An article on the Feb. 1 edition of the Bangor Daily News about SnapSpace Solutions Inc., a business opening in Brewer to create novel homes out of shipping containers, cited collaboration by the company owner and the University of Maine’s Knowledge Transfer Alliance and the UMaine Advanced Manufacturing Center. The newspaper carried a story Feb. […]
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Contact: Christopher Gendron, (860) 803-1117 ORONO — A University of Maine graduate research assistant is looking for several dozen volunteers to participate in a study on how cranberry juice may affect appetite and blood chemistry. Volunteers will receive $300 in compensation at the completion of the study. Qualifying participants for the study will be asked […]
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Two UMaine researchers were mentioned in a Working Waterfront column about the state’s oyster industry and an outbreak of the pathogen Haplosporidium nelson, known as MSX. The column, which was co-authored by Catherine Schmitt of the UMaine-based Maine Sea Grant, mentioned the work that Dana Morse of the Sea Grant Extension program, and Debbie Bouchard, […]
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Contact: Cindy Paschal, 581-2841 More than 100 summer, temporary and permanent outdoor jobs will be available for UMaine students on Tuesday, Feb. 15 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Wells Conference Center. More than 20 employers will be available to discuss job opportunities with students. On-site interviews will be conducted from 2-5 p.m., […]
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In a story about the rising suicide rates among young men in Northern Ireland, The Irish Times noted a research collaboration between Queen’s University and John Cutcliffe of the UMaine nursing faculty. The research sought to increase understanding of suicidal young men in Northern Ireland and inform the delivery of mental health services.
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Katherine Musgrave, a UMaine nutrition professor emerita, commented in an Associated Press story about the drive to make the whoopie pie Maine’s state dessert. Musgrave said chocolate used in whoopie pies contain antioxidants that relax blood pressure.
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Contact: Kate Yerxa, (207) 299-8336; Mary Ellen Camire, (207) 581-1627; Alan Majka, (207) 622-7546 Several University of Maine dieticians and nutritionists are available today to discuss the new U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ new 2010 dietary guidelines released this morning and how they might affect the nation’s growing […]
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Contact: Charlie Slavin, (207) 581-3262 or slavin@honors.umaine.edu; Keith Hutchison, (207) 581-2827 or keithh@maine.edu The University of Maine has been selected to take part this year in the Science Education Alliance, a national program of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute that seeks to develop resources for undergraduate science educators to present innovative courses and programs. First-year […]
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Comments from UMaine economics professor Gary Hunt are featured in a Wednesday Bangor Daily News story about Tuesday’s wind energy conference in Augusta. Speaking at the conference, Hunt described the investments necessary to make deepwater offshore wind power cost-effective. Channel 7 (WVII) interviewed Caroline Noblet of the UMaine economics faculty for a similar story at […]
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Contact: Mary Ellen Camire, 581-1627 The Consumer Testing Center in the University of Maine Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition is looking for about 100 volunteers to provide opinions of fresh tomatoes on Tuesday, Jan. 25. Volunteers can participate in one of two different sessions: 11 a.m.- 1:30 p.m., or 4-5:30 p.m. Testing sessions […]
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