Anna Scaggs and Nick Ritchie: Future teachers took different paths to 91福利
Anna Scaggs almost didn鈥檛 go to college. In high school, her plan was to become a real estate agent after graduation. But a last-minute change of heart led her to […]
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Jordan Ramos: An artistic take on Maine鈥檚 wild blueberry heritage
Jordan Ramos first stepped into a wild blueberry field the summer before her sophomore year at the University of Maine. What started as environmental research transformed into the beginning of […]
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Eddie Nachamie: Environmental advocate wins prestigious scholarship
From the gardens to the farms and forests, Eddie Nachamie has dedicated his undergraduate career toward protecting the environment. At the University of Maine, he has worked on projects to […]
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Madelynn deBest: Inspiring coastal conservation through creativity聽
Motivating people to protect hermit crabs, whelks, periwinkles or other animals that reside within the ocean tides can be challenging outside of coastal communities. That鈥檚 why University of Maine senior […]
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Jeremy Juybari: From defense research to fighting breast cancer with AI
For Jeremy Juybari, the path from managing a defense research company to developing artificial intelligence (AI) models has been anything but ordinary. Now a Ph.D. candidate at the University of […]
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Josh Hamilton: Driven by loss, exploring new ways to treat and prevent cancer聽聽
Near the end of high school, Josh Hamilton of Alton, Maine lost a close friend to bone cancer, and early in his undergraduate years, he lost his stepfather to pancreatic […]
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Bence Rosenberg: Maine鈥檚 outdoors are 鈥榓 catalyst for change鈥
Bence Rosenberg, a parks, recreation and tourism major from Morristown, New Jersey, knew he wanted to attend the University of Maine after discovering its outdoor recreation program. During his time […]
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Samuel Seekins: From intern to professional in one summer聽
Editor’s note: This story was updated on Oct. 20. At the beginning of the spring 2025 semester, Samuel Seekins was uncertain about what career he wanted to pursue. By the […]
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Shane Harriman: Searching for lost history
Shane Harriman could never have predicted his research would earn an award or bring him to the mountains of northern Italy. Raised in Orrington, Maine, Harriman has always had an […]
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Dori Leadbetter: Leading adult learners like herself to new horizons
For much of her life, Dori Leadbetter didn鈥檛 think of herself as 鈥渃ollege material.鈥 She dropped out of high school, had two kids by age 20 and earned her GED […]
