Campus Announcements

Launch party for the latest edition of The Open Field on April 4

English undergraduate students Paige McHatten and Julia Hills, the student editors of The University of Maine’s undergraduate literary magazine The Open Field, are hosting a launch party for the 2024 installment of the publication with other editors and contributors at 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 4 in the Writing Center, room 402 of Neville Hall. […]

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Share feedback on UMaine residential housing through April focus groups

The University of Maine System has engaged with a national consulting team to conduct a Residential Housing Analysis for the University of Maine and its regional campus, the University of Maine at Machias. An essential part of this analysis includes conducting focus groups with student residents at UMaine.  UMaine will hold the following resident focus […]

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UMaine’s Lord Hall to host 2024 student art exhibition April 3-28

Lord Hall Gallery will host the University of Maine Department of Art’s 2024 Student Exhibition from April 3-28.  Undergraduates who were enrolled in an art class in Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 had the opportunity to submit up to six pieces of artwork made in their UMaine classes and selections were made by a guest […]

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Office of Diversity and Inclusion celebrating Pride Week through March 30

The University of Maine Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) is celebrating Pride Week through March 30.  On Monday, March 25, ODI kicked off the celebration at 10 a.m. by raising the pride flag in the Memorial Union atrium with two additional events scheduled in the afternoon and evening, including a Pride Climb at Maine […]

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What to expect for April 8 solar eclipse viewed from Orono

Solar eclipse viewers watching the cosmic spectacle on April 8 from the University of Maine campus and surrounding town of Orono can expect to see the moon cover 98.9% of the sun, leaving a glowing sliver in the sky.  Orono is not located along the path of totality for the eclipse, in which the corona, […]

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Mitchell Center to host talk on braiding Indigenous knowledge and science March 25

The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk titled “Woven Wisdoms: The new Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledge and Science” on Monday, March 25 at 3 p.m.  Indigenous Knowledge offers valuable insights into climate change as it encompasses multigenerational understandings of local ecosystems and human […]

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UMaine to host free screening and panel discussion of ‘The Right to Read’

The ability to read is a foundational indicator of success and equality. When children learn to read, they are more likely to avoid negative outcomes such as dropping out of high school, incarceration, homelessness and unemployment later in life.  The University of Maine College of Education and Human Development’s School of Learning and Teaching, along […]

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