The Bangor Daily News reported that two years after the University of Maine’s Women’s Resource Center closed, a group of students is pushing to get it reinstated. For 23 years, the center served as a place where women could go to get information about gender equality or sexual and reproductive health, find support as victims […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported on “Can We Really Coexist: A Multifaith Panel Discussion” that was held on campus as part of University of Maine Diversity Week. Panelists spoke about a range of beliefs to inform and spark discussion, according to the report. “What unites us is way, way bigger than what separates us,” said UMaine […]
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Allyssa Torrey, a University of Maine student and president of the UMaine Miracle Network Dance Marathon, visited the studio of WABI (Channel 5) to talk about the upcoming 12-hour fundraiser to help area hospitals support local children. The dance marathon will be held from 1 p.m. Saturday, April 1 to 1 a.m. Sunday, April 2 […]
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The 12-hour University of Maine Miracle Network Dance Marathon will be held from 1 p.m. Saturday, April 1 to 1 a.m. Sunday, April 2 at the New Balance Student Recreation Center on campus. Since 2012, the annual event has raised more than $275,000 to help area hospitals support local children. The event, which in 2015 […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported the University of Maine Department of Athletics is expected to receive a $640,038 allocation from the NCAA. One-time payouts totaling $200 million to nearly 350 Division I schools around the country stem from the liquidation of an NCAA quasi-endowment valued at more than $360 million, according to the article. Each […]
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Members of the University of Maine community are invited to celebrate the differences that contribute to the campus and surrounding areas during Diversity Week and Islamic Awareness Week, March 27–31. Highlights of Diversity Week, which is put on by the Office of Multicultural Student Life, include a panel discussion and book talk. “Can We Really […]
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The University of Maine Campus Activities & Student Engagement (CASE) is inviting UMaine departments and offices, as well student organizations to sign up for the 2017 Maine Day parade. Each year, Maine Day kicks off with a university-wide parade. This year’s parade will begin outside the Emera Astronomy Center at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 3. […]
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SWE, the magazine of the Society of Women Engineers, cited the UMaine section in the College of Engineering for its Silver Level Outstanding Collegiate Section Award. This is the second consecutive year that the UMaine SWE Section received a silver level award. Hannah Morgan, a senior bioengineering major from Gardiner, Maine, is president of the […]
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UMaine is among the most comprehensive higher education institutions in the Northeast and attracts students from Maine and 49 other states, and 63 countries. It currently enrolls 11,219 total undergraduate and graduate students who can directly participate in groundbreaking research working with world-class scholars.
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The 10th annual Healthy High 5k/10k and 1-mile run/walk will be held at the University of Maine at 5 p.m. Thursday, April 20. The race, which begins at UMaine’s New Balance Student Recreation Center, promotes health and wellness for members of the university and surrounding community. Early registration fees for the 5k are $10 for […]
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