Despite greater cultural awareness about the prevalence of sexual assault in recent years, many victims are reluctant to talk about what happened to them. Not only do a large percentage of rapes go unreported to authorities, nearly a third of victims, according to one analysis, don’t share their experiences with anyone, not even a close […]
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The Associated Press cited a report authored by Marcella Sorg, a University of Maine research professor, in a story about the number of drug-related deaths in Maine in 2020. More than 500 Mainers died of drug overdose during the pandemic. Sorg indicated that research continues to understand the role of isolation and lockdowns on the […]
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Alexander Collins and Rakibul Hossain, bioproducts engineering master’s students at the University of Maine, won 2021 TAPPI NANO Student Poster Competition awards at the TAPPI annual conference. Both students are advised by Mehdi Tajvidi, associate professor of renewable nanomaterials with the School of Forest Resources. The annual TAPPI conference is considered the world’s largest cellulose […]
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This summer, Rhian Waller will return to an area of the Atlantic Ocean that she last explored 16 years ago. And she’s inviting everyone interested in the deep sea and deep sea animals to watch the underwater discoveries with her in real time. In 2005, Waller was a postdoctoral fellow at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution […]
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The Bangor Daily News talked with Brie Berry, Cindy Isenhour and Jen Bonnet for a story about the thriving reuse culture in Maine. Berry is a Ph.D. student in anthropology and environmental policy at the University of Maine; Isenhour is an associate professor of anthropology, and Bonnet is a social sciences librarian.
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The Maine Monitor talked with Sean Birkel, a University of Maine research assistant professor and Maine’s state climatologist, about the influence of surface winds and new wind patterns on climate change. The Penobscot Bay Pilot shared the Maine Monitor story.
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William DeSisto, a University of Maine professor of chemical and biomedical engineering, talked with the Bangor Daily News about his efforts to sustainability produce a cost-efficient alternative disinfectant to alcohol-based hand sanitizer. U.S. News and World Report shared the BDN story in a roundup of pandemic-related news from each state. Clean Link also reported on […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot, The Piscataquis Observer and the Bangor Daily News shared a University of Maine news release about researchers’ efforts to create a new training program for future behavioral health workers. The Rural Integrated Behavioral Health in Primary Care (RIBHPC) training program seeks to address the shortage of workers in mental health, addiction treatment, social work […]
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Centralmaine.com highlighted two University of Maine Ph.D. students who won first and third place in the college division of the 2021 Bioscience Association of Maine (BioME) Student Showcase. Avery Bond, a Ph.D. student of microbiology, won first place, and Michael Wilczek, also a Ph.D. student of microbiology, won third place. Watch their presentations online.
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The Boothbay Register, Wiscasset Newspaper, The Piscataquis Observer, The Irregular and the Bangor Daily News advanced a report summarizing browntail moth research conducted by faculty and staff at the University of Maine. “Browntail Moth Research: A Report of Activities and Findings 2016–2020” provides a brief history of browntail moths in Maine and outlines ongoing research focused on controlling the pest.
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