National Geographic magazine’s website has a story about the discovery of the oldest domestic dog in the Americans, which was made by Samuel Belknap, a UMaine graduate student. Belknap found a skull fragment from a dog in a human paleofecal sample, providing the earliest evidence of human consumption of dogs in the New World. More […]
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A Monday Bangor Daily News story profiles historian Trudy Irene Scee, who has written a new book, “City on the Penobscot: A Comprehensive History of Bangor, Maine.” The story notes that Scee moved to Maine from upstate New York to finish a doctorate in history. She also conducted some of the research for the book […]
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Comments from Mark Brewer of the UMaine political science faculty are included in a Seacoast Online story about the first ten days of Gov. Paul LePage’s administration.
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WABI quoted Alan Davenport, the director of UMaine’s Maynard F. Jordan Planetarium, in a story about changes to the zodiac signs. The changes, discussion of which has lit up the Internet, have been going on for thousands of years due to basic shifts in Earth’s position.
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The website sify.com has a story about the discovery of the oldest identifiable domestic dog in the Americas made by UMaine graduate student Samuel Belknap.
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Tuesday’s Bangor Daily News included a guest column by Robert Ferguson, a local clinical psychologist who also serves as a clinical associate in UMaine’s psychology department. The column, “Treating chronic pain beyond medicine,” analyzes issues related to prescription medicine addictions in Maine. In his UMaine role, Ferguson supervises students and collaborates with faculty members.
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Contact: David Whitehill, (207) 992-3511 or david@bangorsymphony.org Four University of Maine music students will have the opportunity to participate in a master class with award-winning pianist Martina Filjak from 10 a.m. to noon Friday, January 14, in UMaine’s Minsky Recital Hall. Each student will have an opportunity to play for Filjak, the winner of the […]
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UMaine researcher Jessica Fales’ report linking teen dating and depression was referenced on the blog thehairpin.com.
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A UMaine graduate student’s discovery of the oldest domesticated dog ever found in the Americas was mentioned on the website Physorg.com. Samuel Belknap, a student in the department of anthropology and Climate Change Institute, found a fragment of bone from the skull of a dog. The bone was directed dated at 9,400 years old.
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The Frisky, a love and relationships blog, wrote about UMaine researcher Jessica Fales’ study linking depression with teen dating. Fales found adolescents and young adults who excessively seek reassurance in their romantic relationships are at an increased risk for depression.
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