Kara Janes, a UMaine social work graduate student, was featured in the Bangor Daily News for her involvement in a project that has her living in an assisted-living facility for 10 days. Janes elected to spend 10 days at Lakewood Continuing Care Center in Waterville order to build empathy for her clients and enrich her […]
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David Yarborough, a blueberry specialist with UMaine Cooperative Extension, was interviewed on Bangor’s WLBZ television about the forecast for the blueberry crop. Yarborough told the interviewer the crop could suffer if the region does not get more rain in the coming weeks. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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The Bangor Daily News reported from UMaine research facility Blueberry Hill Farm in Jonesboro that the 2011 blueberry crop could be well below average if the region continues to remain dry. UMaine blueberry specialist and horticulture professor David Yarborough said moisture levels — too much or the lack of it — is the biggest factor […]
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The Huffington Post featured in its Food Informants series a Maine lobsterman who noted his connection to UMaine. Jason Joyce, whose week on the water was profiled, noted that he has done lobster and fish research at UMaine. Last year Joyce helped a master’s student in food science and human nutrition catch green crabs for […]
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The Central Maine Morning Sentinel featured UMaine’s Kara Janes, a 44-year-old graduate student in the School of Social Work. Janes is living for 10 days in a continuing care center as part of a program called Learning by Living, which gives students a first-hand view of living as an older adult with a health care […]
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The Portland Press Herald noted UMaine’s historic connection to Jackson Lab in Bar Harbor. The article traced the story back to 1923, when then-UMaine President Clarence Cook Little held a natural history camping trip with six students in Bar Harbor. In 1929, Little founded the Roscoe B. Jackson Memorial Laboratory. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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University of Maine student Samantha Paradis has received a 2011 American Psychiatric Nurses Association 2011 Janssen Student Scholarship, which will enable her to attend the upcoming APNA annual conference in California.
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The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at UMaine was mentioned in a Bangor Daily News story about changes to the Maine Institute for Human Genetics and Heath program, which had partnered with the graduate school on regional biomedical research triangle. MIHGH is dropping much of its research program, although Michael Eckardt, UMaine vice president for […]
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A 2008 study by UMaine economists Todd Gabe and James McConnon into the economic effects of cruise ship tourism in the state was mentioned in a story on Portland’s Channel 8 (WMTW). The report noted the study’s findings that cruise ship passengers generated more than $5 million, which led to the creation of nearly 100 […]
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Research done by UMaine economist Todd Gabe was mentioned in a post about commuting that appeared on The Atlantic website. The article, written by Richard Florida, cited Gabe’s research into the determinants of public transportation use and walking and biking in U.S. metropolitan areas.Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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