Report On Pine Needle Connection To Tamiflu
Bangor-based WLBZ reports on work in the lab of UMaine professors Ray Fort and Barbara Cole to extract a starter molecule of antiflu drug Tamiflu from pine needles and other conifer trees.
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Camire Advice in MSN Health Hangovers Article
Mary Ellen Camire, professor in the Department of Food Science & Human Nutrition and fellow in the Institute of Food Technologists, was interviewed recently for an article about hangovers posted this week on the MSN Health & Fitness website. For those who do suffer from hangovers, Camire extols the virtue of orange juice and bananas […]
Read moreWebsite Shares Study Linking Depression, Young Romance
The website Physorg.com posted information about a UMaine study that finds warning signs of depression in young romance. UMaine Doctoral Research Fellow Jessica Fales says adolescents and young adults who excessively seek reassurance in their romantic relationships are at an increased risk for depression.
Read moreUMaine-Trained Psychologist Releases Book
A Kennebunk psychologist who did her clinical internship at UMaine is the focus of an article on seacoastonline.com. Amy Wood, who is also a professional coach and success strategist, wrote a book, “Life Your Way: Refresh Your Approach to Success and Breath Easier in a Fast-paced World,” which seeks to solve the overwhelming sensation of […]
Read moreUMaine Singers Participate In Inauguration
UMaine’s Steiners singing group participated in Wednesday’s inauguration of Maine Gov. Paul LePage, the Village Soup reported. The Steiners are an all-make acapella group made up of UMaine students. House Minority Leader Emily Cain, a UMaine graduate and current doctoral student who works as an advancement coordinator in UMaine’s Honors College and represents the district […]
Read moreYerxa Comments on Winter Activity and Children
Kate Yerxa from UMaine Cooperative Extension was the featured expert in a Monday WABI story about affordable ways to keep children physically active during the winter months. Yerxa is Extension’s statewide educator for nutrition and physical activity.
Read moreLittlefield Feature Recalls UMaine Experiences
An Associated Press story profiles Brent Littlefield, Gov.-elect Paul LePage’s senior political adviser. The story details Littlefield’s successful campaigns when he was a UMaine student government leader in the early 1990s. Littlefield, who grew up in Winn, is a political consultant based outside Washington D.C. In the story, people associated with the LePage campaign point […]
Read moreUMaine Library Teaming Up With Bangor Public Library
The Bangor Daily News reports UMaine’s Fogler Library will work with the Bangor Public Library to digitize some 800 World War II posters and make copies available for sale, with funds going to the restoration of the original images. Fogler will serve as the digital host for the project.
Read moreFormer UMaine Researcher Continuing Childhood Depression Study
MPBN has a story about Montreal psychologist William Bukowski, a former UMaine professor, recently published an article about an ongoing study he began in Maine more than 20 years ago. Bukowski told MPBN he worked in the late 1980s with a public school in a small Maine town, which he did not identify for confidentiality […]
Read moreUMaine Graduate Survives First Round Of The Bachelor
Ashley Hebert, a 26-year-old UMaine graduate from Madawaska who is now a University of Pennsylvania dental student, made it through the first cut of the ABC’s TV show, “The Bachelor,” according to the Portland Press Herald.
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