Please join us on Thursday evening, May 20th at 6-7:30 p.m. (Eastern), for the 2021 Alumni Achievement Awards ceremony. The online event, sponsored by The Jackson Laboratory, will honor seven individuals and one family for their individual accomplishments and service to others. This year’s theme, “Common Threads,” recognizes the intertwined experience of attending UMaine, “the…
Hear Habib Dagher discuss the floating, off-shore wind turbines off the coast of Maine. Hear Habib Dagher discuss the floating, off-shore wind turbines off the coast of Maine. This big idea has been in the works since 2006 and is planned to be implemented in 2023.
The UMaine Alumni Association and Franco American Centre are co-hosting a webinar celebrating the release of First Franco: Albert Beliveau in Law, Politics, and Love, a biography of Maine’s first Franco American Supreme Court Justice. The book is published by the University of Maine’s Franco American Programs, in association with the University of Maine Press.…
A forthcoming book about the 1979 murder of a University of Maine history professor was the subject of a recent webinar co-hosted by the University of Maine Alumni Association and the Maine Historical Society. The presenters–Amy Banks and Isaac Knapper, co-authors of Fighting Time—have unique perspectives. Banks was the teenage daughter of Professor Ronald Banks,…
Black Bear alumni, faculty, staff, and students are among Maine’s most productive innovators and entrepreneurs. This month, Innovators of UMaine showcases Jill Pelto ‘15, ‘18G, a Maine-based artist and scientist who incorporates scientific research and data into pieces designed to raise awareness about environmental topics. Climate change is a key theme in Pelto’s work, which…
More than 10,000 Black Bear alumni in Maine hold management positions in their place of employment. They comprise the largest type of employment among the roughly 33,000 working-age UMaine alumni in the state’s workforce. The findings are part of an extensive study of UMaine alumni in Maine and in the U.S. Conducted by the Margaret…
I CAN ONLY SPEAK from my own experience. Growing up in Maine, I have a very unique experience compared to most of my family who grew up in the inner cities, but we will get there. Growing up in Maine. The first time I can recall being called “the N word” I was four. At…
GINA FERAZZI frantically loads her Ford Fusion for a 300-mile drive north from her home in Riverside, California, to Mammoth in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. She says good-bye to Charlie, her Goldendoodle, who sulks when she departs. It’s November 19, 2020, the end of a typical week in Ferazzi’s life as a staff photographer for…
UMaine alumni figured prominently in the 2021 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration held on January 18 and co-sponsored by the UMaine Alumni Association and the Greater Bangor Area Branch NAACP. The annual event was webcast on YouTube and within 24 hours had been viewed live or on-demand more than 750 times. Speakers included UMaine…
Alumni of Maine’s flagship university in Orono tend to earn more than others in Maine with comparable levels of education. They also pay more in state and local taxes than the average Maine household. Those are among the findings of a first-ever study of the economic and community impact of Black Bear alumni in Maine…
The University of Maine is recognizing Black History Month with both on-campus and online events. The McGillicuddy Humanities Center (MHC) is hosting three events that participants can access online. On Feb. 24, MHC fellow Leela Stockley will discuss her research on racial bias in the media in relation to recent Black Lives Matter protests in…
To kick off Black History Month, the University of Maine Black Student Union and the Alumni Association discussed the relevance and impact of Black Studies in 21st Century Higher Education featuring Dr. Sonia Sanchez and Dr. John Bracey. The session and Q+A discussion were moderated by current UMaine Chemistry PhD Student: Lauren Babb.