Between December and March, the attorney general’s office received 15 complaints about the company that collects ticket revenue for the University of Southern Maine in Gorham and Portland.
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Launch of Maine research satellite delayed once again
Built by Maine college students, MESAT-1 will collect climate data for Maine students studying urban heat islands, phytoplankton and harmful algae blooms.
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Maine’s first satellite is ready for orbit, but launch is delayed
MESAT-1, one of 8 nano-satellites set to hitch a ride aboard Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket, will collect climate data for experiments designed by Falmouth, Fryeburg and Saco students.
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Maine university system holds first conference on artificial intelligence
The event on Friday drew leaders from business, government and academia to talk about keeping Maine at the forefront of AI use and development.
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Schools attend 25th Maine Model United Nations Conference
GORHAM — The 2024 Maine Model United Nations Conference — with over 380 high school student participants — began Wednesday, May 8. The three-day conference, held at the University of Southern Maine’s Gorham campus, brought students from schools across the state (along with one from New Hampshire) to debate pressing international issues including: maternal health, […]
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USM eliminates 5 management positions to save money
The positions include the directors of advising, graduate studies, and student engagement and leadership, as well as the director and associate director of the Russell Scholars program.
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University of Southern Maine announces layoffs to take effect Friday
The UMaine System school says it is ending the Russell Scholars program and eliminating several management positions, but would not say how many employees would be laid off.
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Maine’s tour guide to outer space is signing off after 25 years
During his tenure at the University of Southern Maine’s Southworth Planetarium, Edward Herrick-Gleason has narrated thousands of sky tours and astronomy shows and established himself as local media’s go-to expert for all things astronomical.
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Graduation season begins as hundreds receive degrees from the University of Southern Maine
The University of Maine System handed out thousands of degrees in ceremonies in Orono, Augusta, Farmington, Fort Kent, Presque Isle, Portland and Machias.
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College graduations begin in Maine even as protests disrupt ceremonies around the U.S.
Protests have mostly been small and peaceful on Maine campuses, where students have joined the call to end to the war in Gaza and for their schools to divest from defense funds.