Professor Robert Lehnhard, an exercise physiologist in the College of Education and Human Development, was interviewed for a Tuesday news broadcast on Channel 7 (WVII) about what could be the first longitudinal study on youth obesity and fitness in schools. Lehnhard and colleagues are collaborating with 20 Maine schools to monitor the relative fitness and […]
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The Waterville Morning Sentinel has another in a series of columns about Ashley Underwood, a UMaine nursing graduate who is a contestant on the hit reality TV show “Survivor.” The column, which will run weekly for as long as Underwood remains on the show, is being written by Zach Dionne, a UMaine graduate who is […]
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Television station WCSH has a report about a theater with the subject of sexual assault awareness that is being performed Friday and Saturday at UMaine. UMaine graduate student Molly Schenck wrote and choreographed the performance, which is called “It’s Just Not That Simple,” and was interviewed for the TV report.
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UMaine labor historian Charles Scontras was mentioned in a Lewiston Sun Journal story about the removal of a mural depicting scenes of Maine’s labor history. According to the newspaper report the idea for the mural, which is in the lobby of the Maine Department of Labor, came from Scontras, who is a historian, author, and […]
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In a Portland Press Herald story about a United Nations report on a global push toward small, diversified and sustainable farming, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Director John Rebar commented on the decline in funding of university extension programs. The report advocated for policymakers to fund and support farmer-to-farmer knowledge sharing and the nationwide network […]
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UMaine political science major Caleb Rosser was interviewed in a Bangor Daily News story about the first anniversary of the Affordable Health Care Act. Rosser said he has benefited from the health care overhaul because when he gained four more years of coverage despite turning 22 last fall and aging out of his parents’ insurance […]
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The Channel 6 (WCSH) Around Town web page posted a news release about the UMaine Advanced Manufacturing Center’s collaboration with an Auburn boot manufacturer to design and create a new mold for boot safety toe caps.
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The Argus Leader of Sioux Falls, S.D., has a story about tapping maple trees for sap to be turned into maple syrup. The story included a tip from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension website that only trees at least 10 inches in diameter should be tapped. More tips can be seen here on the […]
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An article about UMaine Cooperative Extension’s Kids Can Grow experimental youth gardening program in York Country was on the website of Foster’s Daily Democrat newspaper in New Hampshire. The Kids Can Grow program teaches children ages 7-12 how to grown their own vegetables, flowers and herbs. UMaine Extension Professor Frank Wertheim says in the article […]
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UMaine alumnus Mike Bordick, a former shortstop for the Baltimore Orioles baseball team and current minor-league baseball instructor was elected to the Orioles Hall of Fame, according to a story on WBAL, Baltimore’s NBC television affiliate. Before becoming a major league baseball player, Bordick led the Black Bears to College World Series berths in 1984 […]
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