The University of Maine Emera Astronomy Center will change its name to Versant Power Astronomy Center, reflecting the new ownership of the state’s second-largest electric utility. The University of Maine System Board of Trustees approved the name change at its Sept. 28 meeting. Emera Inc., which donated $1 million toward construction of the center in […]
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Greg Powell, chair form the board of directors for the Harold Alfond Foundation, commended University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy, Athletics Director Ken Ralph, Senior Associate Athletic Director Seth Woodcock and University of Maine System Chancellor Dannel Malloy for their leadership in a Bangor Daily News article about the Harold Alfond Foundation’s $90 million gift […]
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WABI (Channel 5) interviewed Deborah Bouchard, director of the University of Maine Aquaculture Research Institute, and Damian Brady, an associate professor of marine sciences at UMaine, about a new partnership to ensure salmon and oyster aquaculture in the U.S. succeeds. UMaine, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service and Auburn University in Alabama teamed […]
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The Chronicle of Philanthropy highlighted the Harold Alfond Foundation’s historic $500 million investment to Maine and its people, which includes a $240 million commitment to the University of Maine System to bring transformative change to the state’s largest educational, research, innovation and talent development asset. The Alfond investment in the University of Maine System is […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported that the largest ever gift to the University of Maine System was awarded in part to recognize efforts to unify campuses in the system through institutional accreditation, and to increase intercampus collaboration. George Jacobson, professor emeritus of biology, ecology and climate change at the University of Maine, praised UMS Chancellor […]
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Over the past decade, Maine has seen 2.2% annual growth in aquaculture, which has had an overall economic impact of $140 million annually. Tackling the growing challenges for the sector — from emerging finfish and shellfish diseases to the effects of climate change — is critical. To address these issues facing the industry in Maine […]
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The University of Maine and Northeastern University and its Roux Institute have jointly awarded seed funding to five collaborative research teams to address topics important to people in Maine and beyond. Broadly, the projects involve improving aquaculture vaccines, examining the link between pacifier use and sudden infant death syndrome, better understanding influenza A, creating an […]
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“How does diversity strengthen education and community?” Find out on the fourth episode of Season Three of “The Maine Question” podcast. The death of George Floyd is just one of several incidents that pushed issues of race, diversity and justice to the front burner in 2020. University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy created the Council […]
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The Harold Alfond Foundation’s historic investment in Maine and its people includes a $240 million commitment to the University of Maine System to bring transformative change to the state’s largest educational, research, innovation and talent development asset. The Alfond investment in the University of Maine System is the largest ever to a public institution of […]
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WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported on University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy and University of Maine System Chancellor Dannel Malloy receiving COVID-19 tests on campus as result of random sampling for asymptomatic COVID-19 testing. “Extraordinary low,” Ferrini-Mundy said about UMS’s COVID-19 positivity rate. “Lower than the state of Maine. We’re just thrilled […]
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