Comments from Prof. Mary Ellen Camire of the UMaine Dept. of Food Science and Human Nutrition were included in a Saturday Los Angeles Times story about HMB, a dietary supplement said to help middle-aged people build muscle. Camire says the best solution for those looking to improve muscle strength is a balanced diet combined with […]
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UMaine economist Jim Breece was quoted in a CNN Money story about Census numbers that show Maine has the nation’s highest median age. Breece told CNN the phenomenon has been happening for years, and is due to low birth rates and out-migration of young families looking for opportunities. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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Two local television stations had news reports about a UMaine collaboration with students from Bangor, John Bapst, and Old Town high school. WABI and WLBZ featured a project being coordinated by researcher Sarah Nelson of UMaine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research, who has been working with the students to determine […]
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Organic vegetable farmer and UMaine alumna Lisa Turner was profiled in a Portland Press Herald story about a new cookbook, for which Turner wrote the introduction, about how to eat local. Turner, a New Jersey native, majored in soil science and civil engineering, and now owns a farm in Freeport. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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The American Dietetic Association’s Honors Committee has selected Katherine Musgrave, professor emerita of foods and nutrition at the University of Maine, for a 2011 Medallion Award.
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A Bangor Daily News story describes Sea and Reef Aquaculture, a tropical fish-breeding business created by UMaine graduate Soren Hansen. Based at UMaine’s Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research in Franklin, the company has grown from an idea created by Hansen and Chad Callan when they were UMaine graduate students. The story includes comments from Prof. […]
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The gulfnews.com website in the United Arab Emirates carried an article Thursday about the conference in Abu Dhabi sponsored jointly by the UMaine School of International Affairs (SPIA) and the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR) in Abu Dhabi. The two-day conference, May 16-17, “Islam and the West: A Civilized Dialogue,” brought together experts from Eastern […]
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University of Maine veterinarian Anne Lichtenwalner, director of the UMaine Animal Health Laboratory, is available to discuss precautions people can take to reduce or avoid exposure to rodents that could be carrying the potentially fatal respiratory disease, Hantavirus, which was discovered in Maine for the first time recently.
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ORONO — University of Maine master’s student and personal financial planner Sarah Morehead has recently published a book, I Hate Money! Understanding Your Financial Attitude, presenting the basics of finance and consumer attitudes that can interfere with sensible handling of money and credit.
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The Weekly has a series of briefs about several upcoming UMaine projects and events, including a student poster session next Tuesday at John Bapst High School in Bangor to highlight local high school students’ research on mercury in watersheds. The students have been working with researcher Sarah Nelson of UMaine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center […]
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