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Remembering the first Earth Day with Honors Dean François Amar

Honors Dean François Amar recently shared his experience at the first Earth Day in 1970 with the Office of Sustainability for their Spring newsletter. While demonstrations took place all over the country on that day, Dr. Amar was present in Philadelphia where the celebrations expanded into a full Earth Week, with speakers ranging from politicians […]

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Eight Honors Students Receive Summer 2020 CUGR Fellowships

Eight Honors Students Among Awardees of CUGR Summer 2020 Fellowships

The University of Maine’s Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) has announced the 2020 CUGR summer fellowship winners, and Honors students make up eight of the sixteen awardees. Undergraduate proposals will be awarded up to a maximum of $3,300 each. Funding is provided by the UMaine Office of the Vice President for Research and Maine Space […]

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Lima ’19H Honors Thesis Recently Published in The Condor

Recent Honors graduate Kyle Lima ’19H had a version of his Honors thesis published on The Condor this past week. The Condor: Ornithological Applications is a peer-reviewed journal from the American Ornithological Society that focuses on the conservation and management of birds. The work as published is titled “Environmental conditions and call-broadcast influence detection of […]

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Honors Students Yost and Smith Named 2020 Valedictorian and Salutatorian

The University of Maine has named the Class of 2020 Valedictorian as Sierra Yost and Salutatorian as Grace Smith, both students in the Honors College. A huge congratulations to both Sierra and Grace! Sierra Yost is a chemical engineering major. Her Honors thesis focuses on the application of cellulose nanofibers as an alternative to plastics […]

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Congrats Caleigh Charlebois '21 and Brittany Torchia '20

Charlebois ’21 and Torchia ’20 Receive Competitive Awards

We wanted to say a big congratulations to two of our Honors students who recently received some amazing awards. Caleigh Charlebois ’21 received a Goldwater Scholarship! This competitive national scholarship is given to undergraduate sophomores or juniors with strong research experience who plan to continue their careers with a Ph.D. Click here to read more […]

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Sophie Palangas addresses the crowd at the 2020 student-lead "Coronamencement"

Honors-Student Initiated Commencement Featured in National News

On Friday, March 13, University of Maine students banded together to throw their own commencement, as they learned their commencement likely wouldn’t be possible due to the impact of COVID-19. They dubbed the event “Coronamencement” and it was covered in both the New York Times and the Bangor Daily News. The event was initiated by […]

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