FARMINGTON — More than $100,000 in research grants, received by two natural science faculty members at the University of Maine at Farmington, will fund a study on the chemical profile of medicinal cannabis. Jean Doty, professor of biology, and Terry Morocco, associate professor of chemistry, have started a four-year project to look at medical cannabis […]
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UMF breaks ground for central heating plant
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington held a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday morning for its $11 million central heating plant near Perkins and Quebec streets. The biomass plant represents a two-year effort to determine how to best heat the campus, Kathryn A. Foster, UMF president, told the gathering. “We are very excited about UMF’s […]
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UMF campaign to honor soccer coach reaches $50,000 goal
FARMINGTON — A grass-roots campaign to honor longtime University of Maine at Farmington and community soccer coach Robert Leib has met its initial goal of $50,000. The Campaign for Leib Field was begun in June 2014 by a group of Leib’s former UMF players and community participants to honor the coach for his profound impact […]
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UMF appeals Farmington Village Corporation central heating plant decision
FARMINGTON — A proposed central heating plant for the University of Maine at Farmington campus will come before the Farmington Village Corp.’s Appeals Board on Thursday. A public hearing is planned for 7 p.m. Thursday, May 7, in the water department’s office at 137 High St. The university proposal to build a plant at Quebec […]
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Maine Fiddlehead Festival set for Saturday in Farmington
FARMINGTON — Despite a scarcity of fiddleheads so far this cool spring, the fourth annual Maine Fiddlehead Festival and Local Food Day takes place Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Emery Community Art Center on the campus of the University of Maine at Farmington. Academy Street will be closed for the day […]
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Benoit Samuelson is UMF 2015 Commencement speaker
FARMINGTON — The commencement speaker for the University of Maine at Farmington Class of 2015 will be Joan Benoit Samuelson, Olympic gold medalist and champion for women’s distance running. Samuelson will receive an honorary degree at the ceremony at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 16, on the UMF campus. A Maine native, Benoit Samuelson has blazed a […]
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UMF professor named Guggenheim fellow
FARMINGTON — A University of Maine at Farmington professor was recently awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for her research on how religious educators may help solve legal land claims by indigenous people. Jennifer Reid, who has taught religion at UMF for the past 20 years, will have a year away from those duties, starting in September, […]
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Firefighters respond to smoke at UMF Education Center
FARMINGTON — The cause of smoke in the Education Center at the University of Maine at Farmington on Tuesday evening remained under investigation late Tuesday, Clyde Ross, deputy chief of Farmington Fire and Rescue, said at the scene. Firefighters were called out for a structure fire at the center at about 7:30 p.m., he said. […]
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College Roundup: Humphrey’s 1-hitter lifts UMF to split
FARMINGTON — After splitting a doubleheader on Saturday, the University of Maine at Farmington baseball team split with New England College again on Sunday in doubleheader action. NEC came out on top in game one, 4-1, but UMF rebounded with a 12-0 victory behind Joey Humphrey’s 1-hitter in the nightcap. NEC’s Steve DeLuca launched a […]
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UMF students get grant for new trees on campus
FARMINGTON — Sixteen students in a University of Maine at Farmington environmental course will use a $7,300 grant to plant 20 full-size trees on the campus next fall. They are members of the course, “Sustainability in a Changing Climate.” The Project Canopy grant is from the Maine Forest Service and GrowSmart Maine. It will pay […]