Brenda Bracy, a nutrition associate with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Eat Well Nutrition Education Program, was interviewed for a Portland Press Herald story about the hidden sugars in yogurt marketed for children. Bracy said less sugar is always better. She also offered a recipe for a yogurt-based ranch dip that children can help […]
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Applications are now being accepted for the University of Maine’s Dive In 2012, a program for college-bound high school students interested in pursuing a career in the marine sciences.
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There will be a reception at the University of Maine’s Buchanan Alumni House following a memorial service on Saturday, March 10, for Carol Abbott, who passed away on Friday. Abbott was a UMaine alumna, the wife of former University of Maine football coach and professor Walter Abbott and the mother of current UMaine athletic director […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported UMaine hockey player Spencer Abbott has been named the Hockey East Player of the Year by College Hockey Weekly. Abbott, a senior who is not related to UMaine athletic director Steve Abbott, leads the country in scoring and in points per game. Contact: Jessica Bloch, (207) 581-3777
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Bangor TV station WABI ran a report on a group of Japanese students who visited Brewer High School through a partnership between UMaine’s Intensive English Institute and Hirosaki University in Japan. The students are interested in learning not only English but also American culture. Contact: Jessica Bloch, (207) 581-3777
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The Washington Post ran an Associated Press story that included comments from UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer about former Gov. Angus King’s announcement that he will run for U.S. Senate. Brewer said King is at the top of his list of Senate candidates, even without the backing of a major party. The NBC-TV affiliate in […]
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The Bangor Daily News has a story about alumna Carol Abbott, the mother of current UMaine athletic director Steve Abbott and the wife of former UMaine football coach and professor Walter Abbott, who died Friday. Carol Abbott earned an English degree in 1959 from UMaine, according to the story, where she met Walter Abbott, who […]
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Comments from University of Maine Cooperative Extension professor and ornamental horticulturist Lois Berg Stack were included in a national PBS NewsHour news blog on the new, interactive USDA Plant Hardiness Map, which reflects shifting climate zones in the United States. It serves as a guide for farmers and gardeners to see minimum temperatures across the […]
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UMaine Museum of Art Director and Curator George Kinghorn has been invited to be a guest reviewer at FotoFest, the 14th international biennial of photography, being held March 19 – 24 in Houston. Kinghorn joins other directors and curators from prestigious museums throughout the world including the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Haus der Fotografie, […]
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The website Nanowerk, which focuses on nanotechnology issues, has a report on the robotic Venus flytrap created by Mohsen Shahinpoor, Richard C. Hill Professor and chair of UMaine’s mechanical engineering department. The robotic Venus flytrap has with nanosensors and a thin, pliable metal composite material that he invented as part of his ongoing artificial muscle […]
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