The University of Maine has been ranked among the top higher education institutions for engagement in student voting by the nonprofit Civic Nation. UMaine participated in the organization’s All In Campus Democracy Challenge, which recognized colleges and universities for their efforts to increase voter turnout among students, and to institutionalize political engagement and civic learning. […]
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This year, the Studio Art Senior Capstone exhibit in Lord Hall Gallery is called “Énouement.” As always, the students in the class chose the name, which is French for the bittersweetness of having arrived here in the future without being able to tell your past self how everything turned out. The pieces are at once […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported that Miriam Talalay, a first-year University of Maine zoology student from Luterville, Maryland, was one of 549 Congressional Award gold medal awardees from 41 states. “I was overjoyed, so grateful for receiving something I worked so hard toward,” Talalay says about receiving the medal. “It’s getting rewarded for doing the […]
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A Maine Rare Plants Garden at Murray Hall features over 30 rare and endangered species, selected and cultivated by members of the University of Maine Biology and Horticulture clubs. Some plants featured in the garden, established on 2022 Maine Day with funding from the Alton ’38 and Adelaide Hamm Campus Activity Fund, include Lupinus perennis, […]
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The University of Maine has released a video about a summer 2022 expedition by students and faculty to Greenland as part of a program funded by the National Science Foundation. Read transcript In June 2022, Jasmine Saros, associate director of the Climate Change Institute and professor of paleolimnology and lake ecology with the School of […]
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The Piscataquis Observer shared that Steffi Victoria, a junior at the University of Maine, has been awarded a fall internship in Sen. Susan Collins’ Bangor Constituent Services Center. Victoria is majoring in political science and minoring in leadership studies. Outside of academics, Victoria volunteers at the Bangor PCHC Hope House Health and Living Center. After […]
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News Center Maine, WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported on the 35th Culturefest, a celebration of cultures hosted by the University of Maine Office of International Programs and International Student Association that featured international foods, cultural exhibits, children’s activities and a style show.
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The University of Maine Division of Lifelong Learning will hold its second annual UMaine campuswide contest to determine next year’s Summer University poster. The contest is now open to all current University of Maine students. Contestants should create a piece of original, digital art considering what summer at UMaine means to them. The winning entry […]
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Members of the University of Maine’s Athletic Training Student Organization (ATSO) are selling raffle tickets throughout the month of November to raise money to help students attend the Eastern Athletic Trainers’ Association annual convention in Boston in January, as well as future conventions. Tickets are two for $5 or five for $10, and prizes include […]
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When war seems a world away, it can be challenging to figure out ways to help those in need. But if you keep an open mind and have a community of like-minded connections, like at the University of Maine’s School of Policy and International Affairs (SPIA), the right opportunity can find you. Since summer, SPIA […]
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