UMF professor and team receive grant from NASA

Dr. Andrew Barton, Professor of Biology at the University of Maine at Farmington, and his team of scientists will be trekking the Arizona ponderosa pine forest to monitor its ecosystems and compare their data to NASA's ECOSTRESS, a thermal instrument on the International Space Station.

Broccoli takes over UMF dining hall

UMaine and Sodexo celebrated an initiative to have locally grown broccoli frozen and served in their dining halls during the winter by having broccoli specific dishes served to their students on Tuesday, Jan. 31.

New Sweatt-Winter building on schedule

UMF's new Sweatt-Winter Child Care and Early Education Center is on schedule to be open in early summer. The space is double the size of the previous space and will have more room for kids in the program as well as a space for graduates and undergraduates.

UMF hosts banned book performance

Featuring lines and dialogue from books that have been banned over the years for many different reasons, honor students at UMF gave a performance that was also their final project for a class on banned books.

Award winning author Morgan Talty visits UMF

The author read two short stories from his award winning book, Night of the Living Rez, and answered questions from the audience on Thursday, Nov. 17, at the Landing.

UMF students see Spot dance

UMF students were paid a visit from Boston Dynamics and their robot, Spot, to learn about different ways to get kids interested in science and engineering.

UMF models the future of actuary science

UMF partnered with the Actuarial Foundation to host the "Modeling the Future Challenge" for high school students across the state.

UMF, Bates named among the most environmentally responsible colleges in the nation

UMF was listed as one of the most environmentally responsible colleges by the Princeton Review.

Studying hard at the Mantor Library

Joseph McDonnell says he can help UMF as interim president with his experience in crisis management

The Franklin Journal sat down with University of Maine at Farmington's new leader to learn more about his background, what he envisions for UMF's future and how he plans to address ongoing uncertainty.