Finalists announced for inaugural USM Cubesat Design Competition
Maine middle and high school finalists to construct and launch high-altitude microsatellite designs The University of Southern Maine is pleased to announce six Maine … Read More
OML offers bird’s eye look at post-Civil War Maine
The Osher Map Library & Smith Center for Cartographic Education project — “Maine’s Bird’s Eye Views, 1870-1905” — has gathered 80 aerial renderings of Maine communities published during the era. Each has been digitized and made available to the public online.
Business student parlays 1.8 million TiKTok followers into job with Hasbro
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The first time Hasbro sent Sophie Jamison a box of Nerf freebies, she hailed that day as “the absolute coolest.” “I remember running down … Read More
African American Collection unveils exhibit on Maine’s Black families
The University of Southern Maine’s African American Collection has unveiled the first of six new digital exhibitions, highlighting 200 years of families in Maine. … Read More
USM researcher receives $400,000 NIH grant
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An assistant research professor with the Public Health Program at USM’s Muskie School of Public Service has received a major three-year, $400,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the health outcomes of new mothers in Maine.
Honors faculty Ashley Towle: “The Past Shows the Way Forward”
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Read Honors and History professor Ashley Towle’s column in the Portland Press Herald: Black History Month: The Past Shows the Way Forward
Assistant Professor Vukasovich Wins Best Paper Award
Dr. Christian Vukasovich, assistant professor of Communication and Media Studies, won the 2021 Top Faculty Paper Award from the National Communication Association’s Critical and … Read More
Assistant Professor Jeanne Heil interviewed in BDN article about language learning
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Assistant Professor Jeanne Heil interviewed in a recent Bangor Daily News article “You can learn a new language and actually make it stick.”
Work continues on Low-Cost Prosthetic Prototypes
Video taken during the project Shannon Moss of NEWS CENTER Maine covered USM Mechanical Engineers working with the Portland Rotary Club to create low-cost … Read More
Maine Sunday Telegram: Collaborative Exhibit puts Osher Library On the Map
The Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education was featured in the Portland Press Herald on Sunday, November 1, 2020. The article features the Map Library’s involvement in the Digital Project, “Mapping a World of Cities.”