Majka in Story on Handling Leftovers
Alan Majka, a registered dietician and UMaine Cooperative Extension faculty member, was quoted extensively in a Maine Today Media story about techniques for the safe handling of leftovers.
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Dean Manev Touts Value of Collaborations
UMaine College of Business, Public Policy and Health Dean Ivan Manev is featured in a Thursday Bangor Daily News story about UMaine’s business school and its role as an important collaborator in university-based technology commercialization efforts. In the story, Manev also noted the business school’s rise in U.S. News and World Report and other rankings, […]
Read moreRosenwasser in Oprah Magazine Online Story
Research by UMaine psychology professor Alan Rosenwasser is referenced in an Oprah Magazine Web story about natural sleep and wakefulness patterns, and the impact of changes on physical and emotional health.
Read moreUMaine Police Arrest Theft Suspect
Thursday’s Bangor Daily News includes a report on a Tuesday arrest by UMaine police. Alexander Nimon, a 25-year-old non-student was arrested in Memorial Union after allegedly assaulting two of the officers who were attempting to question him as part of their investigation into a series of laptop computer thefts on campus. Police ask UMaine personnel […]
Read moreExtension Educator Talks Beans
Kate Yerxa, a UMaine Cooperative Extension nutrition educator, contributed to the Bangor Daily News a story about the health benefits of beans. Yerxa says beans are a perfect way to eat healthy and inexpensively.
Read moreHolberton in MPBN Bird Migration Story
Comments from UMaine Prof. Rebecca Holberton, leader of the Gulf of Maine’s Northeast Regional Migration Monitoring Network, were included in a Maine Public Radio report about a new report documenting the migratory patterns of certain bird species off the Maine coast. Holberton notes that the study is important to helping scientists identify the species that […]
Read moreBouchard Interviewed for National Fisheries Newspaper Article
A newly published article in the national Fish Farming News aquaculture newspaper about the MSX oyster disease outbreak in the Damariscotta River that threatens Maine’s million-dollar oyster industry included an interview with Debbie Bouchard, UMaine researcher and manager of the Maine Aquatic Animal Health Laboratory. Bouchard says that while this parasitic disease isn’t new to […]
Read moreUMaine Mentioned in Out-Of-State Recruitment Story
UMaine’s growing number out-of-state students was mentioned in a Connecticut Post story about the intersection of admission standards and high rates of accepted out-of-state students at the University of Connecticut. UMaine’s out-of-state student body is growing, according to the article, with about 17 percent of the student body coming from outside Maine.
Read moreAuthor Used Fogler Library To Research Book
Sargentville author Jessica Kerwin Jenkins told the Bangor Daily News she used UMaine’s Fogler Library to research her book “The Encyclopedia of the Exquisite.” According to the story, Jenkins’ book is about more than 100 wondrous, delightful individuals, objects and ideas that make life a little more fantastic.
Read moreDagher in Story on Federal Spending Bill
Comments from Prof. Habib Dagher, director of UMaine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center, were included in a Saturday Maine Today Media story about the federal government spending bill defeated in the U.S. Senate last week. The bill included a $10 million appropriation for ongoing UMaine-led R&D efforts in deepwater offshore wind power technology.
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