Mainebiz and WFVX-TV (Fox 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) featured the University of Maine Dining’s Kiwibots, robots programmed with GPS systems which will allow them to deliver food on the UMaine campus this fall. The Kiwibots are the latest project between UMaine Dining and food management service company Sodexo. “The Kiwibot team is mapping the whole […]
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WABI-TV (Channel 5 in Bangor) reported that the University of Maine hosted its seventh annual golf fundraiser to benefit student athletes. WLOX-TV (Channel 13 in Biloxi, Mississippi), KWCH-TV (Channel 12 in Wichita, Kansas) and WBRC-TV (Channel 6 in Birmingham, Alabama) shared the WABI report.
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An unprecedented 11 University of Maine students were awarded the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship during the 2022–23 academic year. The Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship Program encourages students from all academic backgrounds to participate in study abroad programs, gain professional skills and immerse themselves in a new culture. Since the inception of the program in […]
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Students from the University of Maine Intensive English Institute (IEI) participated in the recently developed Earn-A-Bike program offered by the Bicycle Coalition of Maine as a way to enhance their English language skills in the community. Under facilitator Erik daSilva’s guidance, IEI students, who traveled to Maine from the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Dominican […]
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Jooyoung Lee, postdoctoral research associate with the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, has been selected for the 2023–24 National Science Foundation Quantitative Research Methods for STEM Education Scholars Program. The annual program offered through the University of Maryland pairs 20 early-career education researchers with mentors to help them develop skills in […]
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Editor’s note: This story was updated on July 14. The University of Maine School of Nursing received a $1.96 million grant to provide financial assistance and new educational opportunities to aspiring family nurse practitioners who can help improve access to primary care in rural and underserved regions of Maine. The four-year grant from the Health […]
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Mackenzie “Kenzie” Roeder, a Ph.D. student studying ecology and environmental science at the University of Maine, is one of 20 environmental scholars to receive the 2023 Switzer Environmental Fellowship. The fellowship is a program of the Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation that awards environmental leaders a $17,000 cash award and leadership training to support their […]
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Sports Illustrated, the Portland Press Herald, the Bangor Daily News, the Portsmouth Herald, CBS Sports, WABI-TV (Channel 5 in Bangor) and WFVX-TV (Fox 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) reported that University of Maine junior and second baseman Quinn McDaniel was chosen in the fifth round of the Major League draft on Tuesday by the San Francisco […]
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HortiDaily shared a profile about rising sophomore Will Kolbenson, who is studying potato pathogens this summer thanks to a lab position created using an award from the Maine Jobs and Recovery Plan.
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The Fiske Guide To Colleges 2024 named the University of Maine one of the “best and most interesting” four-year higher education institutions in America. The publication, authored by former New York Times education editor Edward Fiske and updated annually for 40 years, spotlights more than 300 of its top schools in the U.S., Canada, Great […]
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