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Prior to becoming Chancellor of the University of Maine System in 2019, Malloy served two terms as Governor of Connecticut, where he abolished the death penalty MADRID, Spain — In recognition of his leadership promoting civil and human rights, the University of Maine System’s Chancellor has been named to the… Read More about Dannel Malloy named to International Commission against the Death Penalty

Maine’s public universities are the state’s largest driver of educational attainment and economic development and have conferred 106,362 degrees over the past two decades ORONO, Maine — The University of Maine System (UMS) will graduate thousands of career-ready professionals into the Maine workforce at commencement ceremonies across the state this… Read More about University of Maine System to award 6,175 in-demand degrees in May

As the largest education and economic development enterprise in the state, Maine’s public universities are essential to delivering on the plan’s goals to grow wages and productivity and attract new workers  EAST BOOTHBAY, Maine — The University of Maine System (UMS) is applauding today’s release of a refresh of the State’s… Read More about University of Maine System commends continued commitment to grow talent and innovation in State’s economic plan update

AUGUSTA, Maine — University of Maine System (UMS) Chancellor Dannel Malloy and the Board of Trustees have awarded tenure to 42 faculty. “Achieving tenure is a major milestone for our faculty that recognizes their sustained excellence in serving our students and our state through teaching, research and scholarship, and service,”… Read More about University of Maine System awards tenure to 42 faculty 

Trustees are expected to act on capital projects at the University of Maine that grow talent and innovation to strengthen the state’s economy, and get an update on the University of Southern Maine’s efforts to bolster the health care workforce through its Lewiston-Auburn campus AUGUSTA, Maine — The Board of… Read More about University of Maine System Board of Trustees to meet in Augusta on April 8

One-time Congressionally Directed Spending awards will be invested statewide in public university infrastructure and programming that directly address critical workforce shortages in the state and advance economic and community growth ORONO, Maine — Funding in the federal budget package passed this weekend will enable the University of Maine System (UMS)… Read More about University of Maine System to accelerate workforce and small business development with federal funding secured by Sens. Collins and King

The four-year public System remains the most affordable in New England with the price of tuition and mandatory fees actually falling over the past five years when adjusted for inflation, despite a modest increase proposed for next year. ORONO, Maine — University of Maine System (UMS) leaders are proposing an… Read More about University of Maine System proposes balanced budget for FY25

ORONO, Maine — The six-bill federal budget package passed by Congress last week and signed by President Biden on Saturday will invest $40.8 million in University of Maine System (UMS) infrastructure and innovation to strengthen student opportunity and the state’s economy and local communities. Much of the one-time Congressionally Directed… Read More about Federal funding secured by Senators Collins and King will accelerate University of Maine System-led economic and community development 

ORONO, Maine — The University of Maine System (UMS) is mourning the loss of Patricia Collins, of Caribou, who died Tuesday at the age of 96. Collins has been closely connected to Maine’s public universities for more than 75 years, having come to Maine from her native New York to… Read More about University of Maine System remembers Pat Collins, former chair of Board of Trustees and ‘a force in our community’

McDonnell, who joined the University of Maine System in 2011, is widely credited with initiating a turnaround of the western Maine university in the two years since he was appointed its interim leader and has been called ‘the right person for this important job’ FARMINGTON, Maine — With the strong… Read More about University of Maine at Farmington interim president Joseph McDonnell appointed as president