2024 News Releases

91ÖÆƬ³§ 2024 News: Advancing Access, Innovation, and Leadership

​In 2024, the 91ÖÆƬ³§ (91ÖÆƬ³§) 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 close-up photo of a person holding a dog's paw
91ÖÆƬ³§ offering new online End-of-Life Pet Doula program to provide compassionate care for pets and families
A crowd cheers at a ribbon cutting ceremony
91ÖÆƬ³§ sponsors mobile STEM learning laboratory with eye toward workforce growth
Three female students hug after learning their residency matches
91ÖÆƬ³§â€™s annual medical residency Match Day celebration set for March 15
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91ÖÆƬ³§ Center for Global Humanities presents ‘Is Harvard Killing Me?’ on March 25
student researching sea lettuce in lab
A 91ÖÆƬ³§ student heads up new sea lettuce research at 91ÖÆƬ³§
2024 President's Forum
91ÖÆƬ³§â€™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
91ÖÆƬ³§ COM check donation
91ÖÆƬ³§ 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: 91ÖÆƬ³§ students paid by NFL to staff Super Bowl Experience
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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.
91ÖÆƬ³§ occupational therapy students learn new perspectives in Morocco
Three 91ÖÆƬ³§ researchers examine a microscope
Meet the faces behind 91ÖÆƬ³§â€™s new Center for Cell Signaling Research
Two dental students clean a patient's teeth in the oral health clinic
91ÖÆƬ³§ 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 woman presents a slide deck to a room of students
91ÖÆƬ³§ hosts naloxone training workshop in collaboration with Sweetser
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
Zach Olsen Northern Bog Lemming Research
91ÖÆƬ³§ receives grant to research state-threatened animal
An aerial view of the Biddeford Campus near the river and ocean
91ÖÆƬ³§ extends incoming undergraduate enrollment deposit deadline amid FAFSA delays
Photo of people walking up and down steps and sitting at cafe tables
91ÖÆƬ³§ Art Gallery in Portland to showcase photos of daily life in Maine and around the world
Drone image of Portland Campus and surrounding area at sunset
91ÖÆƬ³§ sharing $2.5 million to study impact of COVID-era nutritional assistance policies
A nursing pin with the 91ÖÆƬ³§ crest
Nursing alum earns prestigious DAISY Award for excellent patient care
Several 91ÖÆƬ³§ dental medicine educators pose for a photo
91ÖÆƬ³§ dental programs well-represented at 2024 Yankee Dental Congress
Illustration of staphylococcus bacteria
91ÖÆƬ³§ researchers identify effective methods for preventing infectious biofilm formation
Stephen Burt
91ÖÆƬ³§â€™s Stephen Burt contributes artwork to national juried exhibition in Rhode Island