s op-ed on election simulations

Public radio features UMaine researcher on lobster fishermen and coastal access

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For schools looking to create outdoor education programs, UMaine study offers guidance

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UMaine researchers identify a molecular linchpin for muscle health

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Sailing thousands of miles in 50 days, Boss explores mysteries of ocean’s food web

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Consumers willing to pay more for lobster harvested with ropeless technology, UMaine study finds

UMaine marine scientist Robert Steneck elected to National Academy of Sciences

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Research offers pathway to treating drug resistant diseases in humans

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