Contact: Chris Rigaud, (207) 563-3146 ext. 232 or crigaud@maine.edu The University of Maine’s Scientific Diving Program will host the 2011 American Academy of Underwater Sciences Symposium, a gathering of international underwater scientists and diving professionals, Oct. 10-15 at UMaine’s Darling Marine Center in Walpole, Maine, and also at locations in the Portland area.
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Are bigger fish better? That question is at the root of a collaborative research effort by scientists at the University of Maine and the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI). The project will look at how changes in the sizes of fish in a given population influence overall health and ability to resist external pressures […]
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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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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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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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A 2010 UMaine economic impact study of the effect of cruise ship tourism was mentioned in a Portland Press Herald brief about cruise ships due to visit Portland this weekend. The study found that in 2008, more than 47,000 passengers from 31 cruise ships pumped between $5.8 million and $8 million into the regional economy. […]
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The website Food Safety News has a story about a new UMaine-U.S. Food and Drug Administration study in the Journal of Food Protection. The study, which included contributions by UMaine economists Mario Teisl and Caroline Noblet, found a possible correlation in the past 20 years between media coverage of food safety issues and safe food […]
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The annual apple and pumpkin sale held on the Orono campus by staff at Highmoor Farm, the UMaine College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture fruit and vegetable research facility in Monmouth, is scheduled for Oct. 14 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Cyrus Pavilion Theatre behind Fogler Library. Details are included on […]
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A Bangor Daily News story about the impacts of the recession on children and young adults included comments from UMaine economist George Criner. Responding to data released Thursday that shows more Mainers were living in poverty in 2010 than in any of the previous four years, Criner said entitlement programs help but are become unsustainable. […]
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