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Emergency drill planned for UMF campus Friday
FARMINGTON — After months of planning, local emergency agencies will hold a full-scale disaster drill Friday, Aug. 8, on the campus of the University of Maine at Farmington. Some streets, including High Street from Lake Avenue to Middle Street, will be closed from approximately 9 to 11 a.m. The side streets of Lincoln, South, Maguire […]
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UMF announces new provost, vice president of academic affairs
FARMINGTON — Kathryn A. Foster, president of University of Maine at Farmington, recently announced the appointment of Joseph P. McGinn as the University’s provost and vice president of academic affairs, effective July 1, 2014. “We are thrilled to welcome Dr. McGinn to UMF as we are poised at the start of our next 150 years,” […]
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UMF heating proposal going to trustees Monday
FARMINGTON — A proposal for an $11 million natural gas-fired central heating plant for the University of Maine at Farmington campus will go before the University of Maine Board of Trustees on Monday. Trustees are scheduled to meet at 9 a.m. July 21 at the UMaine System Office in Bangor. UMF President Kathryn A. Foster […]
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UMF professor awarded prestigious fellowship
FARMINGTON — Jeffrey Thomson, University of Maine at Farmington associate professor of creative writing, has been awarded the Hodson Trust-John Carter Brown Fellowship for 2014-15 by the C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience. This distinguished fellowship is a collaboration between the Starr Center at Washington College in Chestertown, Md., and the […]
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UMF students present climate adaptive plan to town
FARMINGTON — The impacts of climate change on the town was the focus of a recent presentation by University of Maine at Farmington students to the Board of Selectmen. After studying the potential for impacts in areas such as agriculture, wildlife, tourism, health and the economy, students from the UMF Climate Change and Society class […]
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UMF biology professor awarded Fulbright fellowship
University of Maine at Farmington professor Chris Brinegar has been awarded a Fulbright teaching and research fellowship that will take him to Ecuador in June. The university announced Wednesday that Brinegar, an adjunct associate professor in the university’s natural sciences division, will be a visiting professor at the Technical University of Loja, a Catholic university […]
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UMF graduation speaker: ‘Not a time for kicking back’
FARMINGTON — As monsoon-like rain swept the traditional University of Maine at Farmington commencement venue parking lot Saturday morning, 416 graduates received diplomas inside the Fitness & Recreation Center. UMF President Kathryn A. Foster, faculty, administrators and dignitaries led the procession of graduates marching to traditional bagpipe and drum music. Foster said that overall, 448 […]
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West Paris Library inviting UMF professor to speak on May 18
WEST PARIS — The West Paris Library will host a free presentation by UMF professor emeritus Dean Bennett at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 18, as part of their Celebrate the Maine Woods partnership. Bennett will read passages from his book, “Nature and Renewal: Wild River Valley and Beyond,” which focuses on the Wild River and […]