‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ vaccine misinformation segment features Maginnis
University of Maine virologist Melissa Maginnis was featured in a “Jimmy Kimmel Live” segment about vaccine misinformation.
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BDN, Q106.5 report UMaine to offer vaccine clinic April 28
The Bangor Daily News and Q106.5 FM reported that the University of Maine will hold a walk-in coronavirus vaccine clinic from 1–5 p.m. Wednesday, April 28 at Wells Conference Center. The clinic is for UMaine staff and students and members of the community, and will offer the Johnson & Johnson and Moderna vaccines.
Read moreRural Health and Wellbeing Grand Challenge Grant Program awards announced
The University of Maine System Research Reinvestment Fund (RRF) Advisory Board has announced the award of 14 new internal grants for the 2020–21 academic year. These one-year projects will foster research and development activities in three important areas: COVID-19 Rapid Response Grants; Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research Collaboratives (IURCs); and UMS Research Collaboration Networks. Applicants were required […]
Read moreWest, DiSpirito earn Maine Campus Compact awards
Bailey West, the University of Maine’s 2021 valedictorian from Stockton Springs, and Dominique DiSpirito, a junior from Woonsocket, Rhode Island, both earned the Maine Campus Compact’s 2021 Heart and Soul Student award. The award, one of five administered by the Maine Campus Compact, recognizes six Maine undergraduate students who are actively involved in transforming their […]
Read moreExpress cites Klimis-Zacas study of health benefits of berries
Express cited a scientific study by Dorothy Klimis-Zacas, a University of Maine professor of clinical nutrition, that highlights the benefits of consuming berries.
Read moreMedia cite Ferrini-Mundy, Doughty in announcing vaccine campaign
News Center Maine cited University of Maine System Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation and UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy in a story about the system’s campaign to encourage vaccinations. WGME (Channel 13 in Portland) and Maine Public cited UMaine nursing student Candace Doughty in reporting on the campaign. WVII (Channel 7) also covered the announcement of the […]
Read moreMedia promote April 9 nursing conference
The Bangor Daily News, Centralmaine.com and the Sun Journal advanced the University of Maine School of Nursing’s annual evidence-based practice conference, “Our Environment: Nurses Taking Action on Sustainable Health Solutions,” from 9 a.m.–4 p.m. April 9. The event features keynote presentations by Paul Mayewski, director of UMaine’s Climate Change Institute, and Katie Huffling, the executive director of Alliance […]
Read moreOmicron Xi announces agenda for April 9 conference
“Our Environment: Nurses Taking Action on Sustainable Health Solutions” is the focus of the annual evidence-based practice conference of the Omicron Xi at-Large Chapter of the global nursing honor society Sigma Theta Tau International at the University of Maine on April 9. The virtual event, which is open to the public, will be held from […]
Read moreFogg shares nursing students’ perspectives on pandemic in BDN story
The Bangor Daily News published a story by Kate Fogg, a third-year journalism student at the University of Maine, highlighting the impact of the pandemic on nursing students at UMaine and other universities.
Read moreAcclaimed science writer discusses ‘Planet of Viruses’ in online seminar
Award-winning science author and New York Times columnist Carl Zimmer will discuss his book “Planet of Viruses” in an online talk at 2 p.m. on Friday, April 9. The book explores “the hidden world of” viruses and unveils how they “hold sway over the biosphere, how they produce new diseases and how we can harness […]
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