Libraries – News

Campus book group promises all the fun of reading without the stress of grades or papers

Michael Kmack — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 17:27:06 +0000

The third meeting of USM Reads focused on Percival Everett’s novel “James,” which recontextualizes “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain.

Seeds of ‘Sunnybrook Farm’ were planted on Gorham Campus

Michael Kmack — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 19:20:14 +0000

The classroom that inspired Kate Douglas Wiggin to write a classic of children’s literature is still in use by USM students in the Art program.

Social Work students convey complex ideas through mapmaking

Michael Kmack — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 21:35:10 +0000

Each of the four maps produced by Dr. Paula Gerstenblatt’s Social Work class used different techniques including collage and allegory to illustrate how student loan debt grew into a national problem.

Exhibition reveals the office workers who moonlight as artists

Michael Kmack — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 17:24:32 +0000

A call for submissions to USM’s first Employee Art Exhibition yielded 40 pieces by 24 artists across 18 departments.

Lights, camera…Glickman!

Michael Kmack — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 18:20:26 +0000

The Portland Players stoked excitement for its upcoming production of “Legally Blonde: The Musical” with a promotional photo shoot at Glickman Library.

2024 USM Summer Book List

Michael Kmack — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 20:04:32 +0000

Can’t decide on a book to bring to the beach? The faculty and staff at the �Ӱɴ�ý have some ideas for you.

Library project gives immigrants an outlet to share their stories

Michael Kmack — Fri, 17 May 2024 21:05:44 +0000

A shortage of first-person accounts about Maine’s immigrant experience inspired a USM librarian to create a series of workshops to begin filling that gap in the historical record.

Book fair applies ‘banned-aid’ to national censorship scrape

Michael Kmack — Fri, 29 Mar 2024 21:49:50 +0000

The groups that staffed tables at the Banned Book Fair included Intercultural Student Affairs, USM Libraries, and the Recovery Oriented Campus Center.

Revisiting the History of Little Canadas in the US: Identity and Spatial Organization in the 19th and 20th Centuries

john.warren — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 16:45:34 +0000

We are delighted to bring together some of the most inspiring researchers in Franco-American Studies, and we would like to extend an invitation to … Read More

Work out by day then rock out by night with Tina Turner at Hill Gym

Michael Kmack — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 18:41:47 +0000

Admission to a campus concert by rock and roll legend Tina Turner cost students only $4 in 1974.