university of maine at farmington

Published
May 14, 2022

Maine Voices: Secrecy amid storms at UMF, UMA feels all too familiar

As they did at USM in 2014, UMaine System leaders persist in ignoring the vital roles faculty, staff and students play in our state’s public universities.
Published
May 13, 2022

Our View: UMaine System chancellor losing trust following errors at UMA, UMF

So far, Dannel Malloy’s explanations for the errors have been incomplete, and his interactions with students and faculty underwhelming, and at times dishonest.
Published
May 11, 2022

UMF students hold sit-in, call for Chancellor Malloy’s resignation

In 24 hours, students wrote a list of demands holding University of Maine System Chancellor Dannel P. Malloy's accountable for cutting faculty.
Published
May 7, 2022

Nine faculty positions eliminated at UMF cut from humanities and social sciences

Professors of Philosophy and Religion, Women's and Gender studies, History, and World Languages were either let go or offered jobs in other areas. They were also advisors for many diverse student unions on campus.
Published
December 6, 2021

Maine delegation wants UMF’s college prep program funding restored

For the first time in more than 20 years, the federal government has rejected the University of Maine at Farmington's request for a grant for its college prep program, GEAR UP Maine.
Published
October 15, 2020

Central Maine colleges say coronavirus-testing efforts paying benefits

Officials from Thomas College and Colby College in Waterville and the University of Maine at Farmington have reported low numbers of infections and good cooperation from students and staff members as schools continue with testing.
Published
May 15, 2020

UMF holds virtual commencement

University of Maine at Farmington's 2020 graduates enjoyed a two-day virtual commencement ceremony.
Published
March 16, 2020

NASA grant will help Maine scientist study wildfire effects

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has given $300,000 to a Maine professor to study whether an instrument on the International Space Station can help predict the effects of wildfires
Published
January 21, 2020

UMF terminates faculty member after sex abuse allegation

President Edward Serna in a statement Tuesday said the accusation stems from McInnes' employment in New York City in the 1990s, and that the university knows of no concerns about McInnis while in he worked in Farmington.
Published
October 23, 2019

UMF student pleads not guilty to having sexually explicit materials of a child

Yue Li Liang of Orono was indicted by a grand jury last week.