University officials say its testing strategy is key to allowing students, faculty and staff to return to campuses for in-person learning.
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UMaine, UMM to offer tuition-free early college summer courses for high school students
Through a partnership between the Maine Department of Education, the University of Maine Orono and the University of Maine Machias, tuition is waived for all qualified Maine high school students, covering full tuition for up to 12 college credits per year at the two universities. Eligible students are able to earn college credit while still […]
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Maine college leaders collaborating on ‘framework’ to reopen campuses
Presidents of Maine’s public and private colleges and universities are hoping to present recommendations to Gov. Janet Mills next month.
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Landowners needed for Maine Forest Tick Survey
Volunteer landowners with 10 to 1,000 wooded acres in Androscoggin, Cumberland, Hancock, Knox, Kennebec, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo and York counties needed.
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Caleigh Charlebois awarded Barry Goldwater Scholarship
South China student is a zoology major, with a minor in technical writing in the Honors College at UMaine.
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Got ticks? UMaine wants landowners to collect them for testing
The counties in the project are in the southern and coastal parts of the state, including Androscoggin, Cumberland, Hancock, Knox, Kennebec, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, and York counties, which are home to the state’s largest populations of residents.
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UMaine’s new student orientations will be held virtually
Maine’s flagship campus in Orono will move orientations in June to a virtual format, while other campuses in the university system are making adjustments but have not canceled in-person August orientations.
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Chief justice to step down from state’s high court to lead UMaine law school
Leigh Saufley, the first woman to serve as chief justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, will leave after 19 years on the job to become dean of the University of Maine School of Law in Portland.
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The Maine Millennial: Even in a pandemic, still bringing home strays
A drafty old farmhouse becomes a port in a storm for dislocated college students.
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University of Maine, MOFGA search for workers to help dairy farmers during pandemic
‘If those people get sick, someone needs to step in to take over the operations,’ said Richard Kersbergen, extension professor with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. ‘Dairy farming doesn’t just stop.’