The University of Southern Maine will celebrate its 143rd Commencement on Saturday, May 6th with nearly 1,000 graduates scheduled to participate. The event, scheduled for 9 a.m. at the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland, will feature comments from University President Jacqueline Edmondson, student speaker Nadine Bravo, and featured speaker Neil Genzlinger ‘77, a New York Times journalist and USM alumnus.
Dr. Bill Rankin talks about the role cartography can play in counteracting us vs. them thinking by recasting borders as a middle ground rather than dividing line between cultures.
Dr. Katherine Ahrens, Assistant Research Professor of Public Health in the Muskie School of Public Service, will serve as co-investigator on the major, $11 million research project.
An ancient Greek myth is reimagined for a modern audience by giving equal attention to Eurydice’s emotional journey as Orpheus’ more traditional heroics.
Two student members of the Queer Straight Alliance held the Intersex-Inclusive Progress Pride Flag as it was raised over the Gorham Campus for the first time.
As research for the book “Female Husbands,” Dr. Jen Manion used newspaper articles and public records to show what life was like for transgender men in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Regional Care Teams, a collaborative of the University of Southern Maine’s Catherine Cutler Institute, the Maine Department of Corrections (MDOC) and the Center for Youth Policy and Law at the University of Maine School of Law, released a report summarizing the progress of the its initiative over its second year of operation.
Dr. Georita M. Frierson will serve as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs starting June 1.
A delegation from Iceland renewed the partnership between Reykjavík University and the University of Southern Maine with a tour of the Portland engineering facilities.
A new report from the Catherine E. Cutler Institute at the University of Southern Maine shows 1 in 10 young adults ages 18 to 24 in Maine have had some level of contact with the Maine Department of Corrections.