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Everything you need to know about 2026 commencement
UMaine announces 2026 Presidential Award winners
UMaine will honor five faculty members, recognizing excellence in research, teaching, innovation, public engagement and extraordinary impact.
A Learner-Centered R1 Experience
Students to assemble 80,000 meals for pantries statewide during Maine Day Meal Packout April 29
Meet UMaine Machias’ 2026 valedictorian and salutatorian
Amid teacher shortage, schools statewide look to UMaine for professional, experienced future educators
From ‘Sea-to-Sky,’ UMaine students learn about our dynamic Earth in Iceland
UMaine students gain real-world guidance as they prepare to enter Maine’s blue economy
UMaine’s Witter Farm connects K-12 students to Maine’s agricultural future
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Faculty Focus
UMaine English professor Caroline Bicks talks new book: ‘Monsters in the Archives’
An old predator may be a new threat to lobster. UMaine research will get to the bottom of it.
At UMaine, NIH leader says AI could reshape medicine and expand rural care
UMaine’s Guidoboni, Neivandt elected to prestigious AIMBE College of Fellows
Merely Players: UMaine’s Original On-stage Bear Pair
UMaine leading international study to develop rapid noninvasive disease detection for Atlantic salmon farms
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Top Headlines
Appalachian Adventure: Father-daughter team hikes famous footpath from Georgia to Maine
Meet the 2026 Outstanding Graduating Students
Why are some seals more resistant to disease? A UMaine student investigates
UMaine names 2026 valedictorian, co-salutatorians
UMaine valedictorian Ruth Griffith uses data to tackle economic disparities across Maine
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Announcements
UMaine to host Early College Discovery Day for high school students April 30
Celebration of life to be held for Stephen Butterfield at UMaine
Buffalo Wild Wings GO opens in Wells Central
UMaine conference featuring former ambassadors goes global in Maine April 18
Passamaquoddy language keeper to deliver lecture on Doctrine of Discovery April 14
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Featured In Media
CNN highlights MacRae on Bangor’s ranking as one of the nation’s cleanest cities
Parade, New York Post and other media feature Bicks new book on Stephen King
Martha Stewart interviews Singh on removing a tree stump
Media feature Staudinger’s new research new threat to lobsters
‘Maine Calling’ features Isenhour on the growth of “re-use” for Earth Day
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Black Bear Profiles
Hamidah Aldarwish: Outstanding Graduating International Student
Ella Boxall: Outstanding Graduating Student
Dianne Brindisi: Outstanding Graduating Student
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The Maine Question Podcast
Conversations important to Maine and beyond
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Along The Mall
UMaine education researchers share latest studies at AERA annual meeting
Ph.D. student presenting at statewide nutrition and dietetics conference at UMaine
Glover earns Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award
Maine Press Association awards scholarships to two UMaine students
UMaine faculty featured in the 2026 edition of Farmers’ Almanac
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