Campus leaders back the change in name, which needs approval from the UMaine System trustees and, finally, the Legislature.
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Six men fined for roles in underage drinking that led to 19-year-old’s death in Orono
The men, all current or former University of Maine students, hosted parties attended by Alexie Adams, who died in a snowbank of acute intoxication and hypothermia.
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Maine native wanted by Putin feels liberated
Kyle Parker was one of the key players behind the Magnitsky Act, a set of sanctions against Russians accused of gross human rights violations.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
UMaine Republican group catches flak for ‘Deck the Wall’ party
The group says the event was meant to spark dialogue, but the marketing language fell short.
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Volunteers at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens’ herbarium help curate its collection
They mount plants the old way, glued to acid-free paper, and the new – inputting facts online, with 21st-century implications.
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How did professor Stephen Coghlan study the human cost of homesteading?
He relied on a test subject very close to home.
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Seeing the forest for the trees at the Holt Research Forest in Arrowsic
Where the data is decades deep.
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Former UMaine baseball player charged with raping 6 women in Delaware
Clay Conaway, who left the university in 2016, was arrested in August on 1 count of sexual assault, and since then 5 more women have come forward.
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University system captures extra $15 million, reports $8.2 million surplus
The extra funds are attributed to better-than-expected investment income, cost-cutting and an increase in tuition revenue from out-of-state students.