Four University of Maine students recently completed the General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) summer internship program. Katie Arsenault, Parker Swanson, Max Moore and George Bradbury worked across the yard in various departments. Arsenault is a senior majoring in management with concentrations in business information systems and international business. She interned with BIW’s Human Resources […]
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The University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) will welcome industry leaders from around the world for the American Floating Offshore Wind Technical Summit (AFloat) in the wake of President Joe Biden’s attention on floating wind in the Gulf of Maine. The ASCC will host the 2022 AFloat Conference from Sept. 12–13 at […]
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The University of Maine Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center, Alumni Association and College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will host a free public discussion about “The Future of Humanities” on Oct. 14 at 3 p.m. at the Collins Center for the Arts. The event, which will take place during Homecoming 2022, will celebrate the […]
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Intermedia Programs has launched its annual faculty exhibition “ARTworkers,” which will be on display through Sept. 16 at the Innovative Media Research and Commercialization Center (IMRC). The exhibit features a mobile research lab by Susan Smith, director of Intermedia Programs, and advised by Ali Abedi, professor of electrical and computer engineering and cooperating professor of […]
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The University of Maine is one of five international sites of the 2022 Raising Indigenous Voices in Academia & Society (RIVAS) conference, acknowledging the contributions of Indigenous Peoples globally, Oct. 20–25. RIVAS supports the scholarship of Indigenous academics and speakers whose cultures help shape linguistics, archeology, cultural anthropology and other academic disciplines, and also acknowledges […]
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Jennifer Dean, a senior at the Maine Business School, is the recipient of a $5,000 scholarship awarded by The Council Foundation after participating in Cross Insurance’s 2022 Emerging Risk Manager’s Training Program this summer. The Council Foundation’s competitive annual scholarship program is offered to college students throughout the country interning with an employer who is […]
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Kelly Sparks, associate vice president of finance and strategic planning at Oregon State University Cascades, has been named vice president for finance and administration, and chief business officer at the University of Maine, with a dual report to the University of Maine System, effective Oct. 11. She fills the position of Joanne Yestramski, who had […]
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Meg Fergusson and Christina VonTorne have been named University of Maine Outstanding Research Administrators for 2022. This award, which is sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School, recognizes distinguished service by staff who support advancement of the university’s research enterprise. Vice President for Research and Dean […]
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The University of Maine Department of Art will host the Art & Creative Ecologies Series of talks, panels and workshops during the 2022–23 academic year. Funded by a University of Maine Arts Initiative Seed Grant, the series features presentations, panels and workshops by visiting scholars and artists addressing the ways that contemporary art and creative […]
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Giovanna Guidoboni, associate dean for research and professor in the College of Engineering at the University of Missouri, has been named dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Maine, effective Jan. 16, 2023. She will fill the dean position left by Dana Humphrey, who is retiring Aug. 31 after a 36-year career […]
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