While the action has no legal impact, it signals to trustees, who have voiced strong support for Minouche Shafik, that the university leader has lost the support of some professors.
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USM eliminates 5 management positions to save money
The positions include the directors of advising, graduate studies, and student engagement and leadership, as well as the director and associate director of the Russell Scholars program.
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70 years ago, school integration was a dream many believed could actually happen. It hasn’t.
Around 4 out of 10 Black and Hispanic students attend schools where almost every one of their classmates is another student of color.
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Lewiston voters reject school budget
The City Council will hold a special meeting to discuss a date for a school budget revote.
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University of Southern Maine announces layoffs to take effect Friday
The UMaine System school says it is ending the Russell Scholars program and eliminating several management positions, but would not say how many employees would be laid off.
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Readfield woman seeks to match children grappling with illness with musical instruments
Ellen Bowman, now in remission after treatment for breast cancer, wants to connect children with critical illness with music to help them make sense of their anxieties and give them a creative outlet.
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6 Portland schools placed under ‘lockout’ after hoax bomb threat
During a lockout scenario, which is different from a lockdown, students can continue learning but no one is allowed in or out of the building.
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Maine’s tour guide to outer space is signing off after 25 years
During his tenure at the University of Southern Maine’s Southworth Planetarium, Edward Herrick-Gleason has narrated thousands of sky tours and astronomy shows and established himself as local media’s go-to expert for all things astronomical.
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Schools turn to artificial intelligence to spot guns
Companies are pushing lawmakers to spend on gun-detection systems.
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Clinton mother and son, alongside more than 200 graduates, earn degrees from Thomas College with eye on the future
Dina Harding, 57, and her son Colton Harding, 22, both graduated with degrees in technology-related fields from the Waterville college Saturday at a commencement highlighted by an address from Gov. Janet Mills.