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³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ News chronicles the accomplishments of students, faculty, and the institution through compelling stories, visuals, and news media.

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³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ faculty member Sri Mohan works with students in his lab

³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ retains R2 Research status, reinforcing leadership in scientific advancement

Since first earning R2 status in 2018, ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ has continued to expand its research enterprise, leading Maine's academic institutions in funding from the National Institutes of Health, securing millions to study novel treatments for pain and disease, and engaging students in groundbreaking initiatives to better the health of our communities and the natural world.

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³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ students pose in the snow on Chebeague Island

Rural health scholars from ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ's medical school provide health screening services to Chebeague Island community

Students demonstrate their custom-made adaptive climbing wall

Imagination meets impact at UNE’s 2025 Pediatric Adaptive Projects Expo

³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ cheer team members pose holding their championship trophy

³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ cheer team celebrates historic national championship win at Daytona

Wes Renfro shakes hand with a student at University Award Ceremony

³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ honors students with 2025 University Awards

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WMTW spotlights ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ cheer team following historic national championship win
³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ student entrepreneurs behind 'Underdog Energy' drink compete, win first round of 'Greenlight Maine'
³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ's Carrie Byron and Kristin Burkholder discuss effect of microplastics on photosynthesis amid new global study
Noah Perlut's rooftop gull studies included in national Audubon Magazine piece
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Student News

³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ students pose in the snow on Chebeague Island

Rural health scholars from ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ's medical school provide health screening services to Chebeague Island community

Students from the College of Osteopathic Medicine partnered with nursing students from the University of Southern Maine to provide supervised health screenings to island residents.
Imagination meets impact at UNE’s 2025 Pediatric Adaptive Projects Expo
³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ cheer team celebrates historic national championship win at Daytona
³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ honors students with 2025 University Awards
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Faculty and Professional Staff News

Eighth ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ Brain, Body, and Wellness Fair teaches public about brain's limitations, wonders

Eighth ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ Brain, Body, and Wellness Fair delights hundreds in wonders of science

³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ students, staff, and faculty came together at UNE’s eighth Brain, Body, and Wellness Fair to offer the public games, demonstrations, and lessons that explained the function and limitations of the brain.
Research by ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ’s Sarah Ebel informs fisheries policy in Chile
³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ business faculty partner with local organizations to mentor Maine’s future business leaders
³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ and CAIEP represented at the National Academies of Practice annual meeting
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Digging Up the Past

Students Unearth Forgotten History at UNE

A group of students spent the fall semester getting to the root of ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ’s hidden history as home to a thriving, coastal community, spending the warmer months searching for remains of a former cottage before turning their attention to historical archives and producing digital projects on their findings.

Research: For the Health of Our World

The 2024 ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ Magazine

A ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ researcher and student write out formulas on a clear whiteboard

³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ is an emerging powerhouse of research in many fields, including bioscience, marine, environmental, health, and the humanities. The 2024 ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ Magazine celebrates the University’s innovation and collective commitment to making meaningful impact while discovering solutions to the most pressing challenges of our time.

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