For the nearly 9,000 Maine residents and more than a million nationwide undergoing cancer treatment, the resulting fatigue and exhaustion forces lifestyle changes, and choices, that can affect family and friends, in addition to patients themselves. Patients in treatment cannot continue doing what they are used to doing, or would like to do, and must […]
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In a post about the best way to wash fruits and vegetables, the website ivillage cited research by UMaine Cooperative Extension and department of food science and human nutrition. The report notes UMaine research found that distilled water is the most effective way to remove pesticides and microbes. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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UMaine Libra Professor of History Scott See was mentioned in a Bangor Daily News column by Kathryn Olmstead, a former UMaine associate dean and associate professor of journalism. Olmstead wrote about two Maine Humanities Council talks that asked participants to explore their views of the Maine-Canada border as a concept and a reality. Olmstead noted […]
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mtvU, MTV’s college channel, is looking to cast a few UMaine students for a series called “Dean’s List.” The episode will be produced in conjunction with the Campus Consciousness Tour taking place on campus Thursday Oct. 20. Specifically, producers are searching for students who are involved in initiatives that promote green/sustainable living. “Dean’s List” list […]
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A Bangor Daily News editorial on the debate over potatoes in the nation’s school lunch programs included comments from UMaine food science and human nutrition professor Mary Ellen Camire. She says potatoes are a good source of nutrition and that small new potatoes available at the beginning of the season contain a particular starch that […]
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Science360, the news website of the National Science Foundation, highlighted Wednesday a news release about UMaine contributions to a study of the link between dairy consumption and adult cognitive function. The study, on which UMaine psychologist/epidemiologist Merrill “Pete” Elias and psychologists Michael Robbins and Gregory Dore collaborated with a researcher in Australia, found adults who […]
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Family and Friends Weekend begins at the University of Maine on Friday Sept. 30, with a 5-7 p.m. cookout featuring live entertainment by John Rush, also known as the human iPod. Rush, who is a popular performer on college campuses around the country, is a singer-songwriter who performs a combination of his own music and […]
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Several news outlets covered Wednesday’s whoopie pie event at Hilltop Dining Commons, during which a 4-foot-tall model of Mount Katahdin — made of around 1,500 whoopie pies — was unveiled to mark the law that makes the whoopie pie Maine’s state treat. University of Maine Foundation President Amos Orcutt, president of the Maine Whoopie Pie […]
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Ron and Lee Davis, former UMaine faculty members, will receive the Hands of Peace Award at the upcoming 22nd annual harvest supper, according to a Bangor Daily News report. Ron Davis, who is known locally for his work with the Orono Bog Boardwalk, was affiliated with UMaine’s Climate Change Institute. Lee Davis taught biology and […]
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UMaine’s 4-H Camp and Learning Center in Bryant Pond was the setting for a Lewiston Sun Journal story about Paris Elementary School children who spent two nights at the camp learning about the environment and technology. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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