A new fellowship for returning Peace Corps volunteers will cover 100% of tuition and mandatory fees for a master’s degree in global policy at the Â鶹´«Ã½. The UMaine School of Policy and International Affairs (SPIA) is offering the fellowship through the Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program, which provides financial support to former Peace […]
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Two Â鶹´«Ã½ 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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Campus Safety magazine reported on a Â鶹´«Ã½ study which shows that having strong campus relationships greatly improves the likelihood of reporting a hazing incident. Devin Franklin, the study’s lead author and a Ph.D. student in higher education, explained that hazing prevention operates on three levels: primary prevention to shift attitudes before incidents occur, […]
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) renewed the Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s first T32 institutional predoctoral training grant, expanding support for doctoral students in biomedical science and engineering. UMaine’s T32 program, launched in 2019, was the first of its kind at the state’s flagship university and remains one of only two active programs in Maine. Led […]
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With only 370 endangered right whales remaining in the world, Â鶹´«Ã½ researchers have joined together with the New England Aquarium in Boston to create honing models on where the whales will appear next. Lead researcher Camille Ross, an associate research scientist at the New England Aquarium and former UMaine graduate student, told the […]
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College students’ relationships with friends, professional staff members, faculty and other members of their campus community are an important factor in their willingness to report hazing to their institutions, according to a new study from Â鶹´«Ã½ researchers. Shared during National Hazing Awareness Week, which runs through Sept. 26, the study describes how the […]
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It was a sun-soaked, blue-sky day in late August, and a group of eight Â鶹´«Ã½ students paddled on western Maine’s Bryant Pond in green Old Town canoes. They were practicing a classic T-rescue, a maneuver that offers a quick way to get a capsized paddler back into a boat. Working in teams, the […]
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Despite being one of the largest animals on the planet, the small population of the North Atlantic right whale and its vast habitat makes these marine mammals difficult to track. Models accurately detailing where they are located at different times of the year are essential for conservation. A new study published in the journal Endangered […]
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A story from U.S. News and World Report highlighted programs at the Â鶹´«Ã½ that feed into the blue economy. Those include the bachelor’s degree in marine science with options to specialize in aquaculture, marine biology or physical science, MaineMBA that offers a blue economy concentration. U.S. News interviewed Jason Harkins, executive dean of […]
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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Institute of Medicine and organizing committee partners the Jackson Laboratory, MDI Biological Laboratory, MaineHealth, Northern Light Health, the Roux Institute at Northeastern University and University of New England are hosting the third Statewide Biomedical Science and Engineering Research Symposium on Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 24-25 in Hannaford Hall on the University […]
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