The Global Gazette, an online publication for the study abroad program World Learning, featured its partnership with the University of Maine and interviewed Orlina Boteva, director of the Office of International Programs at University of Maine. UMaine is currently hosting three students through World Learning’s Global Undergraduate Exchange, or UGRAD. “I have very fond memories […]
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The Portland Press Herald wrote a feature article about hybrid virtual and in-person classes at the University of Maine. The PPH reported that the “increase in online learning has both fans and critics.” “Many of our faculty who taught classes online for the first time during COVID became accustomed to it, enjoyed it and built […]
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The Bangor Daily News featured the Ash Wednesday ceremony at the University of Maine Memorial Union led by Rev. Kyle Doustous, who is also known as “Father Kyle” and serves as the Roman Catholic chaplain at Maine’s flagship campus. Doustous is also the pastor of the Parish of the Resurrection of the Lord, which serves […]
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News Center Maine featured Ece Yeldan, a junior at the University of Maine from Turkey, who said that it’s been difficult being away from home in light of the region’s devastating earthquakes in early February. “It felt a little unfair, too, because, like, here I am, like, worrying about how well I’ll perform on my […]
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The 2023 Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast will not take place on Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. It has been cancelled. Group and individual refunds are available and we apologize for any inconvenience. Please hold the date for the 2024 Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024.
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Due to the Career Fair on campus Feb. 15, the New Balance Student Recreation Center and Gannett/Cutler parking lots will be closed from 5–11 a.m. Vehicles parked in these lots at 5 a.m. will be cited and towed at the owners’ expense. A shuttle will run from the CCA lot to the Rec Center throughout the Career fair […]
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The University of Maine will host its 2023 Winter Carnival from Feb. 21–25. The weeklong celebration will feature a Star Wars theme and offer games and events that are “out of this world.” The carnival begins with a kickoff bonfire with s’mores and a hot cocoa bar from 11 a.m.–1 p.m. Feb. 21 on the […]
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The Piscataquis Observer noted that University of Maine junior Steffi Victoria has been awarded a spring internship in Sen. Susan Collins’ Washington, D.C. office. Victoria first met Collins during the UMaine Cohen Institute Summer Program’s Washington, D.C., trip last year, and she completed an internship in Collins’ Bangor office last fall. Victoria is majoring in […]
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The Bangor Daily News shared that the University of Maine will hold the 2023 International Dance Festival on Feb. 11 at the Collins Center for the Arts. Visit the event webpage for more information.
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Warming temperatures have attracted blue crabs to the Gulf of Maine, and their aggressive nature is harmful to native bivalves that are essential to Maine fisheries. Brandon Henry, a graduate student involved in Maine EPSCoR’s environmental DNA, or eDNA, initiative, is researching the novel emergence of blue crabs along the coast of Maine, specifically Casco […]
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