People who ate chocolate at least once a week performed better on multiple cognitive tasks, compared to those who ate chocolate less frequently, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Maine, University of South Australia and Luxembourg Institute of Health that has garnered international attention. With age, education, gender age and […]
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On April 17, University of Maine President Susan J. Hunter was inducted as an honorary member of All Maine Women Honor Society. Professor Habib Dagher, executive director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center, was inducted as an honorary member of Senior Skull Honor Society. All Maine Women, founded in 1925, recognizes distinguished leadership, scholarship […]
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The University of Maine is one of more than 800 organizations around the world that will host a 5K Fun Run to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Junior Reserve Officer’s Training Corps (JROTC) on Saturday, April 23. Runs will be held simultaneously beginning at 11 a.m. EST. UMaine’s run will start outside the Harold […]
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The Blue and Gold Team at the University of Maine will host the 2016 1st Lt. James R. Zimmerman Memorial Fitness Challenge on April 23. Four-person teams, which can register in one of three categories — hard core, motivated or family — will participate from noon to 5 p.m. in a variety of physical activities […]
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UMaine’s ninth annual Healthy High 5k/10k road race will be held Wednesday, April 20, from 4:20–6 p.m. More than 800 runners, walkers and volunteers are expected to participate. Members of the university community driving on campus, and on Park Street and College Avenue in Orono during that time are asked to use caution and expect […]
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More than 700 people are expected to participate in the ninth annual Healthy High 5k/10k and 1-mile run/walk at the University of Maine on Wednesday, April 20. The race, which begins at 4:20 p.m. outside UMaine’s New Balance Student Recreation Center, promotes health and wellness for members of the university and surrounding community. This year, […]
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DigitalCommons@UMaine offers online conference hosting to members of the university community. The platform allows organizers to manage workflows, recruit submissions, embed multimedia features, accept registrations, and publish proceedings in an open-access forum that is search engine optimized and expands the scholarly impact of a conference to a global scale. An example of online conference hosting […]
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Something’s brewing at the University of Maine. Two professors in the School of Food and Agriculture at the University of Maine have been teaching about the science of brewing, and have been conducting research related to brewing. For the past three years, Jason Bolton and Brian Perkins have taught a course they developed — FSN […]
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Carol Kim, University of Maine’s vice president for research and dean of the Graduate School, has named economics professor Jonathan Rubin the director of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center. The Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center is a nonpartisan, independent research and public service unit of UMaine. Rubin has been a member of the center’s […]
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University of Maine Director of Athletics Karlton Creech announced on Wednesday, April 13 that head women’s basketball coach Richard Barron has signed a four-year contract extension. “I am very grateful for this offer and the faith that Karlton Creech and President Susan Hunter have shown in me,” said Barron. “I am deeply appreciative of the […]
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