Challenges facing older veterans and the resources available to them in Maine will be the focus of the 8th annual University of Maine Clinical Geriatrics Colloquium May 13 on campus. The colloquium, “Serving Our Older Veterans: Today’s Clinical Issues and Best Practices,” will be held from 7:45 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. Monday, May 13 at […]
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WLBZ (Channel 2), WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported on a collaboration between University of Maine researchers and Eastern Maine Medical Center clinicians to study human motion using 3-D technology. The new Human Performance Lab in the Cutler Health Center monitors human movement in an effort to train athletes correctly and prevent injuries.
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Leslie Forstadt, child and family development specialist at UMaine’s Cooperative Extension, spoke with WVII (Channel 7) about talking to children who are dealing with tragedy.
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Newburyport News of Massachusetts interviewed first-year chemistry student and Amesbury, Mass. native Bryer Sousa about winning a $10,000 Projects for Peace Grant from the Davis Foundation. Sousa, who researches water filters, will travel to Honduras in June to install filters in an impoverished region of the country. WaterWorld magazine and The Weekly also carried reports.
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The Herald-Dispatch of Huntington, W.Va. spoke to Lenard Kaye, director of UMaine’s Center on Aging, at the seventh annual Drug Prevention Summit on April 11 in Huntington, W.Va. Kaye, who presented at the summit, spoke about Maine’s prescription drug mail-back program.
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Fenceviewer, the community news and information website for Maine’s Hancock County, previewed a talk by Stephen Hornsby, University of Maine professor and historian. Hornsby will speak at Acadia Senior College in Bar Harbor on April 26.
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The spring issue of “Colloquy,” the alumni magazine of the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, cites the news of two recently discovered minerals named for UMaine research professor Edward Grew. Grew has been studying minerals for more than half a century and has helped discover 13 new ones.
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The Bangor Daily News recently published an opinion piece titled “Old Age is an Excellent Time for Outrage” by Lenard Kaye, director of UMaine’s Center on Aging.
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The 21st annual Borns Symposium at the University of Maine, April 22–23, this year will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Climate Change Institute. The event, named for institute founder Harold Borns, features UMaine climate change scientists presenting their latest research. Highlights of the two-day symposium, which is free and open to the public, include […]
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The Foster Center for Student Innovation will host a Big Gig Networking Event from 5:30–7 p.m. Thursday, April 18 at the Verve restaurant in downtown Orono. The event offers a chance to network and learn about projects going on in the community. Student business owners from the Foster Center will be in attendance including John […]
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