USM student ignites rail and trail policy conversation that leads to Maine law
An idea that began as a student paper for a University of Southern Maine class — examining the reuse of a discontinued railroad corridor … Read More
USM linguist co-authors Penobscot children’s book
For more than 100 years, Penobscot parents read their children the tribal community’s most beloved folk tales from old photocopied sheets of paper. The … Read More
U.S. News names Portland a best place to live in America
The editors of U.S. News & World Report have made it official: Maine’s largest city is among the best places to live in America. … Read More
USM’s Admissions success featured on NPR’s Marketplace
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The record-setting size of the University of Southern Maine’s incoming class of 2025 — fueled by a 33% increase in out-of-state students — caught … Read More
Board of Trustees authorizes new residence hall, career and student success center for USM’s Portland Campus
The project will bring 580 beds of affordable housing to Portland, part of a proposed 1,000-bed university housing initiative that would attract, retain, and … Read More
Engaging Maine high schoolers in Cube Satellite development
By Asheesh Lanba, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Despite trying times with the current pandemic, science must go on. On Saturday, Sept. 26th, the … Read More
USM provost receives national higher education advising award
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Dr. Jeannine Uzzi, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs at the University of Southern Maine, is the 2020 recipient of the … Read More
USM Engineering Students Build Low-Cost Prosthetic Arm Prototypes
The pandemic may have required a shift to remote learning over the summer, but that didn’t stop a group of USM mechanical engineering students … Read More
U.S. News Highlights USM’s Social Mobility and Engineering in New Rankings
US News and World Reports’ just-released college rankings highlight the University of Southern Maine’s place among the top public universities in the Northeast. The … Read More
USM historian invites public to contribute to online archive of COVID-19 signs
Some of the fleeting Maine images of COVID-19 — of light-up marquees, lawn signs and storefront warnings — are being collected in an online … Read More