FORT KENT, Maine — University of Maine System (UMS) Trustees unanimously approved a balanced budget for the coming academic year that maintains the region’s most affordable tuition and makes meaningful investments to improve student and employee success and retention. At … Read More
In total, more than 7,000 students are expected to earn bachelor’s, master’s, law and doctoral degrees this academic year through the University of Maine System, which is the state’s most powerful engine of educational attainment and upward mobility ORONO, Maine … Read More
PORTLAND, Maine — A new University of Maine System Business & Law Clinic (External Site) is growing Maine’s workforce and economy by providing free support to startup and early-stage ventures while also training future entrepreneurs and attorneys. The University of … Read More
AUGUSTA, Maine — The University of Maine System (UMS) is recognizing the outstanding teaching, research and public service of 33 faculty members by awarding them tenure. The tenure applications unanimously approved by the UMS Board of Trustees at their regular … Read More
The following commentary from University of Maine System Chancellor Dannel Malloy appeared in the Portland Press Herald (External Site) on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. Walking into the hospital last January for a minor surgery was one of the scariest moments of 18-year-old … Read More
All of Maine’s public universities are experiencing growth in areas aligned with state workforce needs like engineering, education and health care, while demand for the University of Maine at Presque Isle’s flexible online YourPace programs from working adults has driven … Read More
A public UMaine medical school could strengthen the physician workforce, significantly improve health outcomes and drive economic development, but limited financial and medical residency capacity in the state make it currently infeasible ORONO, Maine — An independent study released today concludes … Read More
The three-year agreement overwhelmingly ratified today positions Maine’s public universities as a national destination for graduate student education, research and employment ORONO, Maine — The University of Maine System (UMS) has achieved its first collective bargaining agreement with part-time graduate … Read More
S&P Global Ratings, which recently downgraded the outlook for the nation’s higher education sector, lauded the System’s innovative student recruitment and retention efforts, as well as internal collaborations and cost containment, and the University of Maine’s research excellence ORONO, Maine … Read More
Through its Maine Center and a partnership with Everfi and Maine Venture Fund, the state’s largest educational and economic development enterprise is providing hundreds of Maine middle and high school students with free entrepreneurial education, which will be showcased at … Read More