Karyn Sporer of the University of Maine Department of Sociology and Paige Toller of the School of Communication at the University of Nebraska have received the Rose B. Johnson Southern Communication Journal Article of the Year Award, 2018, presented by the Southern States Communication Association, for their March 23, 2017 article: “Family Identity Disrupted by Mental […]
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Penn State News highlighted research led by Robson Machado, a food science specialist and assistant extension professor with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. Machado was a doctoral student at Pennsylvania State University while conducting the research, which investigated the sanitation, personal hygiene and food safety practices at 17 small-scale cheesemaking businesses to inform better […]
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Thomas Mellette, Kathryn Yerxa, Mona Therrien and Mary Ellen Camire, “Whole grain muffin acceptance by young adults,” Foods, 7(6):91, 2018. The paper is based on the 2015 thesis research of Mellette, now a registered dietitian.
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Mehdi Tajvidi, an assistant professor of renewable nanomaterials in the School of Forest Resources, received the TAPPI Nanotechnology Mid-Career Award at the 2018 TAPPI International Conference for Nanotechnology of Renewable Materials in Madison, Wisconsin June 13. The award is intended to recognize an individual who has made outstanding contributions to advance nanotechnology of renewable material […]
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Kimberly Huguenard, assistant professor in ocean and marine engineering, and Shaleen Jain, associate professor of civil engineering, were honored at the annual awards ceremony of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Maine Section. Jain, who is also a faculty fellow at the Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, received the Civil Engineer of the Year […]
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Micah Pawling, assistant professor of Native American studies and history, received the 2018 Canadian Historical Association’s prize for the best journal article in indigenous history in 2017: “Wəlastəkwey (Maliseet) Homeland: Waterscapes and Continuity within the Lower St. John River Valley, 1784–1900,” published in Acadiensis, vol. XLVI, no. 2 (Summer/Autumn 2017): 5–34. One member of the […]
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An interview with Rhea Cote Robbins, an academic adviser and success instructor, as well as an adjunct assistant professor, appears in The French Review, May 2018 — Volume 91.4. “On Being a French Heritage Woman in America Today: An Interview with Rhea Côté Robbins,” was written by Elizabeth Blood. In the interview, Cote Robbins, founder […]
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Jonathan Borkum, adjunct associate professor, Psychology Department, published “Harnessing Migraines for Neural Regeneration,” in the journal Neural Regeneration Research.
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Columbia University Press nominated “The Traveler’s Guide to Space” by University of Maine Professor of Physics and Astronomy Neil Comins for the Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award from the American Astronautical Society.
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Maine Sea Grant marine Extension professionals Kristen Grant and Natalie Springuel will present at the fifth National Working Waterfronts and Waterways Symposium in Grand Rapids, Michigan, May 14–17. Grant will present on her sabbatical research on community engagement in planning for coastal flooding. Springuel is part of a team documenting the National Working Waterfront Network’s […]
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