Medill News Service reported on the 2016 Comer Abrupt Climate Change Conference in Chicago, where Aaron Putnam, an assistant professor of Earth sciences with the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, gave a presentation on his research in Mongolia’s Altai Mountains. Putnam and a team of researchers spent six weeks collecting boulder samples in the […]
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Three graduates of the Maine Compost School, which is supported by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, are certified to work at Sanford’s new composting facility, Seacoast Online reports. Early next year, Sanford residents will be able to get compost at the site, which is located at the city’s water treatment plant.
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The Republican Journal reported the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast will hold an informational session on the 2017 master’s of social work weekend cohort from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18. Deirdre Boylan, program coordinator of UMaine’s Master of Social Work Program, and other MSW faculty members will be on hand to […]
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Jacquelyn Gill, a paleoecologist at the University of Maine, spoke with The Christian Science Monitor for a report about how drought has killed many young Christmas trees on farms across New England. As a result, tree farmers are adapting the varieties they grow and some are considering investments in drip irrigation systems, according to the […]
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Medical Daily reported on new research from the Maine-Syracuse Longitudinal Study (MSLS) that confirms people who eat chocolate at least once a week have a lower prevalence of diabetes and are at lower risk for a diagnosis of diabetes four to five years later. The study also indicates the relation between the frequency of chocolate […]
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Lenard Kaye, director of the University of Maine Center on Aging and professor in the UMaine School of Social Work, was featured in the “Ask the Experts” section of a WalletHub study on “2016’s states with the best elder-abuse protections.” Maine ranked No. 17 overall, as well as No. 3 for “Highest Nursing Homes Quality.” […]
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Dulcinea Groff, a Ph.D. candidate with the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, spoke with Utah Public Radio for a story about researchers using crowdfunding to raise money to support their work. “Two years ago we started a campaign on the same platform — experiment.com — and we raised about $11,000, in a month,” Groff […]
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University of Maine students, looking for relief from final exam stress, have been visiting with therapy dogs this week at Folger Library, reports WABI (Channel 5). Therapy dogs will be back at the library for another two-hour session from noon to 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 12.
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The Bangor Daily News announced results of a citywide “livability” survey were released Wednesday in a preliminary report, closing the first phase of a project to improve Bangor’s living environment for residents of all ages. Members of the Bangor Livable Communities Committee gathered to review the report, which was presented by staff from the University […]
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Members of the University of Maine group Male Athletes Against Violence are handing out white ribbons to men on campus this week, reports WABI (Channel 5). The White Ribbon Campaign asks men on campus to wear white ribbons as a symbol of their pledge to never commit, condone nor remain silent about violence against women.
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