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The University of Southern Maine hosted the first-ever North Atlantic-Arctic Collaborative Showcase on Friday, April 6.

Marshunda Smith conducted for the North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra on February 25.

The Center for Compassion at the University of Southern Maine welcomes Brooke Dodson-Lavelle, co-founder and president of the Courage of Care Coalition, as she gives a public talk highlighting the “Courage of Compassion” this Friday, April 13, 2018.

USM event highlights — week of April 12 - 19, 2018. Here are just a few of the many events happening this week, visit the USM Calendar of Events for the full listing.

A new feature story in the Sun Journal examines the just-opened community clinic at USM’s Lewiston-Auburn College. Reporter Kathryn Skelton talked with the mom of a child at the clinic, some of the Master’s in Occupational Therapy students who run the facility and Mary Anderson, the clinic's coordinator and a lecturer in the MOT program.

Before Hector Ortiz and Ron Peterson joined Bath Iron Works — helping to design and build the Navy’s state-of-the-art ships — the University of Southern Maine wrought and tempered them into engineers. The rigor of USM’s fully-accredited Department of Engineering prepared the 2014 graduates to perform important roles for the 130-year-old shipbuilder, they said.

USM event highlights — week of April 5 - 12, 2018. Here are just a few of the many events happening this week, visit the USM Calendar of Events for the full listing.

University of Southern Maine President Glenn Cummings talked about USM’s resurgence on the WCSH-TV news program “207.” Topics included the school’s financial turnaround from a $4 million deficit to an $8 million reserve, rising admission and retention rates and new initiatives aimed at further workforce development.

With his USM mentor at his side, scientist Ray Stevens '86 announced plans to renovate the lecture hall inside the Portland Campus science building. It will be renamed, “The John S. Ricci Lecture Hall.”

In this episode of "The USM Update," University of Southern Maine President Glenn Cummings continues in talking about the University's many workforce initiatives, this time in the fields of biology, aquaculture and engineering.