The Grower reported on a study being conducted by Kelly Koss, a University of Maine student pursuing a master’s degree in food science and human nutrition. Koss is seeking 100 children to take part in her research that will test whether they are more apt to eat a vegetable that is a novel, bright color, […]
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Ann Acheson, a research associate at the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for an article titled “In State of the Union, ideas to close income gap relevant for Mainers.” Acheson said Maine has a traditionally lower-than-average poverty rate, as well as a high number […]
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UMaine senior on team designing disposable device to help decrease spread of HIV in Africa.
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Mary Ellen Camire, a professor of food science and human nutrition at the University of Maine, spoke to the Portland Press Herald for an article about the potato industry and supporters in Congress pushing to scrap a policy that prevents women from buying potatoes with vouchers they get through the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) […]
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WVII (Channel 7) spoke with Kelly Koss, a University of Maine student pursuing a master’s degree in food science and human nutrition, about her study on whether children are more likely to eat vegetables that are brightly colored. Koss said many youth in the United States don’t eat the recommended daily amount of vegetables, and […]
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The Weekly reported on Kurt Rademaker, a University of Maine alumnus and faculty associate in the Department of Anthropology and Climate Change Institute, winning an international prize for his ice age research related to the first human settlement in the high Peruvian Andes. Rademaker won the Tübingen Research Prize in Early Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology, […]
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A Pathfinder Buzz article titled “Maine turning new tricks from old industries” includes quotes from University of Maine researchers about how they are developing new applications to extend the state’s traditional strengths such as fishing and forestry. Those innovations include the development of golf balls from lobster shells and bio-jet fuel and biomass pellets from […]
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The Science Codex article “Disadvantaged, non-college bound young adults at risk for excessive weight gain” cited research conducted by a team of registered dietitians from the University of Maine in collaboration with scientists from multiple institutions from around the country. The researchers developed a weight management intervention program that is particularly relevant for disadvantaged young […]
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WABI (Channel 5) interviewed Sandra Caron, a University of Maine professor of family relations and human sexuality, about her book, “The Sex Lives of College Students: Two Decades of Attitudes and Behaviors.” Caron’s book is based on the results of a sexuality survey she administered to thousands of students over the past 20 years. She […]
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The Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) has launched the Research Fellows Program, a new Blue Sky initiative to support University of Maine faculty efforts in promoting undergraduate research opportunities. Emerging from 2011 stimulus funding of CUGR as one of six initiatives through the 2011 Presidential Request for Visions of University Excellence (PRE-VUE) Program, this CUGR […]
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