The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk, “Doing Research with Society – Addressing complex water-related challenges in South Africa,” on Monday, April 15 at 3 p.m. South Africa is confronted by complex water challenges, including declining water quality and quantity, habitat degradation, biodiversity loss, […]
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New this year, the University of Maine is holding Spirit Week Monday, April 22–Friday, April 26 to extend and celebrate Maine Day of Service on Saturday, April 20. Maine Day of Service was inaugurated in 1935 as Maine Day, set aside for the entire campus community to assist in cleaning and beautifying campus. Historically, it […]
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The University of Maine Foster Center for Innovation announced the third annual Innovation Awards winners, who will be honored in a ceremony at the center on April 11 as part of Maine Impact Week. The awards recognize and celebrate the impact of students, faculty, staff and alumni who are active in innovation, entrepreneurship and commercialization. The 2024 […]
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The free screening of the documentary “The Right to Read” originally slated for Thursday, April 4 at 4:30 p.m. in the McIntire Room at Buchanan Alumni House has been postponed. The co-hosts of the event, University of Maine College of Education and Human Development’s School of Learning and Teaching and with the Maine Department of […]
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Jennifer Baker has been named assistant vice president for research finance and administration at the University of Maine. Baker, who has more than 18 years of financial management and administration experience in UMaine’s research enterprise, has assumed strategic leadership of financial and personnel administration in her new role. “Jenn’s deft ability to streamline administrative processes […]
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The 2024 Student Symposium for Research and Creative Activity, the University of Maine’s premiere celebration of student achievement, will be on Friday, April 12 from 9 a.m.–3 p.m. at the New Balance Field House. More than 1,000 students from the University of Maine and the University of Maine at Machias will showcase their research, scholarship […]
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English undergraduate students Paige McHatten and Julia Hills, the student editors of The University of Maine’s undergraduate literary magazine The Open Field, are hosting a launch party for the 2024 installment of the publication with other editors and contributors at 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 4 in the Writing Center, room 402 of Neville Hall. […]
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The University of Maine System has engaged with a national consulting team to conduct a Residential Housing Analysis for the University of Maine and its regional campus, the University of Maine at Machias. An essential part of this analysis includes conducting focus groups with student residents at UMaine. UMaine will hold the following resident focus […]
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Romanticized by outdoor enthusiasts and feared by warm-weather lovers, Maine is faced with an era of adaptability as climate change begins to alter the state’s identity. Deemed a “lost winter,” the 2023-24 snow season capitalized on what the future could look like for Maine’s residents, economy and tourism. Coastal communities are racked with complications caused […]
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Lord Hall Gallery will host the University of Maine Department of Art’s 2024 Student Exhibition from April 3-28. Undergraduates who were enrolled in an art class in Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 had the opportunity to submit up to six pieces of artwork made in their UMaine classes and selections were made by a guest […]
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