UMaine News

Through experiments and game-based learning, high school students can learn how to build microchips for powering smartphones, computers and spaceships during a free summer camp from July 6-10 at Barrows […]

The University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias recognized 3,081 students for achieving Dean’s List honors in the spring 2026 semester. Of the students who made the Dean’s […]

Tickets are now on sale for Maine Blue Economy Week, a three-day event taking place Sept. 30-Oct. 2 in Portland that will bring together researchers, entrepreneurs, industry leaders, investors, policymakers and students […]

By Shawn Laatsch Director of the Versant Power Astronomy Center, University of Maine The following article was first published in The Conversation, an independent nonprofit news organization that shares faculty […]

WABI (Channel 5 in Bangor) featured Bear, the University of Maine Police Department’s new comfort dog. 

Renae Moran, professor of pomology at the University of Maine,  was featured in Martha Stewart for a story about the best bare-root fruit trees to grow for an easy backyard […]

The State cited University of Maine research in a story about forever chemicals found in South Carolina crops years after farms used contaminated sludge as fertilizer. “It very much resonates […]

Robert W. Glover, associate professor of political science and honors at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion column for the Bangor Daily News about the limits of election simulations […]

Cape and Islands, a public radio station in Falmouth, Massachusetts, featured Joshua Stoll, associate professor of marine policy at the University of Maine, in a story on a new University […]

WABI (Channel 5 in Bangor), News Center Maine, the Portland Press Herald and The Penobscot Bay Pilot reported on the University of Maine launching two new doctoral nursing programs, a […]

Just outside the doors of Stearns Junior-Senior High School in Millinocket, Maine, students and staff have access to world-class outdoor recreation opportunities: paddling, mountain biking, skiing and, of course, hiking […]

Two University of Maine leaders have been selected for the prestigious 2026 Millennium Leadership Initiative (MLI), a national leadership development program of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities […]

University of Maine researchers have published new findings about how muscles form, why certain muscle diseases develop and why symptoms may not appear until years after muscle degeneration begins. The […]

Six University of Maine alumni and community leaders are among the 2026 Maine Center Award recipients, which honor distinguished alumni, emerging leaders and innovators connected to the Maine Center’s academic […]

Ankit Singh, assistant professor and ornamental horticulture educator at University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was featured on Martha Stewart discussing where gardeners should avoid planting peppers to support healthy growth […]

Griffin Dill, director of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Lab, spoke with WMTW about increasing tick activity and concerns surrounding Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses in Maine. […]

Researchers from the University of Maine at Machias were featured at News Center Maine for their work using clam-collecting boxes to study ways to reverse the decline of Maine’s soft-shell […]

The Daily Hampshire Gazette featured Allison Gardner, associate professor of arthropod vector biology at the University of Maine, discussing how changing seasonal patterns are affecting tick activity across New England. […]

News Center Maine and WABI (Channel 5 in Bangor) covered the return of the University of Maine’s Clean Sweep event after a two-year hiatus, highlighting efforts to reduce waste by […]

Imagine a small boat navigating a course on its own, avoiding obstacles, completing tasks and making real-time decisions without human control. Creating one is the challenge behind the RoboBoat, an […]