The University of Maine is launching a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in September. The degree program will be housed in the Department of Sociology and is intended to help address the continued demand for expertise in criminal justice-related work. It was approved by the University […]
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From the military to athletics to campus fraternity and sorority life, students and others endure hazing to satisfy the basic human desire to be part of a group. It operates in the shadows, but when hazing does appear in the headlines, it is often associated with tragic consequences. Elizabeth Allan, professor of higher education leadership […]
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The University of Maine has entered a new seven-year agreement with New Balance Athletics, the official footwear and apparel provider for the Black Bears. The agreement continues the commitment by New Balance to provide uniforms, apparel, accessories and footwear to Maine’s 17 varsity programs. New Balance also recently announced its continued commitment to the Black […]
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MaineCard Services and Parking & Transportation Services at the University of Maine will have new hours starting Jan. 2. The offices, located in the DTAV Community Center at 138 Rangeley Road, will be open Monday-Thursday from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. and Friday by appointment.
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The Maine Business School announced the winners of its inaugural “Shark Tank” event on Dec. 13, in which first-year students pitched ideas for side hustles in a competition that evoked the TV show of the same name. Six students took center stage at the event, sharing their innovative ideas to a panel of judges and […]
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“Life in the Pines,” an unscripted video series sharing stories of students at the University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias, launched Monday, Dec. 16. Prioritizing authenticity, this series seeks to show what life is really like here in the Pine Tree State for students at both campuses — including traditional undergraduate, transfer, […]
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Printing Services at the University of Maine will wrap gifts brought to Hotel Ursa in historic Holmes Hall in exchange for a donation of non-perishable items for the Black Bear Exchange food drive. Staff of Printing Services and UMaine’s Auxiliary Enterprises will be in the hotel’s MajorMinor Cafe on Thursday, Dec. 19 from 12:30–2:30 p.m. […]
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The University of Maine’s Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) has announced the 2024-25 CUGR and Maine Space Grant Consortium (MSGC) academic year graduate fellowship winners. The CUGR Research and Creative Activities fellowships were developed to enhance and increase undergraduate and graduate student involvement in faculty-supervised research and are supported through the Office of the Vice […]
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The University of Maine has been named a 2024 ALL IN Most Engaged Campus for College Student Voting, recognizing the university’s effort to increase nonpartisan student voter participation. UMaine is one of 471 colleges and universities recognized by ALL IN for joining the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge. As part of this effort, the university […]
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Adults 60 years and older who attend the group lunches at the Community Cafes in Calais and Milo are invited to participate in a University of Maine research project on the relationship between protein intake and food insecurity among people living in rural Maine. Chesley Ferris is leading the research as part of her graduate […]
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