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Planning is underway for a new statewide college of engineering, computing and information science at the University of Maine following a historic investment last year from the Harold Alfond Foundation to grow science and technology education and workforce skills.
The Maine College of Engineering, Computing and Information Science will be led by the University of Maine in Orono and include expanded undergraduate engineering programs there as well as at the University of Southern Maine, graduate engineering programs in Portland and streamlined pathways into the statewide college for all universities in the UMaine System.
The initiative is being funded with $75 million from the Harold Alfond Foundation that is part of a $240 million gift the foundation announced in October for the system.