The Golden Bucks win their first girls crown, while the Red Riots capture their fifth boys crown since 2015.
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UMaine professor wins $1M grant to take a new look at old plants
The open source computer model that Jose Meireles is developing will use genetic analysis and reflective light to study already collected plants, saving field and lab time and money and protecting rare plants from destruction.
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Student visa freeze leaves Maine colleges and universities unsure about fall enrollment
The Trump administration on Tuesday said the State Department wants to ramp up scrutiny of applicants’ social media activity.
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Trump administration has frozen $50M in UMaine System funding so far
More than $21 million in grants was either terminated or put on hold as the university system was negotiating their terms and conditions, college officials say.
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Lacrosse, swimmers and baseball are the focus of Week In Photos
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
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UMaine baseball will never be a World Series contender again, but goals remain
The days of competing against the game’s elites are long over, but conference titles are still an achievable goal.
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Former UMaine receiver Montigo Moss looks forward after NFL tryout
A minicamp invitation from the Vikings, the team for which his father starred, was just the first step in trying for a pro football career.
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UMaine lab lays off 9 employees, blames federal funding uncertainty
The Trump administration recently halted more than $15 million in funding for the university’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center.
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UMaine history professor puts knowledge to the test in ‘Jeopardy!’ win
Kara Peruccio, a professor of history and gender studies at the University of Maine, won $12,400 on the show Friday.
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Under federal pressure, some of Maine’s colleges are renaming DEI offices
Maine colleges are joining a national trend or scrubbing words like ‘diversity’ and ‘inclusion’ from department websites in favor of more neutral terms like ‘community’ and ‘belonging.’