2024 News Releases

϶2024 News: Advancing Access, Innovation, and Leadership

​In 2024, the ϶ (UNE) 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.

February CGH
϶Center for Global Humanities presents “Social Media and Social Justice”
President's Forum 2024
϶to host panel on homelessness at its President’s Forum on Feb. 28
Aerial image of salt marshes in Biddeford Pool
϶sharing $900K in grant funding to restore salt marshes in southern Maine
Dean's List graphic Fall 2023
϶announces Fall 2023 Dean's List
Justin Richards (Pharmacy, '19)
School of Pharmacy alum credits ϶education for ‘being a lifelong learner’ in professional career
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
Clinical counseling setting
UNE’s Center for Excellence in Public Health plays key role in expanding behavioral health services in Maine
Bette Mae Fikes speaking at MLK Celebration 2024
϶ hosts civil rights icon Bettie Mae Fikes 
Erin McGee Ferrell in front of multimedia art supplies
϶instructor explores cancer systems through art and science at Columbia University
Aerial image of ϶Portland Campus
϶ and Maine Municipal Association forge new partnership
Photo of Shelley Cohen Konrad in white against a background of red leaves.
UNE’s Shelley Cohen Konrad publishes new book on social work, health education and practice
Photo of a blue and brown split-colored lobster
϶receives two new rare lobsters, launches novel research initiative to decode their DNA
group of students with wheelchair
϶students use P.D. Merrill Makerspace to construct wheelchairs
The shoreline of the Saco River with sailboats visible
϶awarded $140K to address coastal erosion on Biddeford Campus
Eva Balog laboratory
϶receives $10.8 million to establish new Center for Cell Signaling Research
Portrait of Kristen Miller
϶alum appointed next president of Southern Maine Community College
Aerial image of ϶Portland Campus
Maine SNAP-Ed team publishes article on inclusive communication audit for public health interventions
A mixed-media art piece
϶Art Gallery in Portland presents ‘An Evening with Irises’ on Jan. 18
Headshot of William Kochtitzky
϶researcher awarded $50,000 to monitor coastal landforms in southern Maine
Bettie Mae Fikes sings into a microphone
϶to host civil rights icon Bettie Mae Fikes for annual MLK celebration
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