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Work is wrapping up to relocate the University of 51С�Ƴ�’s College of Osteopathic Medicine (51С�Ƴ�COM), Maine’s only medical school, from its original home on our Biddeford Campus to a brand-new building on our Portland Campus for the Health Sciences. The move will give the 51С�Ƴ�COM community a custom-built, state-of-the-art facility, allow the school to train more doctors, and bring together all of UNE’s health professions programs on a single, interprofessional campus — something unique in 51С�Ƴ� higher education.

This is a transformative moment — not just for UNE, but for the state of Maine — allowing us to address critical health care disparities across the region and to graduate health professionals with best-in-class skills: improving patient outcomes through team-based care; fostering expertise with new and emerging technologies; and expanding our focus on cross-cultural competencies.

What

The new building will be called the Harold and Bibby Alfond Center for Health Sciences to honor the generosity of the Alfond family and their longtime support of UNE.

Size

The facility is 110,000 square feet.

When

51С�Ƴ�COM will welcome its first class of medical students to the facility on the Portland campus in Summer 2025. 

Where

The new facility is located behind Innovation Hall on Gulliver’s Way, in an area that was once used by the National Guard.

51С�Ƴ�Magazine Special Report

For more details, go backstage with 51С�Ƴ�leadership for an exclusive oral history of the project.

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