Board of trustees member Karl Turner says the policy change will not necessarily eliminate fossil fuel holdings in the system’s $287 million portfolio, but it ‘will weed out the worst offenders.’
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Scientists take to Maine’s streets on Earth Day
The March for Science planned for Saturday – Earth Day – leaves scientists, more attuned to facts than acts of protest, with the question: go, or no?
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The Scion: Glenn Taylor
The director of dining services at the Univerity of Maine in Orono is both feeding the next generation and educating it about local foods.
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UMaine System trustees vote to make Machias campus part of flagship
Under the new structure, UMM will keep its name and degree-granting authority, and will be led by an academic dean who reports to the president of UMaine in Orono.
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Cost to attend UMaine System likely to top $19,000 next year
Following a six-year tuition freeze, ‘now it is time to invest,’ Chancellor James Page says.
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UMaine System capital improvements borrowing plan clears hurdle
The proposal calls for issuing as much as $100 million in bonds to pay for renovations, new construction and technology upgrades in classrooms and labs.
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Maine professor had hand in April’s March for Science
Paleoecologist Jacquelyn Gill says scientists have to honk their own horns to foster a stronger connection with the public and politicians.
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Off-court, UMaine women’s foreign basketball players face adjustments in ‘such a different world’
For recruits from other countries, American ways are sometimes difficult to digest.
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UMaine launches website to help with specialty food products
Recipe to Market aims to help people hoping to get a start in the specialty food business.
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Geologist Brenda Hall fell for glaciers as a child
Now she’s an expert on everything from the speed at which they are cracking to camping on them.