In 1912 the Maine Cooperative Extension, which offers field educational programs for both adults and youths, was initiated.

[10] Near the end of the 19th century, the university expanded its curriculum to place greater emphasis on liberal arts.

[11] In 1906, The Senior Skull Honor Society was founded to "publicly recognize, formally reward, and continually promote outstanding leadership and scholarship, and exemplary citizenship within the University of Maine community.

"[12] On April 16, 1925, 80 women met in Balentine Hall — faculty, alumnae, and undergraduate representatives — to plan a pledging of members to an inaugural honorary organization.

It appoints the chancellor and each university president, approves the establishment and elimination of academic programs, confers tenure on faculty members, and sets tuition rates and operating budgets.

[28] In 1867, the university rejected a campus plan by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, who designed Central Park in New York City and the White House grounds in Washington, D.C.[29][30] The plan's broad concepts, including the Front Lawn, were nevertheless adopted during the school's first fifty years, and were oriented toward the Stillwater River.

A second master plan was produced in 1932 by Carl Rust Parker of the Olmsted Brothers firm, which reoriented the campus center to the Mall, an open grassy area between the Raymond H. Fogler Library and the Memorial Gym.

The southern section of campus includes the Memorial Student Union, the Maynard F. Jordan Observatory, Lengyel Gymnasium and Athletic Field, the Buchanan Alumni House, as well as multiple administrative, residence, and academic halls.

The Hilltop section of campus is populated largely with residence halls but also includes the 7-acre (2.8 ha) Lyle E. Littlefield Ornamental Gardens,[34] as well as academic and recreational facilities.

The service has two ambulances equipped to provide Paramedic Level care, and responds to approximately 500 calls per school year.

[39] The campus has two dining halls, Hilltop and York, and the Bear's Den Café & Pub in Memorial Union.

[45] In 2024, the high number of complaints about bad food led the university to form weekly focus groups of students.

Stephen King wrote a weekly column for the Campus in the 1970s and also published short stories such as "Slade" in the newspaper.

U.S. News categorizes UMaine as an institution that offers "a full range of undergraduate majors, master's, and doctoral degrees.

"[59] UMaine is one of only four institutions in Maine (along with Bowdoin, Bates, and Colby) accredited to award membership into the Phi Beta Kappa honor society.

[61] The Raymond H. Fogler Library is the largest in Maine[62] and serves as one of its intellectual hubs, attracting scholars, professors, and researchers from around the state.

[64] The Special Collections Unit includes the Stephen King (author and UMaine alumnus) papers, which attract researchers from across the globe.

Leading sectors of the university in generating external support are advanced materials, marine sciences, climate change, environmental studies, forestry, precision manufacturing, and aquaculture.

The center is the leading member of the DeepCwind Consortium, whose mission is to establish the State of Maine as a national leader in deepwater offshore wind technology.

Many of their research works try to answer a fundamental question "How can we move beyond traditional visual- and auditory-based digital interfaces to form immersive sensory rich interactions in the context of real-world, augmented or virtual experiences?".

Its mission is to ensure that "appropriate and specialized educational programs (be made) available to members of the Maine labor force, both organized and unorganized."

In 1993, they defeated Lake Superior State University 5–4 behind a third period hat trick by Jim Montgomery.

Written by Lincoln Colcord (words) and E. A. Fenstad (music), the tune rose to fame when singer Rudy Vallée arranged the current version.

Vallee attended Maine from 1921 to 1922 before transferring to Yale, and his popularity helped make the song a national favorite.