The Conversation, the Maine Beacon and the Portland Press Herald, Centralmaine.com and the Bangor Daily News published an article by Karen Sieber, humanities specialist at the University of Maine McGillicuddy Humanities Center, about a violent 1919 campus incident that culminated in the tarring and feathering of two Black students. Sieber has studied the wave of anti-black […]
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Centralmaine.com shared a University of Maine news release highlighting educational resources available to support remote learning for students of all ages. Links to those resources are online.
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The University of Maine recognized 4,133 students for achieving Dean’s List honors in the fall 2020 semester. Of the students who made the Dean’s List, 2,670 are from Maine, 1,366 are from 38 other states and 97 are from 35 countries other than the U.S. Due to the unusual and challenging circumstances faced this semester […]
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The University of Maine College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will offer a new minor in professional skills for the liberal arts beginning in fall 2021. The program, designed for students in the UMaine College of Liberal Arts and Sciences pursuing a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree, focuses on developing professional skills that enhance early […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported on a research project to develop a smartphone app that will help people with visual impairments and seniors enjoy ride-sharing and ride-hailing with self-driving cars. A research group led by the Virtual Environments and Multimodal Interaction Laboratory (VEMI Lab) at the University of Maine is creating the app known as the Autonomous […]
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WABI (Channel 5), Q106.5 and WVII (Channel 7) covered a Black Lives Matter flag raising at the University of Maine on Feb. 1, and previewed Black History Month activities sponsored by the Black Student Union, Fogler Library, the McGillicuddy Humanities Center and the New Balance Student Recreation Center, among others. Centralmaine.com highlighted the monthlong events at UMaine. […]
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Centralmaine.com published an op-ed by Rob Glover, a University of Maine associate professor of political science and honors, suggesting that to reflect Maine values, the state’s legal and legislative leaders must continue working to address workers’ rights issues revealed by the pandemic.
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Nominations for the 2021 Sharon Barker Student Activism Award will be accepted through Feb. 14, with a public celebration planned for spring 2022 at the University of Maine. The Sharon Barker Student Activism Award honors UMaine students seeking to implement positive change in their communities by fostering equity and social justice. Barker, a long-time employee […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot cited a Jan. 11 report about drug fatalities in Maine compiled by University of Maine Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center researchers Kiley Daley and Marcella Sorg in an article titled “Saving lives from opioids.”
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Self-driving cars will offer access to ride-sharing and ride-hailing with their suite of modern conveniences. However, many people with visual impairments who use these services rely on a human driver to safely locate their vehicle. A research group led by the Virtual Environments and Multimodal Interaction Laboratory (VEMI Lab) at the University of Maine is […]
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