Triclosan, a common antibacterial agent found in many hand soaps and other products, is known to have the added benefit of alleviating allergic skin conditions such as eczema. In a study recently published in the journal Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, University of Maine researchers Julie Gosse and Rachel Palmer find that this anti-inflammatory effect may […]
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The unseasonably mild falls and early winter may have caused a few forsythias, rhododendrons and blueberries to flower in some parts of the state later than usual, but the warm and largely snowless winter isn’t expected to significantly affect wildlife or plant cycles, according to several University of Maine Cooperative Extension specialists.
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Franklin Lewis Roberts, who for 33 years taught genetics, biology and evolution at the University of Maine, died on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012. Roberts graduated from UMaine with honors in 1955.
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Dan DenDanto, a UMaine doctoral student in the School of Marine Sciences, was featured in a Bangor Daily News story. DenDanto is a carpenter and rearticulator of whale bones, assembling whale skeletons for museums. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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A USA Today editorial about the need for a new approach to dealing with hazing included information from a study by UMaine education faculty members Elizabeth Allan and Mary Madden. The editorial stated the study found more than half of college students involved in clubs, teams, fraternities or sororities experienced hazing. In a report on […]
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A Bangor Daily News story about a local company that is making paddles for L.L. Bean’s centennial noted that a UMaine professor helped Shaw & Tenney of Orono identify a piece of wood. The professor, who is not named in the story, told the company the wood, which was pulled from a lake, will be […]
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Maine Public Broadcasting Network radio has a report about David Slagger, a UMaine graduate student who was sworn in Wednesday as the first Maliseet legislator. Slagger said as a new member of the legislature, he will initially be mostly watching, listening and getting to know colleagues. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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The Bangor Daily News advanced the Jan. 16 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration taking place at UMaine. The events include a keynote address by Professor Denise Patmon, director of the undergraduate teacher licensure program at the University of Massachusetts at Boston. UMaine athletes, students and community members will lead the activities, which include crafts, […]
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UMaine psychology lecturer Jordan LaBouff’s study that found humble people are more likely to be helpful than arrogant people was noted in several media outlets, including National Geographic’s daily news website, Cosmopolitan magazine’s website and the UPI wire service. Time Magazine’s Healthland website also ran a story about the study, which LaBouff conducted with colleagues […]
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Former University of Maine President Hugh Edwin Young died Jan. 2 in Madison, Wisc. He was 94. Young, a UMaine alumnus, served as president from Oct. 1, 1965 – June 30, 1968. The Newfoundland native earned his undergraduate degree in education in 1940 and a master’s in economics in 1942 from UMaine, and a doctorate […]
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