Anyone interested in getting a first-hand look, feel and taste of the innovative research being generated by the University of Maine’s research centers are invited to attend the Graduate School’s Imagine That! Tours from 1–4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 13 during Homecoming and Family and Friends Weekend. During the tours, attendees will see the first-class […]
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Merrilee Schoen wants to use art to show that social change can be joyous. Through her project called the Joy Truck, which is a central part of her thesis for the master’s program in Intermedia Studies at the University of Maine, Schoen has been exploring what community joy means, and what individuals and artists can […]
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Vita Tomakhiv of Kyiv never planned to leave Ukraine, but then the Russian military invaded. With help from the University of Maine, she left in June 2022, four months after the war broke out to continue her education. As the Russia-Ukraine war raged on, Tomakhiv, a master’s student in global policy, yearned to help the […]
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With Earth’s oceans facing rapid climate and ecological change, University of Maine faculty will use a $3 million award from the National Science Foundation to create a new training program for graduate students that will support the next generation of marine science and conservation professionals. Over the next five years, Joshua Stoll, an associate professor […]
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Peatlands are a treasure trove of organic material. Researchers at the University of Maine are using their knowledge of hydrogeology and computer modeling to understand exactly what these overlooked areas contribute to the greater environment and how to ethically manage them. Peatlands are marshy collections of dead and decaying plant matter. They are often referred […]
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Lauren Ross’s research on the physics of estuaries has brought her all over the world, from France to Frenchman Bay along Mount Desert Island. With her recently-awarded Fulbright, Ross will lead a team of scientists to Chile to look at these transition points between freshwater rivers and the salty sea in a place where so […]
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The Fiske Guide To Colleges 2024 named the University of Maine one of the “best and most interesting” four-year higher education institutions in America. The publication, authored by former New York Times education editor Edward Fiske and updated annually for 40 years, spotlights more than 300 of its top schools in the U.S., Canada, Great […]
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As an aspiring high school teacher, Laura Curioli, a University of Maine master’s student in history, wants to educate future students about the Constitution so they can learn their rights and become effective voters and leaders. “A lot of people underestimate high schoolers, in my opinion,” she says. “They also fail to remember that these […]
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The Bangor Daily News noted that the University of Maine Graduate School is celebrating 100 years of advanced training and workforce development in the state and beyond on Thursday, June 29, the same day the first Graduate Faculty meeting took place in 1923.
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The University of Maine Graduate School is celebrating 100 years of advanced training and workforce development in the state and beyond on June 29, the same day the first Graduate Faculty meeting took place in 1923. While the Graduate School was formed in 1923, UMaine has actually granted graduate degrees since 1881, when the Maine […]
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