Fifth-year student Connor Ferguson is one of two in the next Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center Undergraduate Fellowship cohort at the University of Maine. The Iowa native is an English major with an emphasis in literary analysis and a minor in creative writing. After looking at several colleges in the area, Ferguson chose to […]
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Drew Brooks of Lyman, Maine is the 2019 University of Maine valedictorian. He is a double major in microbiology and music, with a minor in molecular biology. He will receive two bachelor’s degrees — one in microbiology, and one in music. Brooks’ many academic honors include multiple scholarships and Frederick Radke Undergraduate Research Fellowships. A […]
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Maine Impact Week celebrates University of Maine faculty, students, community and their contributions to the social and economic advancement of the state and beyond. The public is invited to attend multiple events highlighting the impact of research and creative work produced by Maine’s research university the week of April 8–13. The featured event is the […]
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Susan Gardner, director of the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program at the University of Maine, was quoted in WVII (Channel 7) and WABI (Channel 5) reports on the “Against My Will UMaine” art exhibit recognizing Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Created by artist and activist Traci Molloy, the exhibit consists of banners along the Mall on […]
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Robert Frost said, “Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.” For centuries, poets have espoused the therapeutic values of poetry. The discipline of poetry therapy grew from this intuitive initial awareness of the medium’s potential healing power. University of Maine student Kim Crowley, a Clement and Linda […]
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Drew Brooks of Lyman, Maine is the 2019 University of Maine valedictorian and Ana Eliza Souza Cunha of Orono is the salutatorian. They will be honored at UMaine’s 217th Commencement in Harold Alfond Sports Arena May 11. Brooks is a double major in microbiology and music, with a minor in molecular biology. He will receive […]
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The Ellsworth American quoted Cynthia Isenhour, an assistant professor of anthropology and climate change at the University of Maine, in an article about the opening of Fiberight waste processing facility in Hampden, which will include recycling. Fiberight will have a sorting process that will be able to recover recyclables that have been thrown in the […]
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The School of Policy and International Affairs at the University of Maine will host a talk titled “Can We Live with China? A Roadmap for Co-Evolution” at 5 p.m. April 2 in the McIntire Room of Buchanan Alumni House. The talk will be given by Susan Thornton, visiting lecturer in law at Yale Law School […]
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Eleven graduate students competed in the annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition on March 25 at the Innovative Media Research Center at the University of Maine. The unique competition, developed by the University of Queensland, requires presenters to explain their research using language the general public would comprehend in three minutes. The competitors were allowed […]
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The University of Maine Department of Art will present the 2019 Juried Student Art Exhibition that features work by current studio art, art history and art education students. The exhibition will be on display April 5 to May 3 in Lord Hall Gallery. The venue provides an opportunity for undergraduate students at all levels to […]
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