In the wake of a marketing campaign, the university in Orono has received 14,205 applications for admission this fall, a 17 percent increase over last year.

The co-founder and editor-in-chief of the liberal news site Huffington Post will also be given an honorary degree.

Paige Brown, 17, is working on developing a cost-effective filter to remove phosphate from stormwater systems.

Jon Jacques has previously set ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ and ‘Sweet Caroline’ to pi-themed lyrics.

In a deal with Gov. LePage, trustees agree to a sixth year of the same in-state figure, a rarity at a time of rising college costs nationwide.