A pledge from University of Maine alumna Karen Boudreau and her husband, Thomas Jensen, M.D. will rename North Stevens Hall on campus in honor of the former Brewer, Maine resident and now San Diego-based attorney. Karen L. Boudreau, Esq. Hall will be dedicated on July 14. Expected to participate in the ceremony are UMaine President […]
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Legislators and affordable housing developers and advocates visited the University of Maine on Friday to see how the state’s flagship university is advancing housing and food security through research, innovation and partnerships. The daylong summit showcasing solutions to one of the state’s grand challenges was organized by UMaine and the University of Maine System in […]
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College-age women who were bullied in middle or high school continue to feel a range of negative emotions, including anxiety and lack of self-confidence, years after their experiences. But according to a new study from researchers at the University of Maine, some are also able to find positive gains and growth, as they feel pride […]
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Anastasia Lipp from New Gloucester, Maine has been awarded the prestigious Lunder Summer Internship in Studio Art at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Lipp is a rising senior at UMaine and is working toward a bachelor’s degree in studio art with a minor in psychology. During Lipp’s first year of college, she was […]
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Maiwand Kakar enrolled in the Intensive English Institute at the University of Maine for the 2021–22 academic year as an online student based in Turkey. He was recommended for participation by his mentor and virtual language tutor Peter Collins from Blue Hill, Maine. Peter, who had completed the TESOL Certificate at UMaine IEI in 2016, […]
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The University of Maine Office of International Programs announced three recipients of the 2022 President Winthrop C. Libby/Reverend Pavlos T. Taiganides Award: Betelhem Abay from Ethiopia, Saman Zare from Iran and Priya Bhatta from Nepal. The award is given annually to new international graduates who contributed the most in international relations on the campus and […]
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The University of Maine Auxiliary Services department was featured in College Services magazine for its exceptional dedication to the on- and off-campus community. The article highlighted how UMaine Dining, Housing Services, the Bookstore, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps and more support the university community. The story also featured UMaine Auxiliary Services’ role during the pandemic in […]
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Emily Dunlap from Old Town, Maine is a rising fourth-year music education major with an instrumental concentration. She is also in the Honors College. Dunlap has received the Thomas E. Lynch Honors Fellowship, been recognized as a James S. Stevens Outstanding Junior and is an alumni member of the 2021 Macy’s Great American Alumni Marching […]
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The University of Maine Men’s Rugby Team placed fifth in the small college division of the 2022 Collegiate Rugby Championship May 28–30. Black Bears, led by team captain Shawn Nitsche of Shelton, Connecticut, defeated teams from the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, the University of Denver, Susquehanna University, the University of Wisconsin-Stout, Coastal Carolina University […]
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The National Association of Academic and Student-Athlete Development Professionals (N4A) has announced that University of Maine diver Riley Clark is one of five national recipients of its prestigious 2022 Wilma Rudolph Student-Athlete Achievement Award. Clark will be honored at the 2022 N4A Convention in Las Vegas on June 27. The N4A Wilma Rudolph Student-Athlete Achievement Award […]
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