Please join us from the comfort of your home on Wednesday and Thursday, September 23-24, for Reunion 2020, celebrating the Classes of 1950, 1955, 1960, 1965, 1970, and Senior Alumni! Because of COVID-19 health and safety precautions, this year’s Reunion will be held online instead of on campus. Reunion will feature a variety of live…
Janine di Giovanni ’83, recipient of the Alumni Association’s Bernard Lown ’42 Humanitarian Award, has spent more than three decades writing about the lives of people in war-torn regions, from the Balkans to the Middle East and African nations. Watch her interview with Ric Tyler ’87, recorded during isolation caused by the pandemic: https://vimeo.com/447293283.
UMaine’s cutting-edge research on offshore windpower energy technology has received a major private-sector investment from Diamond Offshore Wind and RWE Renewables. The $100 million investment from those partners will enable the floating wind farm to be constructed about 14 miles off the Maine coast, near Monhegan Island. The scale model prototype of the project, which…
The University of Maine reached a new record by generating $104.2 million in research grants and awards during the fiscal year 2020. That figure is an all-time high level of externally generated research funding realized by UMaine, and stems from the university’s pursuit of growth in research. The number of larger awards has increased nearly…
The Division of Student Life has produced a video for students and their families that addresses UMaine’s preparations for the arrival of students on campus. It describes some of the health and safety measures that UMaine has put in place. Members of the UMaine community will receive a wellness kit with face coverings, a refillable…
UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy has appointed a Council on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to advise campus leadership and report on the University’s efforts and actions to ensure inclusive excellence. The 30-member council is co-chaired by Vice President Kimberly Whitehead, the president’s chief of staff, and Dr. Susan McKay, founding director of the Maine Center for…
The latest issue of MAINE Alumni Magazine is now available online. This special expanded edition, sponsored by Bangor Savings Bank, includes first-person stories about how the Class of 2020, UMaine alumni, and the university itself responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. The edition also includes profiles of 2020 Alumni Achievement Award recipients George Smith ’70, Janine di…
Join the Alumni Association on August 20th at 10 AM (Eastern) for a Zoom presentation by Dr. Paul Mayewski, director of UMaine’s Climate Change Institute. In 2019, Mayewski led a team of researchers to Mount Everest to install the world’s highest weather-monitoring stations. Funded by National Geographic and Rolex, the expedition was the subject of the…
Welcome to the optional programming page for the 2020 UMaine Alumni Reunion. Feel free to browse our Reunion selection, as well as the UMaine Youtube Account and the Alumni Association’s Webinar Series! The views expressed by the individuals in these videos do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the University of Maine or…
Photo courtesy of AMSAT The University of Maine, in collaboration with the University of Southern Maine and three Maine schools, will create and launch a research satellite within the next three years. UMaine graduate students will work with USM undergraduates to design, develop, and test the first Maine-built satellite, as part of NASA’s CubeSat Launch…
Prompted by restrictions on in-person events, the Alumni Association has launched a series of online discussions and presentations addressing a wide range of topics related to alumni interests and public affairs. Using Zoom, an internet-based video conferencing system, the first series of 60- to 90-minute webinars have addressed topics such as journalistic ethics, the pandemic’s…
A virtual groundbreaking ceremony was held for the Ferland Engineering Education and Design Center in late April. Construction began in May, with workers following COVID-19 health and safety guidelines. The project is expected to be completed in the spring of 2022. The Ferland Engineering Education and Design Center will house the Biomedical Engineering Program and…