University of New England - Innovation for a Healthier Planet

Giving Day

For 17 years, the MWWC has been hosting the Donna M. Loring Lecture Series, a space for education, dialogue, and reflection on issues such as Indigenous rights, environmental advocacy, civil rights, social justice, and human rights. Will you give a little to help support this work? We are excited to be participating in UNE’s Giving [...]

Author Celebration To Highlight Faculty Publications

UNE Author Celebration

April 8, 2026

4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Biddeford Art Gallery

Announcing the inaugural UNE Authors Celebration to honor the book-length scholarship and creative works published by our faculty and affiliated authors since 2020. Hosted in the Biddeford Ketchum Library Art Gallery, this event marks a renewed commitment to recognizing the intellectual contributions and rigorous research produced across our academic community. This event offers an opportunity [...]

New Read & Publish Agreement

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 [...]

New Graphic Novel Collection

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 [...]

Black History Month

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, [...]

AI @ UNE

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 [...]

Open Access Progress

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 [...]

Introducing Consensus AI

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 [...]

Unspoken Resilience: Healing from the Lewiston Shooting Two Years In

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 [...]

Tracing History: Village, Monastery, Campus

In honor of Indigenous People's Day we would like to share the digial exhibit Tracing History: Village, Monastery, Campus. This project begins with a land acknowledgement, and goes on to detail the evolution of the land which has become the UNE Biddeford Campus as settlements, a monestry, and several educational institutions. Based on research performed [...]