UMaine to use 3-D printer to manufacture wind turbine blades

The University of Maine will receive more than $2.8 million from the U.S. energy department for the project, Maine's U.S. senators announce.

Planning underway for statewide UMaine engineering college

The initiative, funded with a $75 million investment from the Harold Alfond Foundation, will build on existing programs to add capacity and opportunities across the University of Maine System.

State launches campaign to help students with college admissions process

The On Track for College series will deliver a dozen virtual college counseling and decision-making events for high school students this spring.

Maine Voices: History provides reality check to lumberjack’s romantic image

Many Maine woods workers in the early 20th century were tricked into taking jobs characterized by isolation and debt servitude.

Wastewater testing sheds light on COVID-19 trends

However, there has not been enough screening statewide to offer warning signs of potential case spikes.

Four additional deaths, 172 new COVID-19 cases reported in Maine as virus surges

The number of active cases of the coronavirus in Maine has tripled – from roughly 600 to 1,800 – in one month, and hospitalizations as well as deaths are climbing.

School Notebook: Oct. 28

UMaine athletics to receive $90 million from Alfond Foundation

The gift – part of a staggering $240 million for the University of Maine System – is the largest ever given to a New England public university for athletics.

Alfond’s $240 million gift to UMaine System among largest ever to public higher ed institute

The money from the Harold Alfond Foundation will help transform the University of Southern Maine by providing most of the funding for a new graduate center and law school and access to a multi-university engineering program.

Poland Spring seeks new packaging materials derived from Maine’s woods

The Poland-based bottler is collaborating with the University of Maine to find alternative packaging that would lessen its use of petroleum-based products.