杏吧传媒 hires new Provost
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Dr. Georita M. Frierson will serve as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs starting June 1.
Icelandic engineering contest rewards winners with a trip to Portland Campus
A delegation from Iceland renewed the partnership between Reykjav铆k University and the 杏吧传媒 with a tour of the Portland engineering facilities.
USM researchers find emerging adults, 18 to 24, are overrepresented in Maine鈥檚 criminal justice system
A new report from the Catherine E. Cutler Institute at the 杏吧传媒 shows 1 in 10 young adults ages 18 to 24 in Maine have had some level of contact with the Maine Department of Corrections.
鈥業nto the Woods鈥� allows fairy tale fan to release her inner witch
Sold-out shows deliver a storybook ending for 鈥淚nto the Woods,鈥� a joint production of the Theatre Department and the Osher School of Music.
A peek into the President鈥檚 playlist
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President Jacqueline Edmondson accepts an invitation from WMPG to play five songs with special meaning in her life.
For outdoor sports in early spring, there鈥檚 no playing without first plowing
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A plow driver can spend a full eight-hour shift clearing a snowfall of five to eight inches off Hannaford Field.
With good eats and catchy beats, WMPG gets the Mardi Gras party (re)started
For the first time in two years, the 鈥渟aints came marching in鈥� to the Abromson Center for a traditional Mardi Gras party, hosted by WMPG.
Speakers with ties to Iran spur discussion about protest movement
A Nursing student was so bothered by the treatment of protesters in Iran that he organized a panel discussion to make the campus community more aware of the situation.
Donated children’s books welcome New Mainer families
Thanks to a partnership between the 杏吧传媒 and Portland nonprofit I鈥檓 Your Neighbor Books, about 100 Saco students will get new books.聽
Student 鈥楥ybersecurity Ambassadors鈥� spreading online safety message with growing podcast
Since the podcast debuted in October, the students have managed detailed, full-length interviews with several people including John Forker, the chief information security officer at University of Maine System, Rob Simopoulos, the cofounder of Portland-based cybersecurity company Defendify, and U.S. Senator Angus King of Maine.