WGME – report featuring ESP grads
ecomaine is expanding its curbside recycling education program with the help of Environmental Science & Policy graduate Michelle Radley, Communications Manager for ecomaine, and … Read More
New Residence Hall on Track for Passive House Certification
The University of Southern Maine’s new residence hall being built on the Portland campus recently passed its first test toward becoming a Passive House building.
Pride parade emphasizes authenticity, advocacy in return from hiatus
About 40 members of the USM community marched in the 2022 Pride Portland! parade in a return to form after the event was postponed for two years by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thank you L.L.Bean!
L.L. Bean has donated $850,000 dollars to USM towards construction of the new Career & Student Success Center and the “Bean Green”. $100,000 of … Read More
University of Southern Maine receives $850,000 gift from L.L.Bean
A gift from L.L. Bean will create the “Bean Green” at the heart of USM’s Portland Campus transformation, and an endowed Environmental Studies Scholarship.
USM and Gorham Savings Bank Partner for Promise Scholars
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Jacob Curtis, a first-year undergraduate at the University of Southern Maine, is the first USM Promise Scholar to participate in a paid internship at … Read More
Part-time Art Faculty, Helen Stringfellow, in Exhibition “The View From Here” at CMCA in Rockland, ME
posted in: Campus updates, Department of Art, Office of Admissions
Exhibiting sculptors, Helen Stringfellow and Lars Jerlach, are partners in a collaborative art enterprise called Tectonic Industries. Their work examines the artifice inherent within … Read More
Broadway star shares Tony moment with Music School lecturer
USM’s Ed Reichert was 20 years ahead of the Tony Awards in recognizing Robyn Hurder’s star quality.
Husky Ruck walks the walk of honoring fallen service members
Veterans Services staff led a group of walkers on a four-mile route around Portland’s Back Cove with five stops along the way to honor members of the USM community who died during active military duty.
Research Release: Effectiveness and Harms of Contraceptive Care
Assistant Professor Kate Ahrens from the University of Southern Maine’s Muskie School of Public Service, and Research Associate Amanda Burgess collaborated with researchers from the Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine and Oregon Health & Science University to examine evidence on the effectiveness and harms of contraceptive counseling interventions.