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Meet UMaine’s 2016 Outstanding Graduating Students

Eleven undergraduates have been named 2016 Outstanding Graduating Students at the University of Maine. Among them is Connor Smart, the Outstanding Graduating Student in the Maine Business School, and the 2016 salutatorian. The Outstanding Graduating Students will receive their degrees at UMaine’s 214th Commencement in Harold Alfond Sports Arena May 14. The other Outstanding Graduating […]

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UMaine Humanities Center awards $10,000 to faculty grant projects

The University of Maine Humanities Center (UMHC) has awarded more than $10,000 to seven faculty grant projects, including several based in the community. Spring 2016 UMHC Faculty Grants were awarded to: Constant Albertson, associate professor of art, to support the new media component of her ceramic art project, “Coordinates of Collateral Damage.” Kirsten Jacobson, associate […]

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2016 Student Research Symposium April 27

The research of more than 500 undergraduate and graduate students will be highlighted in a daylong symposium April 27 at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. The 2016 UMaine Student Research Symposium will be held from 8 a.m.–5 p.m. The free public event is sponsored by UMaine Graduate Student Government and the Center for Undergraduate […]

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Business students participate in the 2015 International Trade Show

Business students invite community to International Trade Show

Planning a trip to Norway, Fiji, Australia, Italy or Thailand? Eager to know more about its customs, food, languages and transportation? The Second Annual International Trade Show at the University of Maine is just the ticket to learn about these countries and 30 other global destinations. UMaine students in Clint Relyea’s Introduction to International Business […]

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Gorse evaluates how much aquaculture regions can support

Graduate research assistant Libby Gorse, whose lab is in the basement of Boardman Hall at the University of Maine, is excited about research she’s spearheading for a Sustainable Ecological Aquaculture Network (SEANET) project. She and Aria Amirbahman, professor of civil and environmental engineering, are studying the effects that aquaculture farms have on sediment below them. […]

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2016 ADVANCE Career Recognition Awards to be presented to Van Beneden, White

Rebecca Van Beneden, professor of biochemistry and marine sciences, and Adrienne White, professor of human nutrition, will be honored with University of Maine 2016 ADVANCE Career Recognition Awards at a celebration April 22. The ADVANCE Career Recognition Awards Celebration is from 11 a.m.–1 p.m. in Wells Conference Center. Highlighting the event will be presentations by […]

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Roscoe named 2016 Distinguished Maine Professor

University of Maine anthropologist Paul “Jim” Roscoe has been named the 2016 Distinguished Maine Professor by the University of Maine Alumni Association. Roscoe, a world-renowned leader in cultural anthropology, is a professor of anthropology, and a cooperating professor in UMaine’s Climate Change Institute and the School of Policy and International Affairs. Sponsored by UMaine’s classes […]

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Understanding how humanities support veterans focus of annual summit

The fourth annual Maine Humanities Summit aims to deepen the understanding of how the humanities play a crucial role in the post-war homecoming of service people, as well as their family members and communities. The public is invited to join the conversation and enjoy a buffet dinner starting with a reception at 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, […]

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