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Food science majors to engage in active learning to prepare for industry demands

Balunkeswar (Balu) Nayak is leading a charge to strengthen food science majors’ understanding of science and engineering by replacing lecture-centered instruction with active-learning strategies. The University of Maine associate professor of food processing is directing a multi-university project to boost math knowledge and problem-solving skills of food science majors for careers in food processing, food […]

Scientists model Mercury’s glaciers — from ancient formation at intergalactic impact to ongoing stability in the planet’s shadows

The processes that led to glaciation at the cratered poles of Mercury, the planet closest to the sun, have been modeled by a University of Maine-led research team. James Fastook, a UMaine professor of computer science and Climate Change Institute researcher, and James Head and Ariel Deutsch of Brown University, studied the accumulation and flow […]

Nick Charlton named UMaine football head coach

Orono, Maine — Nick Charlton has been named the 36th head football coach of the University of Maine, effective immediately. “I am extremely excited and humbled to be named the head football coach of the University of Maine,” says Charlton, who has served as offensive coordinator at UMaine since February. “My family and I are […]

Caribou native named dean of University of Maine Cooperative Extension

Caribou, Maine native Hannah Carter has been named dean of University of Maine Cooperative Extension, effective May 1. Carter is an associate professor in the Department of Agricultural Education and Communication at the University of Florida (UF), which is part of the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS). She also directs UF’s Wedgworth Leadership […]

UMaine Cohen Institute to offer new internship at The Cohen Group

The William S. Cohen Institute for Leadership & Public Service at the University of Maine will offer a new internship program for undergraduate students beginning in spring 2019. The internship will be with The Cohen Group in Washington, D.C. The Cohen Group was formed by former Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen to help enterprises […]

More than 230,000 pounds of produce donated through Maine Harvest for Hunger in 2018

In 2018, volunteers statewide in the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Maine Harvest for Hunger program donated 231,752 pounds of produce directly to neighbors in need and to 187 sites, including food pantries, soup kitchens and low-income senior centers. The monetary value of the produce donated is estimated at almost $400,000. More than 500 volunteers, […]

UMaine researcher, undergraduate, community partners awarded grant for midcoast composting project

As part of an interdisciplinary team examining ways to reduce food waste in Maine, a researcher in the University of Maine School of Economics and his undergraduate student assistant recently were awarded $17,000 from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for a startup composting program in the midcoast region. The funds will help implement […]

Harassed faculty tell family, friends more frequently than campus officials, Blackstone, Gardner find

A survey indicated that faculty who were harassed at an unspecified public university told friends, family and colleagues about their experiences far more frequently than they did campus human resources officials. The faculty members — who were aware of the university’s harassment policies — said they were dissatisfied with how their complaints were handled when […]

Maine higher ed leader receives national award

John N. Diamond, a longtime higher education official from Maine, has been selected as the 2018 recipient of the nation’s top award for higher education advocacy and state relations. On Thursday, Diamond, currently president and executive director of the University of Maine Alumni Association, received the Marvin D. “Swede” Johnson Achievement Award in Atlanta as […]

DDT in Alaska meltwater poses cancer risk for people who eat lots of fish

Children in Alaska whose diet includes a lot of fish from rivers fed by the Eastern Alaska Mountain Range may have a long-term elevated risk for cancer because of insecticides — including DDT — in the meltwater. Even with low levels of organochlorine pollutants (OCPs) in glacial meltwater, the risk of cancer for youth and […]

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