The Associated Press reported that the University of Maine has received a $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to develop a ride-hailing smartphone app for the visually impaired. The Sun Journal, WABI (Channel 5) WGME (Channel 13 in Portland), WHDH (Channel 7 in Boston), MSN.com, U.S. News and World Report, MRT, the Sun […]
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Centralmaine.com promoted a Jan. 28 Zoom event sponsored by the University of Maine Black Student Union and the UMaine Alumni Association, “Black Studies in 21st Century Higher Education.” Guests Sonia Sanchez and John Bracey, who initiated the movement for Black studies curricula in the 1970s, will talk about the history of Black Studies, current urgencies, and […]
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“Planning Accessible Meetings and Conferences: A Suggested Checklist and Guide” is a free resource developed by the University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies in partnership with Speaking Up for Us, a Maine organization run by and for adults who live with developmental disabilities. The checklist is designed to help people, groups […]
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The University of Maine Hudson Museum and the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance (MIBA) will host the annual Wabanaki Winter Market online from 11 a.m.–2 p.m. Dec. 12. This year’s virtual format will include artist demonstrations of traditional birch bark, brown ash and sweetgrass basketry and beadworking, along with singing and storytelling by MIBA members. Winter […]
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Centralmaine.com advanced a Zoom talk 3–4 p.m. Nov. 9 on the topic of developing an equity assessment for the Maine Climate Council. The University of Maine Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions will host “Maine Can Lead in Fair Planning for Addressing Climate Change: Steps in an Equity Assessment,” which will be facilitated […]
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Sara Kelemen informed dozens of Maine Climate Council members last month about how their efforts to combat climate change can lead to equitable outcomes. The Climate Council invited representatives from the University of Maine Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions to a webinar to discuss their equity assessment of the council’s Climate Action […]
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Editor’s note: story updated Oct. 28. Darren Ranco plans to bolster one of the Wabanaki Center’s signature programs to increase Native American student retention and success in college and bring it to the University of Maine at Machias. The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded Ranco, chair of Native American Programs at the University of Maine, […]
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“How does diversity strengthen education and community?” Find out on the fourth episode of Season Three of “The Maine Question” podcast. The death of George Floyd is just one of several incidents that pushed issues of race, diversity and justice to the front burner in 2020. University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy created the Council […]
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University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy has appointed a 30-member Council on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion to advise campus leadership and report on institutional efforts and actions to ensure inclusive excellence. The President’s Council on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is co-chaired by Kimberly Whitehead, chief of staff to the President, and Susan McKay, founding director […]
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