Black Bear alumni, faculty, staff, and students are among Maine’s most productive innovators and entrepreneurs. In this month’s column, the husband-and-wife team of Stephen Gilson and Elizabeth DePoy, both professors of interdisciplinary disability studies and social work at UMaine, provide updates on the adaptive mobility device they invented in 2013. Called the Afari, the sleek,…
David Patrick ’16, ’19G is cofounder of Racial Equity and Justice (REJ), a nonprofit that provides consulting services, educational support, and professional development programs. REJ seeks to raise awareness of diversity, equity, and inclusion issues. With cofounder Desiree Vargas ’20, he works to help communities of color “survive and thrive with greater equality, justice, liberation,…
Nolan Altvater ’21 is working to create resources and fill gaps that will help Maine educators teach Native history and culture. The Passamaquoddy student, who is enrolled at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, is coordinating with Portland public school educators and tribal leaders to develop resources and materials that will assist K-12 educators in…
Five panelists and a UMaine graduate student recently came together for a kitchen-table dialogue about the state of Black feminism in Maine as well as their roles as activists, community leaders, and change-makers. The webinar celebrated Black feminism as an ongoing, multi-faceted, transformative force in the speakers’ lives, as well as in communities across the United States and right here…
Maine Governor Janet Mills held a press conference outside Buchanan Alumni House on December 1 to mark the progress of the Maine Climate Council and announce new initiatives to combat climate change. Members of UMaine’s Climate Change Institute have worked with the state to advance measures to mitigate climate change. President Joan Ferrini-Mundy welcomed Gov.…
Sarah Dubay ’97, ’00G, a member of the University of Maine Alumni Association Board of Directors, passed away on November 12, 2021. Sarah was a prominent civic and community leader who lived with her husband, Jeff Teunisen, in Bangor. Besides her involvement with the UMaine Alumni Association and Black Bear Athletics, she was a member…
Watch three members of the UMaine Alumni community, share their perspectives and answer questions about their experiences being Black in the U.S. in an important discussion.
Black Bear alumni, faculty, staff, and students are among Maine’s most productive innovators and entrepreneurs. In this month’s column, chef Rob Dumas, UMaine’s food science innovation coordinator, talks about his wide-ranging work within Maine’s food system. Dumas manages the university’s Dr. Matthew Highlands Food Pilot Plant, a well-equipped research facility home to a sensory lab,…
A new interactive sculpture that will be installed in Orono’s Webster Park has been designed to engage people with math. The sculpture features the sun’s rays, which help users visualize multiplication and division. The sculpture is the result of a partnership between UMaine and the town of Orono. UMaine mathematics faculty members Justin Dimmell and…
Eighth grade teacher Kelsey Stoyanova ’14, ’18G was named Maine’s 2022 Teacher of the Year. Stoyanova teaches language arts at Reeds Brook Middle School in Hampden. She did her student teaching at Reeds Brook before becoming a teacher there. She earned a master’s in literacy education in 2018, and is working towards her educational specialist…
Join a Zoom to find out about the Blue Economy: What is it, what is its importance to Maine, and how is UMaine involved? Join us for this special event to hear leaders in the state discuss and define the Blue Economy in Maine, provide your input, and let us know how UMaine should be…
UMaine nursing students are again gaining hands-on experience while helping to combat the spread of COVID-19. The nursing students are participating in vaccination clinics for children ages 5 to 11 at several Bangor area schools. The CDC recently approved the Pfizer vaccine for elementary school-age children. Two dozen nursing students from the University of Maine…