News & Events
USM News
Posted February 28, 2015
Congratulations to the students named to the 2014 Fall Semester Dean's Lists!
Posted February 27, 2015
David Flanagan, President of the University of Southern Maine, will take part in this month's Eggs & Issues forum on Wednesday, March 4, discussing the "Creative Economy" and how it will be a part of our future.
Posted February 26, 2015
More than 100 high school students will participate in the 15th annual Maine Science Bowl on Saturday, February 28 at 9 a.m. at the University of Southern Maine's Bailey Hall on the Gorham Campus.
Posted February 26, 2015
143 student winners of 2015 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards from the Maine region will be honored at a ceremony at the University of Southern Maine this Friday at 6:00 p.m. The ceremony will take place in Talbot Lecture Hall, located inside Luther Bonney Hall at USM's Portland campus.
Posted February 23, 2015
Lynn Kuzma, Ph.D., associate professor and former Dean, has been named Interim Executive Director of the Metropolitan University initiative. She, along with a soon-to-be named advisory committee, will be charged with improving the quality of education for USM students through partnerships with the Greater Portland and Lewiston/Auburn communities.
Posted February 18, 2015
Edward Gleason, astronomer and manager of the Southworth Planetarium at the University of Southern Maine, was a guest on Monday’s edition of Maine Calling on MPBN.
Posted February 6, 2015
University of Southern Maine Ph.D. candidate Katie Hawes has been selected the next superintendent of RSU 21. Hawes will take over for interim superintendent Kevin Crowley on July 1 after receiving unanimous support from the RSU 21 Board of Directors.
Posted January 12, 2015
The exhibition includes sculpture, installation, digital works, painting, prints, and ceramic pieces by 10 USM art faculty and 10 alumni with whom the faculty have chosen to exhibit.
Posted January 6, 2015
USM students have developed an exhibition that explores the imprint of slavery on U.S. history and memory. The “Slavery and Public History” exhibition includes artifacts from the university’s Gerald E. Talbot Collection in the Jean Byers Sampson Center for Diversity in Maine’s African American Collection of Maine and from the Shirley S. and Bernard Kazon Americana Collection.
Posted December 2, 2014
Join students and faculty on Monday, December 8 at noon for the "King Tides Trail,” opening reception and trail walk!
Campus Updates
Posted February 27, 2015
Friday, March 27, 2015
5:30PM — Reception
6:30PM — Lecture
Talbot Lecture Hall, Luther Bonney Hall, Portland Campus
Posted February 27, 2015
Camilla Fecteau, who earned her master's in biology at the University of Southern Maine in 2008, will be presenting a talk about common loons Monday, March 2 at 6:30 p.m. at USM's Lewiston-Auburn College.
Posted February 27, 2015
The Stuart Hall Project is a documentary told through the ideas of Stuart Hall and heard through the sonic landscape of the music of Miles Davis.
Posted February 27, 2015
The Stuart Hall Project is a documentary told through the ideas of Stuart Hall and heard through the sonic landscape of the music of Miles Davis.
Posted February 27, 2015
Traci Molloy, Brooklyn, N.Y.-based artist and education activist, is being hosted by the USM Art Department and Gallery for an artist residency during the spring semester. Molloy will create collaborative artwork with the Center’s Multicultural Program, which practices a peer support model to build and strengthen community. Seven USM art students who are enrolled in Molloy’s USM Artist-in-Residence course are assisting Molloy with the artwork and attending the Center’s program to observe.
Posted February 26, 2015
This Friday only, the CI2 Lab will be hosting a representative from Big Room Studioslooking to beta test their new web software with 3-5 students! Come join us for exciting opportunities like Summer internships, sweet new tech, and free candy!
Posted February 26, 2015
Faculty member Thedora Goss explains how she finds time to write despite teaching full-time at Boston University and part-time in the Stonecoast MFA program.
Posted February 26, 2015
The fast-paced musical features a score of infectious, hard-driving jazz and glorious big-band sound by the dream team behind the Tony Award-winning musical, “Hairspray,” and NBC’s musical drama, “Smash.”
Posted February 26, 2015
The fast-paced musical features a score of infectious, hard-driving jazz and glorious big-band sound by the dream team behind the Tony Award-winning musical, “Hairspray,” and NBC’s musical drama, “Smash.”
Posted February 26, 2015
Five USM LAC students were recently chosen as spring 2015 recipients of two separate scholarships for adult students.
USM Events
March 3, 2015
10:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Advocates for Children 124 Canal Street, Lewiston Maine
March 3, 2015
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
International House Meeting Room
March 3, 2015
7:30 PM to 8:45 PM
Alternating between Portland and Gorham Campus (see details below)
March 4, 2015
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Lewiston Campus, Room 185