ORONO, Maine, Oct. 26 -- The University of Maine System Chancellor Dannel Malloy issued the following commentary on Oct. 25, 2023: * * * Maine cannot afford to not invest now in its public university infrastructure For decades, the University of Maine System has seriously underinvested in its statewide physical plant. More than half of academic spaces and three-quarters of residence halls have not undergone real renovation since students used slide rules. Classrooms are unconducive to 21st-c  more