Press Releases

The University of Maine at Presque Isle’s Reed Art Gallery presents Langlais’ World, from March 3 to April 21, 2023. The exhibition will feature a selection from its large collection of original artworks by Maine native and internationally renowned artist Bernard Langlais, including sculptures, paintings, drawings, constructions, and sketchbooks. Some of these works will be seen for the first time since they were gifted to UMPI by the Kohler Foundation.

The University of Maine at Presque Isle’s Reed Art Gallery presents Figures and Faces: New Additions to the Carl and Alice (Graves) Hitchcock Collection, from Feb. 3 to Feb. 24.

The University of Maine at Presque Isle will present a special evening with award-winning author Cathie Pelletier on Thursday, Feb. 2, at 6 p.m., in UMPI’s Campus Center, when it hosts a reading and book signing focused on her latest book, Northeaster: A Story of Courage and Survival in the Blizzard of 1952.

The region’s premier leadership development training experience returns for its 15th year with the theme The Leading Role.

Officials at the University of Maine at Presque Isle are pleased to announce that the institution has garnered a fifth top ranking from U.S. News and World Report as part of its 2023 Best Colleges list.

The University of Maine at Presque Isle has welcomed 15 new faculty and staff members between last spring and the Fall 2022 semester.

University of Maine at Presque Isle Professor of English and Creative Writing Richard Lee Zuras has a new book—his fourth—that will be released on Dec. 7. Mining Your Past: A Creative Writing Professor’s Guide: Writing Stories, Poetry, & Song Lyrics, published by Belle Isle Books, will be available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

The University of Maine at Presque Isle Lunchtime Science Seminar series will host a talk by Dr. Chunzeng Wang, UMPI Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 12:30-1:30 p.m., in Folsom Hall 201 (the GIS Lab).

The University of Maine at Presque Isle’s Reed Art Gallery will present Warhol Revisited, a selection from its collection of original artworks by renowned American artist Andy Warhol, from Dec. 2, 2022, to Jan. 27, 2023. The exhibition will feature black-and-white photographs, Polaroids, and original screen prints.

The University of Maine at Presque Isle has launched a bold, new ad campaign today, embracing vivid colors, striking imagery, and compelling student stories as it shares what makes the campus so special.