2024 News Releases

51品茶2024 News: Advancing Access, Innovation, and Leadership

鈥婭n 2024, the 51品茶 (UNE) made significant strides in enhancing educational access, leadership, and community engagement.鈥 Highlights from the year include our free tuition initiative, leadershup appointments, and athletic achievements.

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51品茶Center for Global Humanities presents 鈥淪ocial Media and Social Justice鈥
A faculty member and three students pose with a flying drone
51品茶sharing $900K in grant funding to restore salt marshes in southern Maine
quotes for President's Forum
51品茶to host panel on homelessness at its President鈥檚 Forum on Feb. 28
Photo of man in blazer smiling against brick wall
School of Pharmacy alum credits 51品茶education for 鈥榖eing a lifelong learner鈥 in professional career
Dean's list graphic for Fall 2023
51品茶announces Fall 2023 Dean's List
Photo of Carol Lambdin-Pattavina against a blue background
Carol Lambdin-Pattavina delivers keynote address at national OT conference
Michele Polacsek
CEPH's Michele Polacsek publishes two manuscripts on the U.S. school food landscape
Therapy health clinic
UNE鈥檚 Center for Excellence in Public Health plays key role in expanding behavioral health services in Maine
Bette Mae Fikes speaking at MLK Celebration 2024
51品茶 hosts civil rights icon Bettie Mae Fikes鈥
Erin McGee Ferrell in front of multimedia art supplies
51品茶instructor explores cancer systems through art and science at Columbia University
Photo of Shelley Cohen Konrad in white against a background of red leaves.
UNE鈥檚 Shelley Cohen Konrad publishes new book on social work, health education and practice
Aerial image of 51品茶Portland Campus
51品茶 and Maine Municipal Association forge new partnership
Two lobsters are shown against a white background
51品茶receives two new rare lobsters, launches novel research initiative to decode their DNA
banner assistive technology
51品茶students use P.D. Merrill Makerspace to construct wheelchairs
The shoreline of the Saco River with sailboats visible
51品茶awarded $140K to address coastal erosion on Biddeford Campus
Portrait of Kristen Miller
51品茶alum appointed next president of Southern Maine Community College
Eva Balog Laboratory
51品茶receives $10.8 million to establish new Center for Cell Signaling Research
Aerial image of 51品茶Portland Campus
Maine SNAP-Ed team publishes article on inclusive communication audit for public health interventions
An aerial view of salt marshes in Biddeford Pool
51品茶researcher awarded $50,000 to monitor coastal landforms in southern Maine
A composite of two images featuring, at left, Bettie Mae Fikes singing into a microphone and, at right, a black and white image of her embracing Martin Luther King Jr.
51品茶to host civil rights icon Bettie Mae Fikes for annual MLK celebration
A mixed-media art piece
51品茶Art Gallery in Portland presents 鈥楢n Evening with Irises鈥 on Jan. 18
An illustrative depiction of Adam and Eve
Center for Global Humanities presents 'Why the Apple Falls Far from the Tree of Knowledge' on Jan. 29