Category: Events | UNE Library Services

Celebrate Deaf Resilience and Creativity

October 25, 2025

12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Portland Campus Art Gallery

You are invited to the UNE Art Gallery Portland Saturday, October 25th from 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. for a self-directed art activity in conjunction with “Unspoken Resilience: Healing from the Lewiston Shooting Two Years In”. This Saturday, we recognize the 2-year mark of the shooting that ended the lives of 4 Deaf Mainers, injured [...]

Truth in the Present Tense

Donna M. Loring Lecture

October 28, 2025

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

St. Francis Room, Ketchum Library, UNE Biddeford Campus

Join us for the 2025 Donna M. Loring Lecture "Truth in the Present Tense: Wabanaki Voices, Museums, and the Struggle against Erasure" featuring speakers Jennifer Neptune, Director of the Penobscot Nation Museum on Indian Island, and Betsy Richards, Executive Director of the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor. Learn More.

Open Educational Resources Opportunities at UNE

OER Workshop

October 15, 2025

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Zoom

Join UNE librarian Sonya Durney to learn more about Open Educational Resources! This workshop will introduce faculty to open textbooks – one type of OER, and the benefits these textbooks offer: affordability, pedagogical practice, student learning, and engagement. The workshop will also cover grant-funded opportunities to review, adopt, or create OER. Wednesday, October 15Time: 2:00 [...]

Narrative Medicine & Visual Art: Opening Perception and Sharpening Observation for Health Professions Learners

October 8, 2025

6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Biddeford Campus Art Gallery

Join us for a vibrant evening of art, conversation, and connection at the UNE Biddeford Campus Art Gallery! This interprofessional event brings together health professions students for a unique exploration of how visual art can deepen clinical observation and enhance medical understanding. Featuring: Sophie Hamacher, Artist & Filmmaker Dr. Andrew Eisenhower, Cardiologist Hilary Irons, UNE [...]

“Unspoken Resilience” at UNE Art Gallery

Unspoken Resilience Opening

September 25, 2025

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Portland Campus Art Gallery

Join us fo the opening of an art show that corresponds with Deaf Culture Week and honors victims of Maine’s deadliest-ever mass shooting will open at the University of New England Art Gallery in Portland on Sept. 25. Co-curated by Michelle Ames and Meryl Troop. Learn more. A reception for the show will be held from 5 [...]

Open Educational Resources Opportunities at UNE

OER Workshop

September 17, 2025

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Biddeford Campus, Ketchum Library

Join UNE librarian Sonya Durney to learn more about Open Educational Resources at either of two workshops! These workshops will introduce faculty to open textbooks – one type of OER, and the benefits these textbooks offer: affordability, pedagogical practice, student learning, and engagement. The workshop will also cover grant-funded opportunities to review, adopt, or create [...]

Your Vote 2025

National Voter Registration Day

September 16, 2025

11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Ripich Commons

Everything you need to know about voting in November's elections. Register to vote, ask questions about voting, or just grab a UNE Votes sticker. General Election Day On November 4th, registered Maine voters will decide on two important statewide ballot questions, alongside numerous local elections and measures: Question 1: Voter ID Requirement Would require voters [...]

20 Years of The Gathering of Writers

September 4, 2025

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Maine Women Writers Collection, Abplanalp Library, Portland Campus

The Maine Women Writers Collection at the University of New England will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Gathering of Writers, a weekly creative writing workshop series, on September 4 at 6 p.m. in the Abplanalp Library on the Portland Campus for the Health Sciences. The event is free and open to the public. Since [...]

Activating the Labyrinth: A Performance for Two People in Three Parts

September 6, 2025

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

UNE Art Gallery Labyrinth

To celebrate the closing of our remarkable exhibit “An Unreliable Record: Exploring the Photographic Imaginary”, curated by Nelleke Mack, UNE Art Gallery Portland presents an outdoor performance by Elana Adler and Patricia Brace. Free and open to the public; refreshments served; rain date September 7th. Much like the Cottingley Fairies photographs that blurred the lines between fantasy [...]

Tacos & Open Education

Take a Walk on the Open Side: Tacos & Open Education

May 6, 2025

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Abplanalp Library, Portland Campus

Explore the world of open education and open publishing while enjoying a walking taco bar! Learn how OER, open textbooks, and digital repositories can support academic and professional growth through interactive stations. Topics: Open textbooks Cut costs, gain control: open textbooks let you read, adapt, and teach for free. Open publishing Understanding the benefits of [...]