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UNE News chronicles the accomplishments of students, faculty, and the institution through compelling stories, visuals, and news media.

Featured Story

Two UNE business students pose in front of the baseball diamond at Portland's Hadlock Field
This summer, Sport Leadership and Management students Samantha Fickett ’24 and Morgan White ’25 are applying the skills they’ve learned in UNE’s College of Business  — Maine's innovation business school — and using them hands-on to manage mascots, promotions, sales, and social media for the Portland Sea Dogs.

UNE in the News

Norm O’Reilly, College of Business Dean, discusses soccer and sports business on national podcast
UNE's Jen DeBurro addresses student mental health with The Chronicle of Higher Education
Novel lobster DNA research focus of CT media outlets
Local radio spotlights grant to Bigleow Ocean Lab, UNE

Faculty and Professional Staff News

A group of Maine biomedical researchers poses with Sen. Susan Collins
The award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences will fund the Maine IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence for another five years, engaging faculty and students within a consortium of 17 Maine institutions in groundbreaking research to better human health and advance scientific discovery.

Scenes from the Field

Searching for a Unicorn in Maine’s Forests

The northern bog lemming is one of Maine’s most elusive creatures. Traditional methods of tracking wildlife, such as trapping and surveying, have been ineffective in determining the location and number of northern bog lemmings across the northern United States. New techniques used by Zach Olson, Ph.D., an associate professor of animal behavior at UNE, are flipping the script in identifying this threatened animal. Learn more 

UNE Magazine

Faces of Our Future: Empowering Students to Build a Better Tomorrow — the 2023 UNE Magazine.

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Emboldened by a relentless quest for knowledge, UNE students are leading the charge to shape a better world. These “Faces of Our Future” are living proof that a university, guided by its strategic priorities, can do big things in the face of uncertainty. Learn how our students are working to build a better tomorrow for Maine, the nation, and our world.

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