15 Minutes of Infamy: Ill-behaved Women and the Making of History
March 26, 2026
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
MWWC
Join us for this celebration of Women’s History Month with a talk by Dr. Elizabeth DeWolfe! Refreshments start at 4:30 p.m. If “well-behaved women seldom make history,” as historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich famously quipped, ill-behaved women certainly dominated the historical headlines. Such women were branded as passive, irrational, or depraved, their lives reduced to colorful [...]
Maine’s higher education institutions are coming together to address the rising cost of course materials and the fast-changing landscape of Generative AI. Join colleagues from UMA, UMaine, and UNE for a high-impact Learning Lab facilitated by Lance Eaton—an applied working session for faculty and academic professionals ready to move beyond the basics. Participants will design, [...]
Join UNE Library Services Scholarly Communication Librarian Sonya Durney March 4 at 2 p.m. for an interactive Zoom workshop on open textbooks. Learn how open educational resources (OER) can enhance student learning, reduce textbook costs, and provide customizable course materials. Whether you're new to OER or looking to deepen your understanding, this session will equip [...]
This month marks the 50th celebration of Black History Month, which President Carter established in 1976 to "seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history" To honor those accomplishments, stories, and struggles, we have curated Race & Ethicity Resource Lists of books, articles, [...]
Love it? Hate it? Let us know! The library, supported by the UNE's Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) AI Fellowship program, is looking to assess student perceptions, attitudes, and experiences related to the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools in their education. Let us know your thoughts and your feedback will be [...]
We are excited to expand Open Access support for UNE researchers. Starting January 1, 2026, UNE has a new Read & Publish agreement with publisher Taylor & Francis. This agreement allows UNE authors to publish Open Access in more than 2,000 Taylor & Francis and Routledge Open Select hybrid journals at no cost! Key Details [...]
Our new graphic novel collection showcases a wide range of subjects, including memoir, science, social issues, health and medical themes and more. These titles blend storytelling and illustration to illuminate real‑world issues in an approachable and meaningful way. Graphic novels support diverse learning styles, make complex topics accessible, and provide a human perspective on challenging [...]
The UNE Library supports openness in two crucial—but often confused—ways: Open Access publishing (OA) and Open Educational Resources (OER). Together, these efforts have saved UNE authors and students hundreds of thousands of dollars in 2025, while expanding access to research and learning materials. Open Access. vs. OER - What's the difference? These terms are often [...]
Consensus is an AI-powered search of over 220 million peer-reviewed sources that can create evidence-based answers and summaries, with citations that link every response back to a real research paper. Consensus only uses AI after the search for scientific literature, so that every response is grounded in real, citatable research - no generated citations or [...]
Work by artists of the Maine & national Deaf communities and photographs by Michael Kolster September 25, 2025-February 8, 2026 Unspoken Resilience celebrates Maine’s Deaf community through a group exhibition of work by Deaf artists and craftspeople, in conversation with Michael Kolster’s recent series of color photographs of Lewiston. The exhibit foregrounds American Sign Language and issues [...]
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