An online weight management program recently started at UMaine was mentioned in a newspaper story. Faculty in the food science and human nutrition department began offering the program for the first time this fall
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Contacts listed in text ORONO – September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, and as the school lunch and other child nutrition programs are set to expire Sept. 30, nutrition and fitness advocates are encouraging Congress to act swiftly to pass child nutrition bill for the President to sign. University of Maine exercise physiologists and […]
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Contact: Diane Genthner, 581-1744 ORONO — The University Bookstore at the University of Maine is joining with the American Library Association in its observance of “Banned Books Week” Sept. 25-Oct. 2 and encouraging public participation by reading a controversial book. Thousands of libraries and bookstores across the country plan to celebrate the freedom to read […]
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Contact: Jim Dill, (207) 581-3879; James Dwyer, (207) 764-3361 ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension researchers have received renewed U.S. Department of Agriculture Funding of $432,000 for potato late blight and pest management research and education for 2010. The program is overseen by co-principal investigators Jim Dill, an Extension pest management specialist in Orono, […]
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Sandy Butler, a UMaine social work professor, is quoted in a Bangor Daily News story about the Maine gubernatorial candidates’ focus on the issue of welfare. Butler says a report, which claims Maine is the most welfare-dependent state in the nation, did not distinguish between federal aid and state aid.
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The UMaine football team’s matchup this Saturday night against Syracuse helps give Black Bear student-athletes exposure and has become a critical piece of program funding, UMaine interim athletic director Steve Abbott told the Portland Press Herald. The Black Bears will face the Orange at 7:15 p.m. in the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, N.Y.
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UMaine Cooperative Extension fruit specialist Renae Moran told MPBN the apple harvest is down this fall as much as 50 percent due to frost, but an abundance of warm, sunny weather earlier this summer has produced unusually tasty apples.
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UMaine political scientist Amy Fried and Cooperative Extension food safety expert Jason Bolton were Wednesday morning live interview guests on WZON-FM (103.1). Fried talked about current Maine political issues, including the race for governor. Bolton provided information useful to those who are preserving fruits and vegetables they grew during the summer months.
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The Portland Press Herald reports that former President Bill Clinton will visit South Portland on Sept. 26 to rally support for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Libby Mitchell. The story includes comments from UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer, who tells the Press Herald that Clinton is “warmly viewed as (an) elder statesman” by Democratic loyalists.
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Wednesday’s Central Maine Morning Sentinel includes a report about an SAD 13 (Bingham area) initiative aimed at handling conflict and discipline issues using restorative justice techniques. The story includes comments from Barbara Blazej of UMaine’s Peace Studies Program, who says more Maine schools are showing interest in this approach.
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