Breaking new ground for visual and performing arts

We’ve officially started construction on our Crewe Center for the Arts, which will open in 2025 with state-of-the-art teaching, learning, and performance spaces. The building will also include a 200-seat performance hall, gallery space, and a studio for visual arts.

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Joshua Chard ’95 found his purpose in helping kids learn to read. Beloved by Portland’s East End community, he earned the title of Maine Teacher of the Year for 2024.

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Students, faculty, and staff impacted by the horrific acts of violence in Lewiston: Reach out to our counseling services on all three campuses for support.

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Marissa Joly working on her McGoldrick Center mural with purple paint.

Mi’kmaq artist and alum Marissa Joly painted a beautiful mural in our new McGoldrick Center that promotes awareness of Indigenous history on campus.

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A group of students walk down the Bedford Street sidewalk in front of the Wishcamper Center on our Portland campus.

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Jacob Curtis speaking animatedly to a group of people that includes faculty member Richard Bilodeau, seen in the background wearing an orange coat.

Promise Scholar Jacob Curtis and his Refilla business idea won the $7,500 second-place prize on Greenlight Maine.

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A student working on a laptop occupies a window seat on a sunny day. Treetops with green leaves can be seen through the window.

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We celebrated WMPG’s 50th anniversary with community members and the station’s founder, Howard Allen.

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Graduate student Alexandra Hood worked with a local non-profit, Birth Roots, to earn a $10K grant.

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A student flips through a old book of maps which is open on a wooden table next to antique globes.
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The Osher and Smith collections boast thousands of sheet maps, atlases, globes, surveying instruments, and books from the 15th to the 20th centuries.
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Assistant professor Asheesh Lanba holding a prosthetic arm prototypes he helped develop in our MIST lab.
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Our cutting-edge resources for innovation and prototyping help students, faculty, staff, and community members to realize extraordinary ideas.
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A Husky Line METRO bus passes in front of our Portland Commons residence hall on Bedford Street in Portland, Maine.
Building your future
Our energy-efficient residence hall houses 580 students. Across the street, our new parking garage has 58 EV charging spots and indoor storage for 250 bicycles.
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