The health website MedicalXpress posted a University of Maine news release about new research from the Department of Psychology establishing that immediate distraction after an event that triggers sad feelings can help a person with problem-solving skills, whereas excessive rumination about the event is linked to depression and diminished problem-solving capacity. Contact: George Manlove, (207) […]
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UMaine’s 1993 NCAA hockey championship game was named Maine’s top sports moment, according to an ESPN The Magazine story posted on the ESPN website. The Black Bears beat Lake Superior State 5-4 that year to capture the national title. Contact: Jessica Bloch, (207) 581-3777
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A Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article on how to cook and serve lobsters, published in The Republic in Indiana referenced the University of Maine Lobster Institute in explaining that sounds emitted when the crustaceans are cooked are merely vapors escaping joints in the shells. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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University of Maine political scientist Amy Fried was a guest Tuesday on The Pulse WZON-FM morning show, discussing new poll results for former Gov. Angus King, an independent candidate seeking the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Republican Olympia Snowe. Fried was also a guest on Maine Public Broadcasting Network’s Maine Watch program recently, […]
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In a Bangor Daily News article about the Technology Research Center, University of Maine President Paul Ferguson was quoted as saying, “When they come together in this kind of public-private partnership, it can mean great things for Maine and great things for the nation.”
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The Lewiston Sun Journal reported on a state legislative task force meeting with University of Maine Franco-American Center representatives today, June 19, in Augusta to discuss ways to promote and preserve Franco-American heritage in Maine. UMaine English professor and Franco-American Center senior faculty associate Tony Brinkley and center associate Jacob Albert were to make presentations […]
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Ed Grew, a UMaine research professor in the Department of Earth Sciences, was mentioned in a Huffington Post blog about mineralogy and the field’s contributions to the understanding of life. Grew, who according to the blog post is the world’s expert on the minerals of the rare elements beryllium and boron, was asked about when […]
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Multiple news organizations, including the Bangor Daily News, Channel 6 (WCSH), Channel 5 (WABI), Channel 7 (WVII) and Mainebiz reported on the opening Monday of the 40,000-square-foot Technology Research Center in Old Town to be used by the University of Maine Forest Bioproducts Research Institute. The facility will allow UMaine researchers to work with private […]
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A column by University of Maine journalism faculty member and Honors College preceptor Justin Martin about freedom of speech and of the press in countries with restricted democratic policies has been published on the Columbia Journalism Review website. Citing research by the Institute for Research on the International Economy, Martin wrote that countries that derive […]
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University of Maine political scientist Mark Brewer was interviewed for a primary election assessment in the Portland Press Herald, which evaluated how campaign spending may have influenced voters. Brewer says the results showed that candidates that spent the most money didn’t all benefit. He also was quoted in an Associated Press article posted on the […]
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