University leaders detailed their virus response and prevention plan in a virtual news conference Saturday, after three cases were reported among students in Orono.
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Three UMaine students test positive for COVID-19
The cases come as most students prepare to move in next week, and as colleges around the country are trying to stop coronavirus outbreaks on campus.
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University of Maine enters into public-private offshore wind venture worth $147 million
The university will collaborate with New England Aqua Ventus LLC in a project that could show the feasibility of a full-scale, floating wind turbine in deep water.
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Students balk at UMaine plans for remote learning on campus
The university is currently planning on delivering almost one-quarter of fall classes remotely, leaving some students disappointed and questioning whether they should return to campus.
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Maine leads New England for economically vulnerable college towns
As schools decide whether to reopen campuses this year, the economic impact will ripple through the communities in which they are based.
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UMaine System students will return to campuses for fall semester
University officials say its testing strategy is key to allowing students, faculty and staff to return to campuses for in-person learning.
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UMaine System forms partnerships for virus testing at all campuses
Teaming up with The Jackson Laboratory and ConvenientMD is a key part of the system’s plan to reopen in the fall for on-campus instruction, details of which will be announced Wednesday.
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Maine college leaders collaborating on ‘framework’ to reopen campuses
Presidents of Maine’s public and private colleges and universities are hoping to present recommendations to Gov. Janet Mills next month.
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Chief justice to step down from state’s high court to lead UMaine law school
Leigh Saufley, the first woman to serve as chief justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, will leave after 19 years on the job to become dean of the University of Maine School of Law in Portland.
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University of Maine, MOFGA search for workers to help dairy farmers during pandemic
‘If those people get sick, someone needs to step in to take over the operations,’ said Richard Kersbergen, extension professor with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. ‘Dairy farming doesn’t just stop.’