Education abroad programs at the University of Maine have seen significant growth in participation since the pandemic as cohorts for the summer, fall and academic year of 2023–2024 have rebounded to pre-pandemic levels. “Our first semester sending out students during the pandemic, fall semester of 2021, was a group of just 17 students,” says Erika […]
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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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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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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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More than 1,000 student researchers, co-authors, faculty, staff, event sponsors and community members attended the 2023 UMaine Student Symposium at the Collins Center For the Arts on April 14. Read the full story on the UMaine Student Symposium webpage.
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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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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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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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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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Somerset County Cooperative Extension is hosting an open house on Saturday, May 6 from 10 a.m.–2 p.m. at 7 County Drive in Skowhegan. This free, public event will showcase many programs and services offered by Extension and other local organizations. Informational presentations will cover topics like maple sugaring, planting legumes as cover crops and gardening […]
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