Thanks in part to its “UMaine UVote” education and outreach initiative, the University of Maine has been named to an elite honor roll of American universities and colleges for its efforts to encourage students to vote. Citing voting as a measure of engaged citizenship, Washington Monthly included the metric as part of its annual rankings…
Mother and child in front of their house in Varanasi, India. Photo by Yavuz Sariyildiz / Shutterstock.com SHORTLY BEFORE SHE came to the University of Maine, Rachel “Rae” Binder-Hathaway ’12 read a book that would change the course of her life. It also ignited a passion to change the lives of countless women and families…
Civilians flee from Idlib toward the north to find safety inside Syria near the border with Turkey, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020. Photo by quetions123 / Shutterstock.com JANINE DI GIOVANNI HAS RISKED her life to tell the stories of ordinary people who have seen their families, homes, and countries ripped apart by war. So, as people…
Dillon Murray ’17 recently talked about his experiences growing up Black in Bangor and the Black Lives Matter movement. Dillon, the son of Robert “Buddy” and Maggie Cox Murray ’80, ’82G, is the digital director for the 16 Counties Coalition.
UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center’s work, recently highlighted by WABI, has benefited the U.S. military and driven economic prosperity in the state “I was in my office, and I got a call one day,” Habib Dagher, Director of the Composites Center, told WABI. “Someone from the Army in Afghanistan that said ‘thank you very…
UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy’s recent commentary outlines some of the ways in which the University of Maine helped meet some of the demands to combat the pandemic, from making thousands of gallons of hand sanitizer to graduating nursing students early so they could enter the field sooner. The public’s investment in the University of Maine…
Black Bear hockey legend Alfie Michaud ’00 was the subject of a recent feature in National Post, Canada’s fourth-largest newspaper, about the racist slurs and treatment he received in Canada as an Indigenous citizen and athlete. The killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and other recent incidents of racial injustice prompted UMaine assistant hockey coach…
“George Floyd, Anti-Black Racism, and #BlackLivesMatter” was the subject of a June 11 Zoom webinar featuring three UMaine alumni. In the aftermath of the violent death of George Floyd while in police custody, the webinar was intended to help attendees better understand and acknowledge the life experience of being Black in the U.S. Three members…
In an effort to stay engaged with alumni and friends the University of Maine Alumni Association recently launched the Alumni Quarantine Webinar Series. The series focuses on relevant university related topics to keep Black Bears up to date on students, current events, university initiatives, and more. The archived webinars are available here.
Thanks to underwriting assistance from Bangor Savings Bank, the Alumni Association is producing a special edition of MAINE Alumni Magazine that will chronicle the impact of COVID-19 on alumni, students, and the University of Maine. “Our objective is to capture the diverse ways in which members of the UMaine community reacted, adjusted, and responded to the…
The University of Maine Foundation established a Student Crisis Fund in late March to address the emergency needs of students whose lives were disrupted so suddenly by the COVID-19 pandemic. With matching funds from both an anonymous donor and the Foundation, the Student Crisis Fund, which has raised more than $150,000, has helped students address…
The University of Maine community is responding to the numerous challenges presented by the COVID-19 epidemic. Faculty, staff, students, the administration, and alumni are addressing the pandemic in various ways. UMaine Online helped countless faculty members transition to online learning and different departments have contributed in a variety of ways. On the now-quiet campus, several…