News Center Maine reported Bridget Ziegelaar, operations manager for NASA’s International Space Station Research Integration Office and Old Town native, will give the address at both the morning and afternoon ceremonies for the University of Maine’s 217th commencement May 11 in the Alfond Sports Arena. Ziegelaar received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from UMaine […]
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The University of Maine earned its first STARS Silver Rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) for recycling and composting nearly half of its waste; promoting student life opportunities, including a Green Living and Learning dorm floor; reducing water consumption by 20 percent per campus user; and more. STARS, […]
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A new research collaboration between the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center and the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) will advance efforts to 3D print with wood products, creating a new market for Maine’s forest products industry. U.S. Sens. Susan Collins, Lamar Alexander and Angus King joined Daniel Simmons, […]
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Bridget Ziegelaar, the operations manager for NASA’s International Space Station (ISS) Research Integration Office, is the University of Maine Commencement speaker for the May 11 ceremonies. The Old Town native and UMaine alumna will address both morning and afternoon ceremonies of the 217th Commencement in Alfond Sports Arena. “Bridget Ziegelaar is a role model and […]
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The Bond Buyer spoke with Jeffrey Hecker, executive vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of Maine, for an article about the university’s Flagship Match program. The out-of-state tuition discount program began in 2016 with the goal of turning around declining revenue and enrollment, the article states. “It’s a win for the […]
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WVII (Channel 7) spoke with Joan Ferrini-Mundy, president of the University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias, and Susan Gardner, professor of higher education and director of UMaine’s Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program and the Rising Tide Center, for the two-part report “Breaking Barriers: Women in Leadership.” “The glass ceiling, at least […]
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The University of Maine will confer an honorary degree to Florence Reed of Surry, Maine, founder of Sustainable Harvest International. The honorary doctorate will be awarded as part of UMaine’s 217th Commencement May 11 during the ceremony beginning at 9:30 a.m. “The University of Maine is proud to recognize Florence Reed’s inspiring worldview and more […]
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University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias President Joan Ferrini-Mundy, and UMaine students Courtney Hatton and Bentley Simpson, were recent guests on the George Hale and Ric Tyler Show on 103.9 WVOM, The Voice of Maine. Ferrini-Mundy, Hatton and Simpson also were interviewed by WVII (Channel 7), and The Maine Edge also spoke […]
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The founding director of the Maine Center for Research in STEM Education (RiSE Center), an innovative lecturer who teaches undergraduate mathematics courses, and a researcher in paleolimnology and lake ecology are the recipients of the University of Maine’s top faculty honors this year. Susan McKay, RiSE Center director and professor of physics, will receive the […]
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Drew Brooks of Lyman, Maine is the 2019 University of Maine valedictorian and Ana Eliza Souza Cunha of Orono is the salutatorian. They will be honored at UMaine’s 217th Commencement in Harold Alfond Sports Arena May 11. Brooks is a double major in microbiology and music, with a minor in molecular biology. He will receive […]
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