2024 News Releases

³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ 2024 News: Advancing Access, Innovation, and Leadership

​In 2024, the ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ (³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ) made significant strides in enhancing educational access, leadership, and community engagement.​ Highlights from the year include our free tuition initiative, leadershup appointments, and athletic achievements.

A group of students and faculty pose for a photo against a ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ-branded step-and-repeat
M.S.O.T. Class of 2024 inducts members into Pi Theta Epsilon honor society
A crowd cheers at a ribbon cutting ceremony
³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ sponsors mobile STEM learning laboratory with eye toward workforce growth
Three female students hug after learning their residency matches
³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ’s annual medical residency Match Day celebration set for March 15
student researching sea lettuce in lab
A ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ student heads up new sea lettuce research at UNE
A black and white photo of a woman looking off-camera
³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ Center for Global Humanities presents ‘Is Harvard Killing Me?’ on March 25
2024 President's Forum
³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ’s President’s Forum tackles Maine’s homelessness crisis
Photo of a woman in scrubs with a stethoscope, smiling, overlaid against a blue background
Alumni Spotlight: Lenora Sheppard, M.S.P.A. ’21
³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ COM check donation
³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ medical school students donate $2,000 to local hospice center
Juliet Fluty and Cassie Stymeist
Educational Studies student combines environmental and ocean literacy outside the classroom
Four students pose wearing NFL-themed shirts
Gridiron Gigs: ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ students paid by NFL to staff Super Bowl Experience
Portrait of a woman smiling
Alumni Spotlight: Audra Boynton, B.S. ’08, D.M.D. ’18
Three female students pose in front of Moroccan architecture. Photo is set against a blue background.
³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ occupational therapy students learn new perspectives in Morocco
Three ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ researchers examine a microscope
Meet the faces behind ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ’s new Center for Cell Signaling Research
Two dental students clean a patient's teeth in the oral health clinic
³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ dental programs hold third Give Kids A Smile event
Portrait of a man in the show holding a camera
Alumni Spotlight: Kjetil Rossignol, D.M.D. ’20
A young woman studying over a video call at a kitchen table
Psychology faculty, alumni author paper on effects of remote learning and social connectedness
A woman presents a slide deck to a room of students
³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ hosts naloxone training workshop in collaboration with Sweetser
Zach Olsen Northern Bog Lemming Research
³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ receives grant to research state-threatened animal
Drone image of Portland Campus and surrounding area at sunset
³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ sharing $2.5 million to study impact of COVID-era nutritional assistance policies
An aerial view of the Biddeford Campus near the river and ocean
³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ extends incoming undergraduate enrollment deposit deadline amid FAFSA delays
Photo of people walking up and down steps and sitting at cafe tables
³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ Art Gallery in Portland to showcase photos of daily life in Maine and around the world
Several ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ dental medicine educators pose for a photo
³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ dental programs well-represented at 2024 Yankee Dental Congress
A nursing pin with the ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ crest
Nursing alum earns prestigious DAISY Award for excellent patient care
Illustration of staphylococcus bacteria
³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ researchers identify effective methods for preventing infectious biofilm formation
Stephen Burt
³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ’s Stephen Burt contributes artwork to national juried exhibition in Rhode Island