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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SciencMag covered the American Educational Research Association 2025 Award Recipients. Among them was University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy, who received the Distinguished Public Service Award.
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The American Educational Research Association (AERA) has named University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy the recipient of its 2025 Distinguished Public Service Award in recognition of her exceptional contributions to education research and public policy. The award, presented annually by AERA, honors an individual who has played a leading role in enacting or implementing research-based […]
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News Center Maine interviewed University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy about the long-term impact of COVID-19 on higher education, as well as the lessons learned from that period of time. “We shouldn’t underestimate ourselves as a community. We didn’t fall apart. We had hard moments, we had a lot of disagreements, but we did come […]
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Spectrum News interviewed University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias President Joan Ferrini-Mundy on a feasibility study that will give detailed guidance about what it would take to bring a public medical school to Maine. The University of Maine System (UMS) will partner with the nation’s leading medical education consultant, Tripp Umbach, to […]
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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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The Bangor Daily News and News Center Maine highlighted University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy swearing into the National Science Board, the governing body of the U.S. National Science Foundation, in Washington D.C. on Dec. 4 during the board’s two-day December meeting. President Joe Biden appointed Ferrini-Mundy to the board in October for a six-year […]
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Ferrini-Mundy will help oversee the $9 billion National Science Foundation and advise the President and Congress on STEM policies and programs University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy was sworn in today as a member of the prestigious National Science Board (NSB), the governing body of the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). Ferrini-Mundy was sworn in […]
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The University of Maine broke ground today on the Green Engineering and Materials (GEM) building, a 50,000-square-foot facility designed to house the cutting-edge Factory of the Future (FoF) incorporating digital manufacturing technologies and fully adaptive, immersive learning spaces for students at UMaine and across the University of Maine System. Scheduled for completion in 2026, GEM […]
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The Bangor Daily News, Portland Press Herald, Maine Morning Star, News Center Maine, WABI (Channel 5) and Mainebiz announced that University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy has been appointed by President Joe Biden to the National Science Board. Serving as UMaine’s president since 2018, Ferrini-Mundy brings her expertise in STEM education and research policy to […]
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