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Tenacious Exhibit at the Portland Gallery

Tenacious Opening Reception

February 10, 2023

4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Portland Campus Art Gallery

Featuring work by James Graham, Karen Jelenfy, James Bradley Marshall, and Ian Trask, “Tenacious” focuses on non-objective abstraction as a generative visual language.  The artwork is contextualized through process, with themes of aging, chronic illness, mental health, and the artist’s response to these challenges through the activity of artmaking.    “The work in Tenacious responds to our ever-changing world, […]

Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Inspiring Change

We invite you to contemplate how you might make change in your communities in rememberance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King’s legacy continues to inspire and motivate change makers because he calls on us to find a cause to which we are willing to dedicate our lives. He dedicated his life to racial […]

Of and About the Road

Of and About the Road Opening

January 20, 2023

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Ketchum Library Art Gallery

Join us for our the opening reception of Of and About the Road: The Automobile in History, Society and the Environment at the UNE Gallery in the Jack S. Ketchum Library. This exhibit has been co-curated with multi-media assemblage artist Dan Dowd to explore the automobile as a source of creative energy for artists, as […]

Data Management & Sharing; How to comply with the NIH Change

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) have issued a Data Mangement and Sharing Policy, effective January 25, 2023. The purpose of this policy is to promote the sharing of scientific data in order to provide robust public access to research, and follow FAIR principles. It is part of an effort by NIH to improve the […]

DEI Resources for our Community

Whether you are looking for articles on health disparities, hoping to find a good novel that features diverse characters, or are just starting to think about DEI issues, we have resources for you. Our DEI resource site is a place to begin exploring diversity, equity and inclusion in all of its complexities. The materials available on our […]

Introducing Bendable Maine

We are very excited about Maine’s new lifelong learning platform Bendable Maine. The Maine State Library has curated content tailored to the interests of, and in many cases created by, Maine residents. Includes resources for learning hundreds of languages, technology, cooking, crafts, local history and ecology, personal finance and more. A few examples of the […]

Be Here Now: Practices for Mindfulness

Be Here Now: Practices for Mindfulness

December 14, 2022

11:30 am - 12:00 pm

Ketchum Library Art Gallery

Join us for a weekly exploration of mindful-awareness practices that will help you to build a friendly relationship with your mind and allow you space to relax and reflect. We will meet for 30 minutes on Wednesdays to cultivate curiosity and happiness, with guided activities such as reflective writing, walking meditation, and focus on the […]

The Sandra and Bernard Featherman University Archives

We are very excited to announce the creation of the Sandra and Bernard Featherman University Archives with a very generous gift from the family of President Sandra Featherman. The Featherman archives aims to preserve and document UNE’s rich and unique past as well as its continued evolution. The Featherman Archives houses materials from UNE’s legacy […]

Donna M. Loring Lecture Recording

Did you miss the annual Donna M. Loring Lecture? A recording of One Nation, Under Fraud: A Remonstrance is now publically available on YouTube.

Be Here Now: Practices for Mindfulness

Be Here Now: Practices for Mindfulness

November 30, 2022

11:30 am - 12:00 pm

Ketchum Library Art Gallery

Join us for a weekly exploration of mindful-awareness practices that will help you to build a friendly relationship with your mind and allow you space to relax and reflect. We will meet for 30 minutes on Wednesdays to cultivate curiosity and happiness, with guided activities such as reflective writing, walking meditation, and focus on the […]