From the gardens to the farms and forests, Eddie Nachamie has dedicated his undergraduate career toward protecting the environment. At the University of Maine, he has worked on projects to reduce food waste, preserve wild blueberries and mitigate the spread of a group of chemicals known as PFAS. As a result of his efforts, Nachamie […]
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The research-informed four-year partnership led by the R1 flagship will support the state’s leading high school STEM teachers to coach hundreds of their peers and improve educational outcomes for thousands of Maine students A new National Science Foundation (NSF) grant is powering a statewide effort led by the University of Maine to address one of […]
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When first-year teacher Finn Wardwell logs off his weekly mentoring call, the classroom feels a little less overwhelming and a lot more hopeful. He’s one of hundreds of rural educators across Maine getting targeted support at critical moments in their careers through Rural Thrive: The Rural Educator Resilience Project. To expand that support for new […]
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When Old Town High School Math Teacher Kristen Thompson uses TriO — a virtual reality environment developed by researchers at the University of Maine — she envisions a scenario that every teacher dreams about for their students: constant collaboration. “It builds up to having to work with others,” Thompson said. “You’re having conversations about what […]
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Two University of Maine alumni, Gorham School District superintendent Heather Perry (‘04G) and Regional School Unit 34 (Alton, Bradley and Old Town) assistant superintendent Jon Doty (’00, ‘04G, ‘06G, ‘18G), were honored by the Maine School Superintendent Association (MSSA) as the state’s top K-12 administrators for 2026. Perry, who has been Gorham School District’s superintendent […]
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Maine public school educators are invited to attend a pair of in-person summits designed to help them enhance skills and knowledge in elementary mathematics instruction and learn how to responsibly use artificial intelligence (AI) in K-12 schools. The Elementary Math Summit and the AI Summit will be held at the University of Maine Nov. 7-8, […]
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Maine public school teachers in their first three years in the classroom are invited to the Rural Thrive Foundations fall 2025 retreat at the University of Maine at Presque Isle on Friday, Nov. 7. The University of Maine College of Education and Human Development launched Rural Thrive: The Rural Educator Resilience Project last school year […]
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Every year in Maine, about 361,000 tons of food are thrown away, almost 40% of all food produced in the state. That includes an estimated 4,200 tons from Maine’s over 400 K-12 schools, which serve about 170,000 students. In an ongoing effort to reduce the amount of food being thrown away and improve student nutrition, […]
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Semiconductors run nearly everything in modern life, and the United States needs to expand its workforce in this critical field. Recognizing that, the University of Maine recently hosted high school students from across the country for a camp in Portland focused on semiconductor design and production. The free five-day program at the Maine Center brought […]
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Thanks to private funding and the passage of bipartisan legislation, thousands more Maine students will benefit from overnight outdoor educational experiences in the 2025-26 school year Thousands of Maine students will participate in transformative overnight outdoor educational experiences in the coming school year — at no cost to their districts. Maine Outdoor School for All […]
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