WFVX (Channel 7) promoted the recent “Walk in Our Shoes” event hosted by the University of Maine Student Wellness Center. “It’s really hard to find affirmation sometimes in others. An event like this focuses on the self,” said UMaine student life educator Kevin Hudson.
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Sharon Barker, a long-time University of Maine employee and tireless advocate for Maine women and girls, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, Nov. 20. Barker became the first director of the UMaine Women’s Resource Center, now called the Intersectional Feminist Resource Center, in 1991. In that role, which she held until her retirement in 2014, Barker […]
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Those who were physically injured and surviving family members of those killed in the Lewiston mass shooting last month will be able to attend the University of Maine and other University of Maine System institutions for free. Gov. Janet Mills, Chancellor Dannel Malloy and the Board of Trustees announced today a new Lewiston Strong Tuition […]
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University of Maine mascot Bananas T. Bear helped deliver a recent weather forecast on WABI (Channel 5).
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Connie Smith, executive director of student financial services at the University of Maine, spoke with Maine Morning Star about preparing for the new, streamlined Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) launching Dec. 31. “We have created a FAFSA Simplification response team whose purpose is to develop a comprehensive communication outreach plan to update both […]
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The Bangor Daily News highlighted a campuswide nonperishable food drive to benefit the University of Maine Black Bear Exchange food pantry.
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The University of Maine has once again been ranked among the best higher education institutions nationwide in multiple annual college guides. In the U.S. News and World Report 2024 Best Colleges, UMaine was featured in a list of top National Universities — those producing groundbreaking research and offering a full range of undergraduate, master’s and […]
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The University Bookstore in the Memorial Union and Bear Necessities Fan Shop at the Harold Alfond Sports Arena are hosting holiday sales during the last week of the month and in December. The University Bookstore kicks off its annual Tech the Halls celebration on Cyber Monday, Nov. 27. Shop special deals on Apple and Dell […]
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The University of Maine’s Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) has announced the 2023-24 CUGR and Maine Space Grant Consortium (MSGC) academic year fellowship winners. The CUGR Research and Creative Activities fellowships were developed to enhance and increase undergraduate student involvement in faculty-supervised research. They are supported through the Office of the Vice President for Research. […]
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The second Maine Research Symposium on Biomedical Science and Engineering has been rescheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, March 27 and 28, in the Wells Conference Center at the University of Maine. Originally scheduled for Oct. 25-27, the symposium was cut short Oct. 26 in response to the mass shooting in Lewiston. On the event’s first […]
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