Campus Announcements

UMaine Food Science and Human Nutrition Program didactic program in dietetics re-accredited

The University of Maine Food Science and Human Nutrition Program’s Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD), which serves the undergraduate students in human nutrition, and the dietetic internship program, serving the graduate students pursuing a dietetic internship, recently underwent re-accreditation.  The process involved completing a self-study and a site visit by reviewers that occurred in September […]

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Literacy nights highlight UMaine’s service to schools and families

On a recent Wednesday evening, Jerdon Kiesman and a couple dozen of his classmates from the University of Maine were in classrooms at Alton Elementary School, about a dozen miles up the road from Orono, playing word games with students and families.  “We played Sight Word Bingo,” says Kiesman. “Sight words are common words that […]

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‘The Maine Question’ asks how AI will impact our lives

Artificial intelligence, or “AI,” is a hot topic in 2023. AI and machine learning make headlines every day, with stories ranging from the technology’s helpful capabilities, like self-driving cars, to its scariest potential — think “deep fake” videos fooling the public, or human workers being made obsolete by tools like ChatGPT. At the University of […]

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2023 CUGR Summer Research Fellowships announced

The UMaine Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR), UMaine Space, UMaine AI and Institute of Medicine announce the recipients of the CUGR, Institute of Medicine, and Maine Space Grant Consortium (MSGC) Summer Research Fellowships. The fellowships were developed to enhance and increase undergraduate student involvement in faculty-supervised research. Winners of the fellowships will receive $3,000 to […]

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Mediation & the Art of Conflict Transformation professional development program to be offered in June at the UMaine Hutchinson Center in Belfast

Registration is now open for a five-day professional development program, Mediation & the Art of Conflict Transformation, offered June 26–30 from 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m. at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. The fee for this in-person program is $1,050, and includes catered refreshments and lunch. For those interested in continuing education credits, 4 […]

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Bear Necessities Fan Shop holds tent sale April 25-28

The Bear Necessities Fan Shop will hold its annual tent sale during Maine Days, April 25-28, from noon–5 p.m. at the Harold Alfond Sports Arena location.  Highlights include the best savings of the season; $25 in Tech Bucks for students, faculty and staff coming to the sale to use at University Bookstore’s Tech Center; and […]

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University Bookstore Tech Center holds clearance event April 24–28

The Tech Center at University Bookstore will hold its annual clearance event April 24–28, with Apple clearance items and the best technology prices of the season. Students, staff and faculty can use Tech Bucks from the Tent Sale at Bear Necessities Fan Shop to get $25 off an Apple or Dell computer system. Qualifying faculty […]

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Three UMaine graduate students receive Phi Kappa Phi research grants

Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective multidisciplinary collegiate honor society, has awarded graduate research grants to three University of Maine students. Emma Erwin, a Ph.D. student in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences; Elizabeth Leclerc, an interdisciplinary Ph.D. student with the Department of Anthropology and the Climate Change Institute; and Dylan […]

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