Year: 2011

Blog Notes Research Into Links Between Teen Dating, Depression

The Frisky, a love and relationships blog, wrote about UMaine researcher Jessica Fales’ study linking depression with teen dating. Fales found adolescents and young adults who excessively seek reassurance in their romantic relationships are at an increased risk for depression.

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Researcher Seeks Married Couples For Study

The Bangor Daily News has a story about UMaine graduate student Laura Yoder, who is seeking as part of her thesis research 50 married couples to study the relationship between personality type and marital satisfaction. Click here for more information about the study and eligibility.

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UMaine Program Plans Dinners for Parents, Student Mentors

Contact: Erin Lennon, 581-1786 The school year may be half over, but the Black Bear Mentors Program is gearing up for another semester of community service, inspiration, motivation, fun, and yet more introductions. The Black Bear Mentoring program enriches the lives of area children from a variety of households ranging from those whose circumstances may […]

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UMaine Student Finds Oldest Known Domesticated Dog in Americas

Contact: Samuel Belknap, Samuel.Belknap@umit.maine.edu A University of Maine graduate student has discovered evidence of the oldest identifiable domestic dog in the Americas. Samuel Belknap III, a graduate research assistant working under the direction of Kristin Sobolik in UMaine’s Department of Anthropology and Climate Change Institute, found a 9,400-year-old skull fragment of a domestic dog during […]

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Preview Of New UMaine Art Museum Shows

The Bangor Daily News previewed new exhibitions at the University of Maine Museum of Art. The three new shows open Friday. The BDN also reported on Photo National 2011, a new juried show of American photography set to open this summer.

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UMaine tobacco ban subject of news story

Tuesday’s Bangor Daily News includes a story providing initial reaction to UMaine’s new tobacco-free campus policy, which took effect Jan. 1.  The story includes comments from Lauri Sidelko, co-char of UMaine’s Tobacco-Free Campus Committee.

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Press Herald stories report on UMaine alums and reality television

Tuesday’s Portland Press Herald includes two stories about recent UMaine graduates participating in network reality television programs.  One report notes that Ashley Hebert, a Madawaska native who is now a dental student, was chosen for “the first one on one date of the new season” of ABC’s “The Bachelor.”  The other story reports that Ashley Underwood, a former […]

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News report updates summer data breach

A Tuesday Bangor Daily News story details a data security discussion at Monday’s University of Maine System Board of Trustees meeting.  The System has taken a series of steps to improve security, following a June 2010 data breach that affected servers at UMaine’s Counseling Center.

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UMaine Winter Carnival Planned for Feb. 12

Justina DeMott, (207) 581-1790 or justina.demott@umit.maine.edu After a disappointing couple of years in snowfall and weather conditions, the UMaine Office of Campus Activities and Student Engagement is taking advantage of more traditional winter weather and is planning for Winter Carnival 2011. Scheduled activities for the Saturday, Feb. 12 event include an ice-skating rink, a half-pipe […]

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UMaine Grad Ashley Underwood on Next “Survivor”

UMaine graduate Ahsley Underwood, a Cony High School graduate from Benton who starred on the Black Bear basketball team while pursuing her UMaine nursing degree, is at contestant on the next season of the CBS television program “Survivor.”  Filmed in Nicaragua, “Survivor: Redemption Island” premieres on Wednesday Feb. 16 at 8 p.m.  In an online […]

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