The Associated Press reported that the University of Maine has received a $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to develop a ride-hailing smartphone app for the visually impaired. The Sun Journal, WABI (Channel 5) WGME (Channel 13 in Portland), WHDH (Channel 7 in Boston), MSN.com, U.S. News and World Report, MRT, the Sun […]
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Centralmaine.com promoted a Jan. 28 Zoom event sponsored by the University of Maine Black Student Union and the UMaine Alumni Association, “Black Studies in 21st Century Higher Education.” Guests Sonia Sanchez and John Bracey, who initiated the movement for Black studies curricula in the 1970s, will talk about the history of Black Studies, current urgencies, and […]
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Mainebiz, News Center Maine, the Portland Press Herald, Centralmaine.com, WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported on a virtual discussion about the University of Maine System’s plan to create a Maine College of Engineering, Computing and Information Science. MCECIS, the development of which is supported by $75 million from an overall $240 million investment from the Harold Alfond Foundation, is expected to […]
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The Associated Press, WVII (Channel 7), WABI (Channel 5) and Q106.5 FM reported that a group of University of Maine students in the outdoor leadership program have created a website that teachers can use to plan outdoor lessons and learning activities for K–12 students. The San Francisco Chronicle, the Huron Daily Tribune and U.S. News […]
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WVII (Channel 7) interviewed University of Maine student Alexander Rezk about OD-ME, an app that coaches people through the administration of the overdose reversal drug naloxone. Rezk, who works at the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, is part of the team of students who designed the app in partnership with the Maine Department of Health […]
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WABI (Channel 5) talked with John Diamond, president and CEO of the University of Maine Alumni Association, for coverage of a Martin Luther King Jr. Day webinar co-hosted by the Alumni Association and the Greater Bangor Area Branch of the NAACP. During the webinar, “Being Black in Maine: Lived Experience and the Prospect for Change,” […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot and Centralmaine.com promoted an upcoming webinar, “Black Studies in 21st Century Higher Education,” scheduled for 6 p.m. on Jan. 28. The free Zoom event, which is co-sponsored by the University of Maine Black Student Union and the University of Maine Alumni Association, will feature Sonia Sanchez and John Bracey, co-founders of the […]
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Kelley Strout, associate professor and director of the University of Maine School of Nursing, talked with WABI (Channel 5) about UMaine students administering COVID-19 vaccines. “We’re planning to deploy 108 senior nursing students who have already gone through our laboratory courses and had laboratory training on IM injection,” Strout said, noting that many of the […]
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Abstract submissions for the 2021 University of Maine Student Symposium on April 16 are now being accepted. The UMaine Student Symposium, which will be held virtually this year, is a campuswide celebration of achievement in student research and creative activity. Participants will present their research and creative activity through video presentations, which will be judged […]
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The Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series Committee is accepting grant applications from the University of Maine community. Requests for support for virtual programming and events are highly encouraged. Grants support up to 50% of expenses associated with cultural events that enhance the artistic, cultural and intellectual life of UMaine. The CA/DLS committee accepts applications four times […]
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