The Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center is now accepting applications for the 2022 Maine Government Summer Internship Program. The program connects students with paid full-time positions with town and city governments and various state agencies. Internships last for 12 weeks, from May 31–Aug. 19. Students of all majors can apply. Job areas education, engineering, environment, […]
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International student Afsah Pervaiz has joined the University of Maine community as part of the U.S. Department of State’s Global Undergraduate Exchange Program in Pakistan (Global UGRAD-Pakistan). Pervaiz is an undergraduate student studying microbiology. The Global UGRAD-Pakistan program, established in 2010, places Pakistani participants at U.S. colleges and universities for a semester of study abroad, […]
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The Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center is now accepting applications for the Maine Policy Scholars Program for the 2022–23 academic year. The program is a yearlong research scholarship in which a student from each of the University of Maine System universities, working closely with a faculty advisor, examines an issue of public policy relevance to […]
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The University of Maine Department of Art will open this year’s faculty exhibition, “Faculty 2022,” on Feb. 11 in the Lord Hall Gallery. The exhibition, Feb. 11–March 18, was curated by Lord Hall Gallery director Susan Smith and features works by Susan Groce, James Linehan, Ed Nadeau, Greg Ondo, Ellen Roberts and Owen Smith, a […]
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University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center is recruiting student researchers to contribute to a variety of marine and environmental research projects this summer. DMC hosts 25–30 undergraduate researchers on the Walpole campus each summer to collaborate with UMaine faculty and other DMC-based researchers on projects ranging from the fundamental biology of microorganisms active in the […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer two advanced beekeeping webinars, two sessions each, beginning with “Honey Bee Diseases and Pests” 6–8:30 p.m. Feb. 10 and 17. The $50 fee includes the required textbook. Registration is required on the event webpage to receive the links. The next course, “Swarming and Swarm Management,” will be held […]
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The University of Maine’s Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) has named the 2022–2024 Research Faculty Fellows. CUGR Research Faculty Fellows are a cohort of faculty members who were nominated by their respective deans and selected by the center. The program is designed to support faculty efforts toward improving undergraduate research mentoring skills, expanding curricula to […]
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The University of Maine recognized 3,102 students for achieving Dean’s List honors in the fall 2021 semester. Of the students who made the Dean’s List, 2,025 are from Maine, 1,009 are from 39 other states and 68 are from 25 countries other than the U.S. To be eligible for the Full-time Dean’s List, a student […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer two advanced beekeeping webinars, two sessions each, beginning with “Honey Bee Diseases and Pests” 6–8:30 p.m. Feb. 10 and 17. The $50 fee includes the required textbook. Registration is required on the event webpage to receive the links. The next course, “Swarming and Swarm Management,” will be held […]
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Editor’s note: The family of Ann Schonberger has arranged a memorial gathering to celebrate her life on Saturday, April 9 at 2:30 p.m. in Minsky Recital Hall. A memorial service will be held in Bangor later this year to honor the life and legacy of Ann Schonberger, retired director of the University of Maine Women […]
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