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Labeling bottles

State partnership overcomes urgent shortage of key N95 mask testing materials

The University of Maine has manufactured more than 2,200 bottles of testing solutions required to perform aerosol fit tests of N95 masks in accordance with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration protocols for testing Personal Protective Equipment. Maine public sector enforcement guidance requires that state and local government health care employers perform an initial qualitative fit test for […]

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Press Herald article on University of Maine System enrollment, completion rates quotes President Ferrini-Mundy

The Portland Press Herald article “Despite pandemic’s disruptions, most UMaine System students stayed on course” quoted Joan Ferrini-Mundy, president of the University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias. Of about 21,100 undergraduates across Maine’s seven campuses, almost 350 students dropped, for a semester retention rate of 98.4 percent, the same as last spring, […]

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Fogler Library

2020 Presidential Awards announced

Two faculty members in the School of Marine Sciences and one in the College of Engineering are the recipients of 2020 Presidential Awards at the University of Maine. Sara Lindsay, associate professor of marine sciences, received the Presidential Outstanding Teaching Award. Bob Steneck, professor of marine sciences, received the Presidential Research and Creative Achievement Award. […]

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Media report on virtual Commencement celebrations 

News Center Maine and WABI (Channel 5) reported on virtual Commencement celebrations held by University of Maine System campuses, including the University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias. “Every graduating class — of course, it’s such a special time,” said UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy. “We’re so proud of what they’ve accomplished, and we’re […]

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Alumni Hall

Four inaugural Presidential Fellows named

Four faculty and staff members have been named University of Maine Presidential Fellows in a new leadership program launched by President Joan Ferrini-Mundy to advance three themes tied to UMaine’s strategic plan — fostering learner success and research learning; research-practice partnerships; and telling the UMaine story. The themes for 2019–20 are designed to engender universitywide […]

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Media report on fall 2020 enrollment at UMaine

WABI (Channel 5) and the Bangor Daily News reported on student enrollment for the fall 2020 semester at the University of Maine. More than 2,200 students will attend UMaine in the fall, according to the reports. More than 1,100 out-of-state students enrolled, a 15% uptick from last year, according to WABI. “We are very pleased […]

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Honors College hosting online Rezendes Ethics Essay Recognition event May 8

The Honors College at the University of Maine will host an online recognition event at 4:30 p.m. Friday, May 8 for the 2020 John M. Rezendes Annual Ethics Essay Competition. The competition invites undergraduate students to submit an 8- to 10-page essay that focuses on ethics, broadly construed. This year’s theme was “ethics and food […]

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Media report on groundbreaking for Engineering Education and Design Center

WABI (Channel 5), WVII (Channel 7), Mainebiz and the Associated Press reported on the groundbreaking ceremony for the University of Maine’s new Ferland Engineering Education and Design Center, which was held online at 1 p.m. April 28. The $78 million center will give engineering students hands-on education with state of the art laboratories. Construction of […]

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People with shovels at a virtual groundbreaking ceremony

UMaine holds virtual groundbreaking for $78 million Ferland Engineering Education and Design Center

Today, donors, architects, builders, alumni, friends and colleagues will celebrate the official groundbreaking ceremony for the University of Maine Ferland Engineering Education and Design Center. Due to coronavirus pandemic protocols, the previously planned in-person event is virtual and available online.  Construction of the 105,000-square-foot facility will begin in May, with workers following appropriate COVID-19 health […]

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