Jim McConnon, UMaine Cooperative Extension specialist and professor of economics, was interviewed for a Nov. 22 news report on Channel 5 (WABI) about consumer shopping forecasts in advance of Nov. 26, the traditional Black Friday shopping bonanza, which can help retailers bolster their businesses and put ledgers in the black. McConnon and Nory Jones, associate […]
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Comments from Jim McConnon of the UMaine School of Economics were included in a Lewiston Sun Journal story about holiday shopping data and predictions for “Black Friday” retail activity.
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Amy Cotton, the director of Rosscare and a UMaine School of Nursing Graduate, has been selected president-elect of the National Gerontological Nursing Association, according to a story in the Bangor Daily News. The association represents more than 1,700 nurses nationally and is dedicated to improving the quality of nursing care given to older adults.
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UMaine junior nursing major Corey Conner placed 42nd out of 253 runners at the NCAA Cross Country Championships Monday, according to a story in the Bangor Daily News. Earlier this season Conner won the New England Championship and placed fourth in an NCAA regional race.
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Contact: Alison Lacombe, (845) 453-5385 or alison.lacombe@umit.maine.edu; Vivian Chi-Hua Wu, (207) 581-3101 or vivian.wu@umit.maine.edu Vivian Chi-Hua Wu, University of Maine associate professor of microbiology and food safety in the department of food science and human nutrition, is a leading researcher in studying the health benefits and antimicrobial properties of the American Cranberry – the same […]
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The website FISHupdate.com has a story about a new high-level containment lab being built at UMaine in order to study fish pathogens that occur in cold-water species. Construction on the lab, which was funded in part by a $600,000 grant from the Maine Technology Institute, is expected to begin next spring.
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Contact: Dorothy Klimis-Zacas, 581-3124 Research by UMaine professor of clinical nutrition Dorothy Klimis-Zacas and colleagues about the positive health effects wild blueberries have had when fed to hypertensive laboratory rats was cited in an article Nov. 18 on the NutraIngredients-USA.com website, a daily online health and nutrition news service. The article discusses findings of research […]
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The UMaine School of Performing Arts calendar for the coming weekend includes theater, chamber music and choral performances. The student theatrical production of “Brilliant Traces,” directed by Marcia Douglas of the theater faculty, continues tonight and Saturday, Nov. 20 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 21, at 4 p.m. at the Cyrus Pavilion Theater. Also […]
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You’ve seen plenty of bumper stickers urging people to save the whales. But what about the lobsters? In the ocean, lobster larvae have a survival rate of less than 0.1 percent in the first three months. It’s a wonder any full-grown lobsters make it to the trap, let alone the dinner table. Aquaculturists have tried […]
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A Thursday Bangor Daily News story reports on a $500,000 Maine Technology Asset Fund grant to UMaine to establish a center for research, testing and education related to animal diseases. More details are in a UMaine news release.
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