News Center Maine, the Bangor Daily News, the Portland Press Herald, WABI (Channel 5 in Bangor) and WFFX (Channel 7 in Bangor) reported on the unveiling of the New Balance Track & Field and Soccer Complex and the renovated Shawn Walsh Hockey Center and Alfond Arena on Sept. 27. “When something new and well done […]
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Joan Ferrini-Mundy highlighted the university’s leadership at today’s Maine Blue Economy Innovation Summit. ‘You don’t get to focus on an economy without thinking about the people who make and drive that economy,’ she said. On Maine’s rugged coast, where shipbuilding, fishing and working waterfronts have defined generations, leaders say the future is once again tied […]
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The University of Maine unveiled the New Balance Track & Field and Soccer Complex and the renovated Shawn Walsh Hockey Center and Alfond Arena on Sept. 27. “The New Balance Track & Field and Soccer Complex and newly renovated Shawn Walsh Hockey Center and Alfond Arena reflect transformational investments in our students, our university and […]
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University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy penned an op-ed titled “Think of UMaine as the R&D department of Maine itself” that was published in the Portland Press Herald. “While all research universities provide value to their home states, UMaine is invaluable to Maine,” wrote Ferrini-Mundy, who also serves as president of the University of Maine […]
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News Center Maine, Spectrum News Maine, WABI (Channel 5 in Bangor) and WFVX (FOX 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) covered the arrival of 1,500 incoming first year students as they moved onto the University of Maine campus during Maine Hello on Friday, Aug. 29. “This is how they get to know how kind and caring we […]
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University of Maine alumnus Blaine Moores has donated $2 million to launch a symposium series that will bring nationally prominent figures to campus for presentations and classroom conversations on history and current affairs. Moores, who earned a bachelor’s degree in history from UMaine in 1959 and a master’s degree in education in 1963, has established […]
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WABI (Channel 5 in Bangor), WFVX (FOX 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) and Mainebiz highlighted the grand opening of the University of Maine B.O.T. Loft, a new robotics and automation training facility inside the Advanced Manufacturing Center (AMC) for companies to use to train workers. “As manufacturers nationwide modernize, so too must our workforce. The B.O.T. […]
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A new series of courses and lectures at the University of Maine will honor the life and legacy of Dr. Bernard Lown (‘42). A devout humanitarian, Lown applied principles of peace and kindness to his work as a world-renowned cardiologist and activist for nuclear disarmament. Through a gift of $273,000 from Lown’s three children — […]
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New space will grow Maine’s economy, national security and global competitiveness by supporting statewide advanced manufacturing workforce development Answering increasing demand from industry for highly skilled manufacturing workers in Maine and beyond, the University of Maine has opened the B.O.T. Loft, a state-of-the-art robotics and automation training facility that will offer factory-authorized training, a suite […]
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The research farm recently underwent a $3 million renovation funded by the Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan so that the land-grant university could accelerate its development of new potato varieties, like the successful Caribou Russet, and the growth of Maine’s agricultural economy and workforce Gov. Janet Mills and leaders of the University of Maine and […]
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