When Ginger Kieffer graduates from the University of Maine in May 2017 with a degree in political science, she plans to take her roots with her. Hailing from Caribou, Maine — the most northeastern city in the United States — the political science major grew up surrounded by potatoes and learned early on the economic […]
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This time last year, Jade McGuire was living aboard a cruise ship with 600 other college students from across the country as part of a Semester at Sea program that took her to more than a dozen countries spanning four continents. McGuire, a fourth-year University of Maine elementary education major and honors student from Augusta, […]
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Allan Arch, a 1965 University of Maine alumnus, was a student during the university’s 100th anniversary. This October, he is experiencing another UMaine milestone as the institution celebrates its 150th anniversary. Arch of Fort Lauderdale, Florida returned to campus Oct. 7–8 for his 50th reunion. “I remember the 100th as a special year,” he says. […]
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When Hannah Morgan, third-year bioengineering student at the University of Maine, was in 8th grade, she attended an event at UMaine that introduced her to the field of engineering. She was hooked. When she came to tour UMaine’s bioengineering department the summer before her senior year of high school, she knew her decision was made. […]
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As a young child, Alexandra Jimenez followed around squirrels and cracked open nuts for them. Her desire to help animals is still strong. Today, the University of Maine sophomore from Montville is majoring in animal and veterinary sciences with a pre-veterinary concentration. At UMaine, much of her academic concentration has been on cows and sheep […]
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Earth Science student studies boulders deposited in Peru by glaciers, benefits from geology internship
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Undergraduate student investigating feasibility of a “food hub” for the Bangor Area
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Nontraditional undergraduate seeks to learn about forestry to better manage 1,000 acres
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UMaine alumnus, inventor on 11 patents creates company to develop convenient vision aids for reading product label information.
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For graduate student Elisabeth Maxwell of Beaumont, Texas, the best part of her research on shellfish fisheries management is working with fishermen who are her close collaborators every step of the way. Read full story.
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