University of Maine 2025 faculty and staff parking permits are now on sale. To purchase your new parking permit and have it mailed to your home or campus address, visit umaine.edu/parking. All current 2024 staff parking permits expire on Dec. 31.
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In her first year of full-time employment with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Leah McCluskey taught youth how to make miniature lava lamps. She led the students through an experiment that combines sodium alginate, a compound derived from seaweed, and calcium chloride inside a test tube to form the familiar funky bubbles. The experiment gave […]
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University of Maine at Machias Dean and Campus Director Megan Walsh has been elected to membership in the American Antiquarian Society (AAS), a 212-year-old national research library and community of learners dedicated to discovering and sharing a deeper understanding of the American past. Walsh joins more than 1,100 members from 48 states, the District of […]
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Caroline Bicks, University of Maine Stephen E. King Chair in Literature and professor of English, joined Maine Public for a “Maine Calling” segment on essential books. The segment explored what it means to be well read and the books that are often included on essential-to-read lists.
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The Portland Press Herald discusses how climate change is affecting the timing of Maine’s fall foliage. Daniel Hayes, associate professor of geospatial analysis and remote sensing with the University of Maine School of Forest Resources, highlighted the factors that make predicting the foliage changes challenging and may impact tourism.
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The University of Maine Foundation has received a $1 million gift from the estate of Agnes Ann Walsh to establish the Agnes Ann Walsh Chair in the University of Maine’s Department of Modern Languages and Classics. The inaugural Walsh Chair is Frédéric Rondeau, joined the UMaine faculty in 2013 and has served as director of […]
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The University of Maine, in partnership with The University of Maine Foundation, will host the 2024 Geddes W. Simpson Lecture, at 3:15 p.m. on Oct. 7 in Hill Auditorium at Barrows Hall. This year’s Geddes W. Simpson’s lecture, “Pain, Opioids, and the Search for Relief: A Political History,” will be delivered by Keith Wailoo, Henry […]
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University of Maine’s Cohen Institute is hosting a 2024 election outlook lecture featuring Charlie Cook, founder of the Cook Political Report, at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 27, in room 100 of the D.P. Corbett Business Building. During the lecture, which is free and open to the public, Cook will preview the dynamics shaping the […]
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Sixteen years after two University of Maine professors published the landmark 2008 National Study of Student Hazing, the lead researcher of that report will spearhead an updated nationwide survey of college students’ experiences with and perceptions about hazing. Professor of higher education Elizabeth Allan will lead the project, the first under the new Hazing Prevention […]
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During the 2024-2025 academic year, the George J. Mitchell Peace Scholarship, a prestigious exchange program between the University of Maine and the University College Cork (UCC) in Ireland, will celebrate its 25th anniversary. The legacy of the scholarship has been meaningful for UMaine students and faculty alike. The scholarship honors the Northern Ireland peace agreement […]
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