The Bangor Daily News, the Sun Journal, the Penobscot Bay Pilot, The Irregular and Centralmaine.com advanced an online panel discussion hosted by the University of Maine Raymond H. Fogler Library at 4 p.m. April 6. The free, public event, “Mirrors, Windows & Sliding Doors: A Panel Discussion on Diversity in Children’s Literature,” will address how a lack of diversity […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a panel discussion led by Darren Ranco about the Land Back movement and the future of land relations in Maine 3–4 p.m. on Monday, March 29. Ranco will be joined by John Banks, Lucas St. Clair and Peter Forbes […]
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Like many students attending college during the pandemic, University of Maine senior Pooja Rawat has spent the last year in lock-down mode. Thinking about academic pursuits and professional goals in a time where nothing is guaranteed has been tough says Rawat. Luckily, the Dean’s List student from Mumbai, India, says she has always felt at […]
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Manisha Sinha, award-winning author and renowned expert in the history of slavery and abolition, and Civil War Reconstruction, will deliver the University of Maine’s 2021 Howard B. Schonberger Peace and Justice Lecture via Zoom at 5:15 p.m. on March 9. Sinha’s presentation, “The Abolitionist Origins of Reconstruction” will trace the roots of transformational constitutional changes […]
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When Greek television stations and newspapers seek input about international policy matters and life in the U.S. as a student abroad, they often contact Karina Iskandarova. As the graduate student from Thessaloniki, Greece shares her knowledge and experiences with others through news reports and on Youtube, she also broadens her own horizons through the instruction […]
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The Bangor Daily News, The Irregular, The Franklin Journal, the Sun Journal and Centralmaine.com advanced a webinar about promoting equity through citizen science hosted by the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions. Register for the webinar online.
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The Bangor Daily News, News Center Maine and WABI (Channel 5) previewed planned upgrades to the athletic facilities at the University of Maine, including improvements to the Harold Alfond Sports Stadium and a new soccer field. The upgrades will be completed with a $90 million gift from the Harold Alfond Foundation, part of the Foundation’s […]
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Nargiz Ali Zada aspires to become a company executive and open her own business. To achieve her goal, she traveled more than 5,000 miles from Azerbaijan to pursue a Master of Business Administration from the University of Maine Graduate School of Business. Earning an MBA has been a longtime dream for Ali Zada, who worked […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported on a research project to develop a smartphone app that will help people with visual impairments and seniors enjoy ride-sharing and ride-hailing with self-driving cars. A research group led by the Virtual Environments and Multimodal Interaction Laboratory (VEMI Lab) at the University of Maine is creating the app known as the Autonomous […]
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WABI (Channel 5), Q106.5 and WVII (Channel 7) covered a Black Lives Matter flag raising at the University of Maine on Feb. 1, and previewed Black History Month activities sponsored by the Black Student Union, Fogler Library, the McGillicuddy Humanities Center and the New Balance Student Recreation Center, among others. Centralmaine.com highlighted the monthlong events at UMaine. […]
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