Sam Ransley: Presenting award-winning essay at a global forum
In fall 2022, University of Maine senior Sam Ransley of New Harbor, Maine, penned an essay about the threat of totalitarianism. He will soon present his essay to political science […]
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Kaitlin McCullough: Commencement singer shares her passion for music
Kaitlin McCullough has spent years shaping her own unique singing voice, and she is ready to share it with thousands of people during the 2023 University of Maine commencement ceremonies. […]
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Amanda Ives: Teaching — and learning — with Maine Audubon
Amanda Ives has always been outdoorsy. She remembers her childhood vacations and outdoor summer camp adventures as formative times in her life, and influential in her decision to pursue conservation […]
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Andrew Bustin: capstone work becomes career
Andrew Bustin moved to Portland, Maine, in 2018 for two reasons. One, to pursue his MBA at the University of Maine Graduate School of Business, and two, to experience the […]
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Katherine McCarthy: Finding and building community at UMaine
Katherine McCarthy of Greenville, North Carolina is a University of Maine graduate student pursuing her M.Ed in student development in higher education. McCarthy, who moved to Maine in fall of […]
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Education connection: Student teacher reunites with elementary school principal at UMaine
Back in 2006 and 2007, Maria Low was in kindergarten at Capri Street School in Brewer, Maine. Joan Staffiere was the school’s principal. Low is now a college senior majoring […]
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Alireza Kianimoqadam: Developing software to help decarbonize industries
From 2012–14, Alireza Kianimoqadam helped provide sustainable heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems for people in Tehran as a volunteer engineer with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme. The systems […]
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ASCC and the Maine Business School: Bringing students together to solve real-world problems
“None of us are as smart as all of us” and “students first” are two values of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC). Indeed, the statements are on the […]
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Kaylee Hussey: Wiki-wonder
Editor’s note: This story was updated Feb. 14, 2023. The assignment was simple: add information to the Wikipedia page of an invertebrate species, citing two peer-reviewed sources. Somehow, Kaylee Hussey […]
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Ethan Howe: Finding Wall Street on Main Street
For Ethan Howe, investing is about more than the money: it’s about the challenge, the thrill of taking risks and the community that he has built around it. Aside from […]
