On a trip to India, the president of Portland State University reassured prospective students they’d be safe on his campus. Purdue University sent overseas applicants a note from two mayors touting Indiana’s “friendly smiles” and hospitality. And dozens of other schools produced online videos to welcome foreign students. As U.S. colleges face new but significant […]
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University of Maine at Farminton falls in NCAA field hockey playoffs
BIDDEFORD — The University of Maine at Farmington’s field hockey season ended with a 5-0 loss to 19th-ranked University of New England in the Division III playoffs Wednesday. Four different players scored for the Nor’easterners, who improve to 20-3 and advance to face No. 3 Tufts University on Saturday in Medford Massachusetts. Marge Gardiner, Becky […]
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UNE professor gets spot on Discovery Channel’s Shark Week
A University of New England professor who helped pioneer a way to perform ultrasounds on pregnant tiger sharks will kick off the Discovery Channel’s “Shark Week” on Sunday. James Sulikowski and a research crew filmed “Tiger Beach” for 10 days in the Bahamas last January. “The first day we were there, we got some of the best, […]
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University of New England announces dean’s list
The following students have been named to the dean’s list for the 2015 fall semester at the University of New England. In order to make the dean’s list, students must attain a grade point average of 3.3 or better out of a possible 4.0. Auburn: Alexandra Bazinet, Rebecca Gunter, Nicole Keaney, Matthew Yarnevich Farmington: Amber Cusson, Alyssa […]
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Men’s Basketball: UNE shoots past Bates
LEWISTON – University of New England made more than it missed — often a recipe for success in basketball — to down host Bates 101-89 in a non-conference men’s basketball tilt Sunday at Alumni Gymnasium. The Nor’easters’ (5-2) hot shooting started early, as they made five of their first nine shots to take a 17-11 […]
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Women’s soccer: Lewiston’s Hamel a success story at UNE
But the former Lewiston High School standout has come a lot further in her soccer career with the Nor’Easters. Hamel and her UNE teammates faced off against Bates College in an early season showdown of two winning teams Tuesday at Russell St. field. The Nor’Easters legged out a 2-0 win to hand the Bobcats their […]
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New program lets Maine students graduate early
SACO — Independent Sen. Angus King praised a new partnership between a high school and the University of New England that will allow some students to complete a bachelor’s degree in three years. The program will allow certain graduates of Thornton Academy to be considered sophomores when they enter the UNE’s College of Arts and […]
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New program lets Maine students graduate early
SACO — Independent Sen. Angus King is praising a new partnership between a Maine high school and the University of New England that will allow some students to complete a bachelor’s degree in three years. The program will allow certain graduates of Thornton Academy to be considered sophomores when they enter the UNE’s College of […]
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University of New England closes marine animal rehabilitation program
BIDDEFORD (AP) — The University of New England has closed a rehabilitation center for injured or stranded marine animals because seal colonies that were threatened have rebounded. The Marine Animal Rehabilitation and Conservation program has been running since 2001, rehabilitating more than 1,000 seals and releasing them back into the wild. Officials say the gray […]
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LePage to visit Morocco for UNE event
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage will travel to Morocco this month to help celebrate the University of New England’s new campus in Tangier. The Republican governor’s office said Friday that LePage will also seek trade opportunities for Maine when he visits the country for the ceremony on April 22. Among the others expected […]