President Ferrini-Mundy

Maine media cover Maine Hello

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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Media highlight opening of UMaine BOT Loft

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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First-ever named professorship at Honors College created in honor of Bernard Lown (‘42)  

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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UMaine opens cutting-edge robotics and automation training facility 

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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Maine media cover Dairy Month celebration at Witter Farm

The Bangor Daily News, Mainebiz, WABI (Channel 5 in Bangor), WFVX (FOX 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) and WGME (FOX 23 in Portland) covered the kick off to Dairy Month hosted at the University of Maine’s Witter Farm. Gov. Janet Mills, Commissioner of the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Amanda Beal, UMaine President Joan […]

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UMaine names 2025 Presidential Award recipients

The 2025 Presidential Awards recognize outstanding teachers in microbiology and marine biology; applied research in creative blind and low vision technologies; engagement with Maine’s youth through outdoor education; innovation in shellfish cultivation; and extraordinary impact on economic enhancement and collaboration across Maine.  Gayle Kraus, professor of marine ecology at the University of Maine at Machias, […]

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