Machias News

A photo of 2024 graduates at commencement

UMaine and UMaine Machias 2025 commencement ceremonies are May 10-11

Editor’s note: This story was updated May 8. The University of Maine’s 2025 commencement ceremonies for graduate and undergraduate students will be May 10-11 at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. The Graduate School ceremony begins at 6 p.m. on May 10, featuring an address by  Concordia University President and Vice Chancellor Graham Carr (‘83G). […]

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UMaine names 2025 Presidential Award recipients

The 2025 Presidential Awards recognize outstanding teachers in microbiology and marine biology; applied research in creative blind and low vision technologies; engagement with Maine’s youth through outdoor education; innovation in shellfish cultivation; and extraordinary impact on economic enhancement and collaboration across Maine.  Gayle Kraus, professor of marine ecology at the University of Maine at Machias, […]

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News Observer covers UMaine Machias Reynolds Gymnasium renovations

The Machias Valley News Observer covered a celebratory event highlighting the completed renovations to the Reynolds Gymnasium at the University of Maine at Machias. The event included students, regional and state leaders and guests taking part in the ribbon-cutting ceremony as well as the facilities rededication.

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UMaine Machias reopens newly renovated Reynolds Gymnasium 

The University of Maine at Machias celebrated the completion of the long-awaited renovation of the Reynolds Gymnasium, as students, regional and state leaders and guests took part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony today and facility dedications. The extensive renovations, which began in fall 2024,  included a brand new, NCAA-compliant hardwood floor, new bleachers, upgraded scoreboards, a […]

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News Center covers ROOTS conference hosted by UMaine

News Center Maine covered the annual Eastern Maine Regional Opportunities for Ocean, Timber and Soil Conference, known as the ROOTS conference and hosted by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. This event featured local farmers, fishermen and forestry workers to unite Maine’s most vital agricultural industries.

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UMaine experts participating in 2025 Maine Science Festival

University of Maine faculty and students will present at several events during the Maine Science Festival, a program of the Maine Discovery Museum in Bangor that will include more than 70 events and activities from March 18-23.  The five-day celebration will showcase science and technology happening in Maine in the format of an arts or […]

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Beal discusses clam decline with Harpswell Anchor

For an article titled “Once a form of currency, quahogs remain a steady source of cash,” The Harpswell Anchor interviewed Brian Beal, professor of marine ecology at the University of Maine at Machias, on the decline in soft shell clams. “There’s no mystery,” said Beal, also director of the Downeast Institute. “The whole thing comes […]

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UMaine Career Fair returns to New Balance Recreation Center Feb. 12

The University of Maine’s Career Fair will return to the New Balance Student Recreation Center on Wednesday, Feb. 12 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. and is open to all majors. This is the largest career fair in the state and is held each year for UMaine and University of Maine at Machias students and alumni. It […]

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UMaine achieves record retention of students from first to second year 

Retention for UMaine Machias jumped more than 10 percentage points and is the highest in at least a decade  Extra efforts in recent years to help first-year students adjust to college life and succeed academically and socially are paying off for the University of Maine as the first-to-second-year retention rate this fall is the highest […]

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