Len Kaye, director of the University of Maine Center on Aging has a column, “Making the Most of Holidays,” in the December 2011 issue of Maine Seniors magazine, offering tips and advice to help elders avoid stress and depression during the holidays. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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Several media outlets ran the announcement that a group of 19 scientists, including UMaine’s Jasmine Saros, contributed to a study that found a rise in nitrogen levels in remote lakes was likely due to human activity. The Vancouver Sun had a story about the announcement, which came from the University of Washington and was published […]
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UMaine education Professor Mary Madden was interviewed by the Orlando Sentinel for a story about the continued hazing issues at college and university marching bands in Florida. Madden, who co-authored a 2008 national hazing study with fellow UMaine faculty member Elizabeth Allan, told the Sentinel she hoped the fact that some students in Florida were […]
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University of Maine ecologist Jasmine Saros provided research for a groundbreaking finding about the long-term effects of pollution published in the Dec. 16 issue of the journal Science.
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Anna Assenmacher, a graduate student in UMaine’s Maine Business School, was interviewed for a WABI-TV about the MBS Corps toy drive, which collected about 150 toys for local children whose parent might not be able to afford toys during the holidays. The MBS Corps is the volunteer outreach and social responsibility arm of the Maine […]
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A Bangor Daily News article about the SteriPEN, a compact water purifier which was recently named one of TIME Magazine’s Top 100 All-Time Gadgets, noted that some of the research for the device was done in laboratories at UMaine in the department of molecular and biological sciences. The article noted that the company turned to […]
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Andrei Strukov, a UMaine instructor of Russian and an instructional technology development specialist and web developer at UMaine, was in a photo that accompanied a Bangor Daily News story about Portland’s interest in reviving its relationship with the Russian city of Arkhangelsk, Russia. Strukov was acting as a translator during a meeting Wednesday of Portland […]
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The University of Maine Intermedia MFA program will hold its annual open house exhibition, titled this year “Converging Paths: Intermedia MFA Art Walk” on Thursday, Dec. 15 from 5-7 p.m., beginning at Lord Hall.
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Tom Taylor, the chair of UMaine’s department of public administration, commented in a story on the Bangor Daily News website about the recent wave of fraud by municipal officers and town officials. Taylor said he would like to see increased professionalism, including the hiring of town or city managers to work on finances and other […]
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution interviewed UMaine’s Mary Madden, an education professor who in 2008 released with fellow faculty member Elizabeth Allan a national report on hazing, in a story about the hazing of band members at a Florida university. Madden said it takes a lot of courage to come forward to report hazing because of the […]
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