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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The Bangor Daily News has a story about UMaine graduate student Laura Yoder, who is seeking as part of her thesis research 50 married couples to study the relationship between personality type and marital satisfaction. Click here for more information about the study and eligibility.
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The Bangor Daily News previewed new exhibitions at the University of Maine Museum of Art. The three new shows open Friday. The BDN also reported on Photo National 2011, a new juried show of American photography set to open this summer.
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Tuesday’s Bangor Daily News includes a story providing initial reaction to UMaine’s new tobacco-free campus policy, which took effect Jan. 1. The story includes comments from Lauri Sidelko, co-char of UMaine’s Tobacco-Free Campus Committee.
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Tuesday’s Portland Press Herald includes two stories about recent UMaine graduates participating in network reality television programs. One report notes that Ashley Hebert, a Madawaska native who is now a dental student, was chosen for “the first one on one date of the new season” of ABC’s “The Bachelor.” The other story reports that Ashley Underwood, a former […]
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A Tuesday Bangor Daily News story details a data security discussion at Monday’s University of Maine System Board of Trustees meeting. The System has taken a series of steps to improve security, following a June 2010 data breach that affected servers at UMaine’s Counseling Center.
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Jake Ward, UMaine assistant vice president for research, economic development and government relations, provides insights into UMaine’s deepwater offshore wind research activity in a Q&A-style interview posted Monday on the Seacoast online Web site.
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Comments from Prof. Bob Bayer of UMaine’s Lobster Institute were included in a Monday Portland Press Herald story about discussions relative to certifying the Maine lobster fishery as being sustainable. A London-based organization provides certifications of this nature, and the possibility has generated controversy among those involved in the Maine lobster industry.
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The Jan. 9 Maine Sunday Telegram included a story previewing the new exhibition at the UMaine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor. The new exhibition, which opens on Friday, features sculpture, paintings and photographs. It will continue through March 26.
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The Bangor Daily News has an op-ed piece written by UMaine Professor Emeritus Richard Jagels about the Penobscot River restoration and removal of dams. Jagels, an emeritus professor of forest biology, writes of the benefit of local groups working together to open up nearly 1,000 miles of river habitat to improve migration and reproductive potential […]
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