The Harold Alfond Foundation has generously committed to invest $240M in the University of Maine System to support initiatives at UMaine, USM and all other UMS campuses. This historic gift is the largest ever received by a public institution of higher education in New England and the 8th largest gift ever made to a U.S. institution of public higher education. Read more: https://umaine.edu/news/blog/2020/10/07/harold-alfond-foundation-investing-240m-to-bring-transformative-change-to-the-universit