Positive test results and close contacts among players, coaches and staff lead to decision to pause UMaine Athletics through at least Dec. 8. Orono, Maine — President Joan Ferrini-Mundy, in consultation with the University of Maine System and other campus leaders, … Read More
The UMaine Men’s Ice Hockey series against UMass will no longer be played this weekend. Maine will now play its opening series next weekend at UConn on Friday, Nov. 27. The University of Maine women’s ice hockey season opening series … Read More
Contacts: Jackie Farwell, DHHS Dan Demeritt, UMS New “swab and send” site opening Nov. 23 at the University of Maine at Machias Augusta, Maine — The University of Maine at Machias is becoming the Maine Department of Health and Human … Read More
Forty-four percent of eligible employees enrolled as end of December deadline approaches Orono, Maine — The University of Maine System is retaining an independent retiree health insurance ombudsman to assist retirees with the transition to a new supplemental medical and … Read More
November 18 Events for All Ages: Virtual Geography Night, Map Your Maine, and Geospatial Technologies Leaders Discuss Careers and the Industry’s Future Orono, Maine — The Maine Geospatial Institute (MGI) of the University of Maine System will celebrate World GIS … Read More
With two weeks of in-person instruction remaining and COVID-19 cases on the rise, Maine’s public universities announce plans to provide amplified safe departure testing for resident hall and out-of-state students. The University of Maine System also outlines the types of … Read More
Ten cases of COVID-19 have been identified and isolated among administrative Facilities Management employees at the University of Maine. Temporary closure of the Facilities Management office building, contact tracing, testing for approximately 240 facilities employees, including building custodians, increased wastewater … Read More
With community transmission on the rise across Maine the University of Maine at Presque conducts contact tracing and testing in response to its first known case of COVID-19 with plans to be back on campus on Monday, Nov. 9 Orono, … Read More
USM, Maine Law moved to remote operations for the day on Friday, Nov. 6 to assess concerns with growing community transmission in Maine and following detection of the virus in wastewater sampling at the USM-Gorham campus provisionally interpreted as higher … Read More
University works with Maine CDC on contract tracing and to support employees isolating off campus. Thirty-eight facilities employees take part in free COVID-19 testing to identify asymptomatic cases of infection and to inform containment strategies Orono, Maine — Five University … Read More