The University of Maine has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Nova Scotia Community College to create a pathway for undergraduate students to transfer to UMaine to earn a bachelor’s degree. This is the ninth community college transfer agreement with UMaine and the first MOU in recent years with a Canadian community college. Academically […]
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A long-time member of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H program for youth development won a national award for showing cattle. At the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colorado on Jan. 14, Lauren Pride and her heifer calf PFF Krew won Grand Champion Percentage Aberdeen Female in the Junior Show. She also won […]
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Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau visited the University of Maine Feb. 18 for tours, discussions with students and a meeting with UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy as a Distinguished Maine Policy Fellow of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center. Since 2006, the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center has hosted distinguished policymakers from Maine as guests on […]
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The MaineMBA, offered by the Graduate School of Business at the University of Maine, has again been globally ranked by CEO Magazine as having a Tier One Online MBA Program. This is the third year in a row the MaineMBA has landed in the Top 50 globally on this ranking, showcasing the quality and consistency […]
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Penny Bishop, dean of the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, provided testimony to the Maine Legislature’s Joint Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs on Feb. 8 about proposed changes to Chapter 115, the state rule governing credentialing for teachers and other educational personnel. Bishop urged lawmakers to eliminate an Emergency Teacher […]
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Orono, Maine — University of Maine online undergraduate business and MBA programs have been ranked among the best nationwide by U.S. News & World Report. This is the first year the bachelor of science in business administration (BSBA) online program has been considered, and was ranked No. 40 for best online undergraduate business program. “When […]
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Maine’s research and innovation reputation takes a monumental step forward as the state’s public research university earns an R1 Carnegie Classification, UMaine joins the ranks of the nation’s top 146 doctoral research universities engaged in “very high research activity.” Orono, Maine — The University of Maine has been designated an R1 university by the prestigious […]
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Orono, Maine — Melting and sublimation on Mount Everest’s highest glacier due to human-induced climate change have reached the point that several decades of accumulation are being lost annually now that ice has been exposed, according to a University of Maine-led international research team that analyzed data from the world’s highest ice core and highest […]
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Ali Abedi, University of Maine associate vice president for research and professor of electrical and computer engineering, presented written testimony Feb. 1 to the Legislature’s Joint Standing Committee on Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business in support of a proposal to establish a Maine Space Corporation. The corporation would be governed by a board that […]
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Think back to when you learned geometry. If you grew up in the U.S., you most likely explored some of the basics in elementary school. Then, in high school, you probably had an entire class dedicated to geometry. In any case, you might remember studying two-dimensional diagrams meant to represent shapes, lines, planes, angles, curves […]
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