Liberal Arts and Sciences

Study finds dairy products in adult diets improve cognitive function

Contact: Georgina Crichton, whige003@mymail.unisa.edu.au; Pete Elias, mfeliasumaine@aol.com; Margaret Nagle, (207) 581-3745 Adults who consume dairy products at least once daily have higher cognitive function than those who rarely or never drink milk or eat dairy foods, according to a new study by researchers from the University of South Australia and University of Maine. Those who consumed […]

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UMaine Psychologist Comments in USA Today Article

Comments from UMaine developmental psychologist Peter LaFreniere were included in a USA Today story about childhood playtime. LaFreniere told the newspaper that rough-and-tumble play for boys in particular helps teach emotional regulation, a skill that helps boy grow into men who keep aggression and anger in check. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777

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Riordan, Socolow column previews Digital Humanities Week

Saturday’s Bangor Daily News included a column, ‘The humanities are vital for Maine today,” by UMaine professors Liam Riordan (history) and Michael Socolow (journalism).   In the column, Riordan and Socolow provide perspectives on the value of the humanities, in the context of Digital Humanities Week at UMaine, which begins on Monday Sept. 26.

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Martin column on same-sex marriage

Justin Martin, UMaine College of Liberal Arts and Sciences-Honors College Preceptor of Journalism, wrote an opinion column, “Will Maine chart a new path for gay marriage?” for Saturday’s Portland Press Herald.  Martin, who looks at the issue in terms of evolving public opinion and generational perspectives, notes that Mainers are likely to see a same-sex […]

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Honors College Preceptor Column on Website

Justin Martin, the UMaine College of Liberal Arts and Sciences-Honors College preceptor of journalism, has a column on the Inside Higher Ed website about how college life is more like real life than we believe. Martin argues students’ college years can be liberating and exciting, but students also experience “a myriad of deadlines, limited self-efficacy […]

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Forensic Research Noted in Newspaper Report

Research being conducted by UMaine forensic anthropologist Marcella Sorg was mentioned in a Central Maine Morning Sentinel story about a 709-acre tract of land in rural Somerset County, Maine, that will be used as a place for disabled veterans to hunt and a variety of other uses, including Sorg’s research. Sorg, who works with the […]

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Remnant Trust Partnership in Newspaper

The website of the Amarillo Globe-News in Amarillo, Texas, mentioned UMaine’s collaboration with the Remnant Trust, an Indiana-based nonprofit organization that has a collection of about 1,500 rare texts dating back as far as the 1200s. Remnant Trust President Kris Bex said there are works are usually at five colleges or universities at any given […]

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Oskar Feichtinger 1933-2011

Former UMaine professor Oskar Feichtinger died on Sept. 5 at the age 77. Born in Germany, Feichtinger immigrated to the U.S. when he was a high school student, later serving in the U.S. Marine Corps and earning a Ph.D. before joining the UMaine faculty as a statistics professor. Active in the community, Feichtinger was an […]

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Preview of Student, Faculty Work in CMCA Art Show

Several UMaine artists, including one student and two faculty members, who will show their work in an upcoming art exhibit were noted on the website of the weekly Village Soup newspapers. Intermedia faculty members Deborah Wing-Sproul and Nate Aldrich, and graduate student Gabrielle D’Italia will present their work at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art […]

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