Contacts: Barb Blazej, (207) 581-2625; Jon Moody, (207) 465-2167; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO — After implementing a new philosophical approach to discipline about 3 years ago, teachers and administrators at Messalonskee Middle School in Oakland watched disciplinary problems decline and student morale rise. The new approach called restorative discipline encourages students who misbehave to […]
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Contact: Joe Carr, UMaine, at (207) 581-3571 Tom Moore, Cerealus President (207) 504-0374 or tmoore@cerealus.com ORONO — The University of Maine and Cerealus Holdings, LLC, a Waterville-based product development and technology commercialization company, have received a patent for an innovation that can provide a sustainable alternative to traditional food packaging materials. Known as Holdout (TM), […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at joe.carr@umit.maine.edu ORONO — The University of Maine police department is leading the investigation into the breach of two UMaine computer servers this spring. Sensitive data related to approximately 4,585 students were exposed as a result of these hacker attacks. Compromised files date as far back as 2002. “This is an insidious […]
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Contact: Dorothy Klimis-Zacas, (207) 581-3124; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO, Maine — Nutritionists have long known that one of Maine’s most prized and prolific natural resources, the wild blueberry, provides health benefits that we’re still just learning about. The Wild Blueberry Association of North America calls the Maine blueberry “nature’s antioxidant superfruit,” and cites its […]
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Contact: Amy Blackstone, 581-2392 ORONO — Workplace experiences of adolescents and those in their early 20s differ sharply from those of older workers, and the same can be said about generational perceptions of sexual harassment, according to research by a University of Maine sociologist. Since 2000, UMaine sociologist Amy Blackstone and University of Minnesota sociologist […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Work on UMaine’s Sebago Road will begin on Thursday, June 24. The road will be closed to traffic until 3 p.m. each day through July 15. Sebago is the road that cuts between Hitchner Hall and the back of Memorial Union/Fogler Library. Grove Street Extension will be […]
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Contact: Laurie Connell, (207) 581- 2470; Rosemary Smith, (207) 581-3361 ORONO — The University of Maine recently became one of the first to receive an international research partnership award, designed to link U.S. scientists and engineers with counterparts in Ireland to study environmental and seafood contaminants. The BEACONS (biosafety for environmental contaminants using novel sensors) […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — A June 14 Maine Technology Institute (MTI) awarded of $99,780 will help provide momentum for efforts by a South Bristol company to develop a new building insulation fiber from recycled paper and paperboard. The University of Maine’s Process Development Center (PDC) received the MTI grant for this […]
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Contact: 207-659-1880 or raehathaway@hotmail.com ORONO — Last summer, in a country where nearly half the population of 135 million lives in poverty, Rachel Hathaway solidified her commitment to a career devoted to human rights advocacy. She plans to do it using microfinance. “When the five senses are engaged and you see children forced to beg […]
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Contact: James Wilson, 581-4368 ORONO — A team of University of Maine researchers led by marine scientist James Wilson is studying the relationship among competition, regulation and conservation in the fishing industry. The research is integrating cutting-edge computer modeling, and fishermen’s and scientists’ knowledge of three very different fisheries — lobster, sea urchins and groundfish. […]
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