NIH News in Health, a monthly newsletter from the National Institutes of Health, interviewed Rebecca Schwartz-Mette for a story titled “The Power of Peers: Who Influences Your Health?” Schwartz-Mette, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Maine, discussed how the quality of friendships can influence mental health and life satisfaction. “We’ve all experienced […]
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The Bangor Daily News, Centralmaine.com, The Irregular and the Sun Journal promoted “Digging for Buried Treasure: Hidden Gems in Maine’s Reuse Markets,” which is scheduled for 3–4 p.m. Sept. 20 in Room 107 of the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine. The presentation will also be available on Zoom. Cindy Isenhour, a […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot and the Bangor Daily News shared a University of Maine news release highlighting a new finding from the Maine-Syracuse Longitudinal Study which shows that older adults can reduce their blood pressure by consuming yogurt. The international team of scientists includes University of Maine researchers Benjamin Guenther, Fayeza Ahmed and Merrill Elias.
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Marcella Sorg, a University of Maine research professor and forensic anthropologist, talked with the Bangor Daily News about drug overdose deaths in Maine in 2020 and 2021 to date. She noted that the state has accelerated the release of monthly statistics in spite of delays in determining the cause of death in some cases. The […]
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Catherine L. Kling will offer the third annual Libby Lecture in Natural Resource Policy at 3 p.m. Sept. 22 at the University of Maine’s Buchanan Alumni House. Kling’s talk, “Improving Water Quality: Are Economics and the Environment Always at Odds?” will describe trends in water quality and the benefits and costs of regulations associated with […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk about sustainability in Maine’s secondhand economies from 3–4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 20. While Mainers have been reusing goods for a long time, concerns around climate change, resource scarcity and depletion, and increasing levels of waste have focused […]
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Slate published an article from Michael Socolow, an associate professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine, about how the bygone notion of the iconic nightly news anchor gave its swansong during and after 9/11, when industry titans like Walter Cronkite, Chet Huntley, and David Brinkley delivered continuous coverage of the American tragedy. […]
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The Machias Valley News Observer reported on a celebration University of Maine at Machias hosted for three retiring faculty members Aug. 16 at Merrill Library. Kay Kimball, a retired head of campus and deputy vice chancellor for academic affairs; Gene Nichols, a retired music professor; and Gayle Kraus, a retired professor of marine ecology, were […]
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The Bangor Daily News published an op-ed from Michael Socolow, associate professor of communication and journalism and director of the University of Maine McGillicuddy Humanities Center, titled “Did Bangor Infect KISS? What a rock concert shows us about the COVID pandemic.”
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Amy Fried and Kenneth Palmer, professors of political science at the University of Maine, spoke with U.S. News and World Report about former Maine governor Paul LePage’s return to politics in Maine. “Temperamentally, it would be hard to have a greater contrast than Paul LePage and Janet Mills,” Palmer said. Fried noted that having LePage […]
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