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University of Maine System, graduate student workers’ union achieve first collective bargaining agreement

The University of Maine System (UMS) has achieved its first collective bargaining agreement with part-time graduate student workers, acknowledging their essential role in education and research while maintaining fiscal responsibility. The three-year contract between the System and the University of Maine Graduate Workers Union–UAW (UMGWU) that was ratified tonight by a vote of 438–3 positions […]

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New way to track toxic algae that threatens shellfish industries developed by researchers

Tiny organisms called algae can have an outsized impact on working waterfronts. While many benefit their ecosystems, others can cause devastating economic and ecological effects. University of Maine Ph.D. candidate Sydney Greenlee, alongside researchers Robin Sleith and Peter Countway from the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, have developed a faster, more accurate way to detect […]

Jeremy Juybari: From defense research to fighting breast cancer with AI

For Jeremy Juybari, the path from managing a defense research company to developing artificial intelligence (AI) models has been anything but ordinary. Now a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Maine, he is pushing the boundaries of AI to help improve breast cancer detection and save lives. While pursuing his bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees, […]

Josh Hamilton: Driven by loss, exploring new ways to treat and prevent cancer

Near the end of high school, Josh Hamilton of Alton, Maine lost a close friend to bone cancer, and early in his undergraduate years, he lost his stepfather to pancreatic cancer. Driven to help mitigate future cancer deaths, he is researching ways to improve early detection, prevention and treatment. A University of Maine Ph.D. candidate […]

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Former Peace Corps members can pursue tuition-free global policy degree with new fellowship

A new fellowship for returning Peace Corps volunteers will cover 100% of tuition and mandatory fees for a master’s degree in global policy at the University of Maine. The UMaine School of Policy and International Affairs (SPIA) is offering the fellowship through the Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program, which provides financial support to former Peace […]

UMaine alumni receive top K-12 administrator awards

Two University of Maine alumni, Gorham School District superintendent Heather Perry (‘04G) and Regional School Unit 34 (Alton, Bradley and Old Town) assistant superintendent Jon Doty (’00, ‘04G, ‘06G, ‘18G), were honored by the Maine School Superintendent Association (MSSA) as the state’s top K-12 administrators for 2026. Perry, who has been Gorham School District’s superintendent […]

Campus Safety magazine features new UMaine study on hazing prevention

Campus Safety magazine reported on a University of Maine study which shows that having strong campus relationships greatly improves the likelihood of reporting a hazing incident. Devin Franklin, the study’s lead author and a Ph.D. student in higher education, explained that hazing prevention operates on three levels: primary prevention to shift attitudes before incidents occur, […]

Renewed NIH grant to expand UMaine’s impact on biotech workforce

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) renewed the University of Maine’s first T32 institutional predoctoral training grant, expanding support for doctoral students in biomedical science and engineering. UMaine’s T32 program, launched in 2019, was the first of its kind at the state’s flagship university and remains one of only two active programs in Maine. Led […]

CBC highlights research to help track right whales

With only 370 endangered right whales remaining in the world, University of Maine researchers have joined together with the New England Aquarium in Boston to create honing models on where the whales will appear next. Lead researcher Camille Ross, an associate research scientist at the New England Aquarium and former UMaine graduate student, told the […]

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Relationships help determine whether students report hazing, UMaine study shows

College students’ relationships with friends, professional staff members, faculty and other members of their campus community are an important factor in their willingness to report hazing to their institutions, according to a new study from University of Maine researchers. Shared during National Hazing Awareness Week, which runs through Sept. 26, the study describes how the […]

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