Glenn Cummings

"Now is the right time for a transition to new leadership for the university, and it’s the right time for me personally," said University of Southern Maine President Glenn Cummings, who plans to return to the school as a faculty member.

The future Dr. Alfred and D. Suzi Osher School of Music at the University of Southern Maine will be housed at the planned Center for the Arts on USM's Portland campus.

The University of Southern Maine is deepening its ties to the Arctic with a new collaborative project aimed at helping Greenland prepare and shape its budding tourism industry.

The Maine Real Estate and Development Association spring conference, now a special fall conference presented virtually, will...

Also in the roundup: MEREDA's special fall conference will include insight from Maine's first economic forecaster, Joshua Chamberlain; Pine Tree Curling Club looking to get the bonspeil started.

The University of Southern Maine announces the appointment of two leaders to help lead diversity building, while the University of Maine at Augusta teams up with the state's only law school for an accelerated dual degree program.

The roundup also includes: Avesta, Coastal Opportunities are vying for space on the Thomaston Green; downtown Gardiner momentum keeps on rolling, with several Water Street business openings.

The University of Maine System is offering a "microcredential" program to help students make themselves more attractive to potential employers, while USM is offering scholarships to students who have served as first responders and essential workers during the pandemic.

The University of Southern Maine will continue to be known as that, at least while the school conducts more research into a potential rebrand and begins expanding its Portland campus.

The two buildings will be erected in the biggest construction project of the school's history, and will create the the first residence on the University of Southern Maine's Portland campus.