USM breaks ground on new visual arts building at Gorham campus
On January 10, the University of Southern Maine officially marked the start of construction on a long-anticipated new home for visual arts programs on … Read More
From Midcoast Maine to the Big Screen: USM Alum Clint Elliott Brings 20-Year Story to Life
This Thanksgiving weekend, Clint Elliott ’97 will mark a major milestone: the release of his first feature film on the big-screen. His screenplay, Stone … Read More
USM Celebrates Grand Opening of Crewe Center for the Arts in Portland
The University of Southern Maine officially opened the Crewe Center for the Arts, a 40,000-square-foot facility that transforms how students learn, and how the … Read More
We Are Our Brains: Professor Pierson’s New Publication
David Pierson, professor of Communication and Media Studies, has published a chapter “‘We Are Our Brains’: Disembodied Brain Films in 1950s Cold War America” … Read More
Celebrating our Spring 2025 Dean’s List students
The University of Southern Maine would like to congratulate the remarkable number of students named to the Spring 2025 Dean’s List — 1,485 full-time … Read More
Professor Shedletsky Publishes in International Journal of Transformative Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
Professor of Communication Lenny Shedletsky has published his work Pedagogy of Dialogic Communication: Becoming Aware of Our Unconscious Beliefs in The International Journal of … Read More
Janna Ahrndt, Assistant Professor of Art, Presented Paper at ISEA Symposia in Seoul, South Korea
Janna Ahrndt, Assistant Professor of Art, with collaborator Assistant Professor Christine Bruening of LSU, presented a paper at the 30th International Symposium on Electronic Art … Read More
MeMUNC makes a case for cooperation in a polarized world
Organized by USM’s Department of Political Science, the 2025 session of the Maine Model United Nations Conference drew 435 students from 26 high schools.
New alma mater unites Huskies in song
The first public performance of the alma mater is scheduled to take place at USM’s 145th Commencement on May 10 in Portland.
Class of ’25: Maddie Weston found ‘missing piece’ with a second major
Three years after her arrival on campus from her hometown of Bradley, Weston, now 21, is graduating with majors in both Political Science and Economics. And she plans to attend law school in the fall.