WABI (CBS 5 in Bangor) and WFVX (Fox 22 in Bangor) highlighted the Maine Meal Packout event, held on Tuesday at the University of Maine Memorial Gym. Organized by the Honors College, hundreds of students and others volunteered to pack more than 56,800 meals that will be donated to food banks and pantries around the […]
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University of Maine student Aedan Bryant showed off his Rubik’s Cube solving skills on WABI (CBS 5 in Bangor) ahead of a Rubik’s Cube tournament in Skowhegan. Bryant participates in competitions around the U.S., ranks first in Maine for solving the puzzle in the fewest number of moves and has rankings in 10 other state […]
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Around 300 students and other volunteers at the University of Maine assembled 56,800 meals for people in need during Maine Day Meal Packout on Tuesday, April 23 in the Memorial Gym. Maine Day Meal Packout is organized by Honors College staff and the Honors College Student Activities Board. Honors College students have been packing meals […]
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More than 225 people attended the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development’s annual Student Recognition Ceremony on Friday, April 19 at Wells Conference Center. During the event, the college celebrated undergraduate students who are graduating this spring with academic excellence honors (cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher). Seniors who have been active […]
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The University of Maine will celebrate Earth Week 2024 through April 27 with a slate of events on- and off-campus organized by various groups and organizations. Earth Week events include a nature walk and talk, a campus clean up, a garbage art gallery, musical performances, academic discussions pertaining to environmental issues and a pop-up thrift […]
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The Bangor Daily News, WABI (Channel 5 in Bangor), WFVX (Fox 22 in Bangor) and WMTW (ABC 8 in Portland) highlighted the formalization of the Black Bear Advantage program by the University of Maine, the University of Maine at Machias and the Maine Community College System on Thursday, April 18. The new co-enrollment program will […]
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Four students from the University of Maine Animal and Veterinary Sciences Program competed in the North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge held from April 4-6 in Visalia, California. They joined 212 students from 37 colleges and universities from across the U.S. and Canada. Students visited one of the three hosting dairy farms in California. The Dairy […]
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The Mount Desert Islander featured the 2024 Acadia Science Fellows, who are both graduate students at the University of Maine. Peter Howe is pursuing his degree through the UMaine School of Forest Resources and Marisa Monroa is a research assistant in the UMaine Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Conservation Biology. The fellowships support research to […]
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With its abundant natural resources, Maine’s K-12 schools have long embraced outdoor education and place-based learning. As the flagship campus of the state’s public university system, the University of Maine also has a long tradition of outdoor leadership and adventure learning. UMaine’s College of Education and Human Development, the largest teacher preparation and training program […]
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National Parks Traveler featured a new effort by the National Park Service to protect Wabanaki archaeological sites in Acadia National Park from climate change that involves collaboration with several Wabanki partners, University of Maine Ph.D. students and Bonnie Newsom, associate professor of anthropology.
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