This new initiative is aimed at encouraging students to complete 30 credits per year so they can graduate in four years, while saving money and reducing debt. The university began sharing Think 30 with incoming first- year students and their families at New Student Orientation in 2015. UMaine’s Office of Institutional Research and the Provost’s […]
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Registration is open for TORCH (Training for Observation and Research of Coastal Habitats), a workshop sponsored by the University of Maine Darling Marine Center, Maine Coastal Observing Alliance and Damariscotta River Association. The coastal and estuarine monitoring program will be held 8 a.m.–6 p.m. Sunday, April 10 at the Darling Marine Center in Walpole. The […]
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UMaine Research and Conference Services are among the latest programs to upgrade to the university’s new website template. The William S. Cohen Institute for Leadership & Public Service, Academ-e, Maine Autism Institute for Education and Research and Student Records also recently upgraded. The new UMaine.edu and related pages debuted in late August. For more information […]
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has highlighted work by the Maine Sea Grant College Program at the University of Maine in the U.S. Government’s Climate Resilience Toolkit. The project, which was led by Esperanza Stancioff of Maine Sea Grant and University of Maine Cooperative Extension and funded by NOAA’s Climate Program Office, focused […]
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The University of Maine women’s basketball team (26–8) will play at host Quinnipiac (24–8) on Friday, March 18, in the first round of the Women’s National Invitational Tournament (WNIT). Both teams were selected for the WNIT after losing in their respective conference tournament championships. In a thriller, UAlbany nipped UMaine 59–58 in the America East […]
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The University of Maine History Department and Canadian-American Center will co-host a reception and public lecture about Canada’s environmental history, landscape and historic parks on March 21. “Because It’s 2016: Rethinking the Frontier Myth and ‘Canada’s National Interest’” will be held in Wells Conference Center, Room 3. A light reception will be held at 3 […]
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O’Chang Studios has released Part II of the animated series, A Climate Calamity in the Gulf of Maine: Acid in the Gulf. The cartoon, which describes how ocean acidification affects coastal waters and marine resources, premiered in early March as part of a scientific panel on ocean acidification at the 41st annual Maine Fishermen’s Forum […]
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The Maine Sea Grant College Program at the University of Maine offers the latest news and event information on a blog on the organization’s website. Catherine Schmitt, communications director for Maine Sea Grant, will post weekly updates throughout the spring.
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For the third year in a row, the University of Maine will host hundreds of students and teachers from around the state as they participate in the Maine National History Day competition on Saturday, April 9. About 325 students and teachers from 35 middle and high schools are expected to take part in the event. […]
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The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs invites all staff who support research activities at the University of Maine to attend the Research Administrators’ Network (RAN) spring meetings. The meetings will be held 2–4 p.m. Thursday, March 17 and Monday, May 16 in Wells Conference Center, Room 3. More information, including registration instructions, is on […]
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