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UMaine Baseball Player Drafted by Diamondbacks

University of Maine baseball junior pitcher Jeffrey Gibbs was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the ninth round, 303rd overall, Tuesday afternoon in the 2012 MLB Entry Draft. Gibbs, a business major from Toronto, has seen action in 42 games for the Black Bears, making 39 career starts. He is 16-13 in his career with […]

TV Break

As children start summer vacation, UMaine Extension offers tips to help caregivers limit screen time.

Up, Up and Away

High-altitude ballooning program gets students interested in space.

Graduate Student Explores Link Between Carbon Dioxide and Blindness in Cod

Based on extensive studies carried out in the last five years, researchers have determined why cod living at high densities developed cataracts.

Study Finds Relationship Between Dairy Food Intake and Arterial Stiffness

Adults who include dairy foods in their diets might be reducing their arterial stiffness and decreasing their risk of cardiovascular disease, according to a new study by researchers from the University of South Australia, the University of
Maine and Australian National University.

ADVANCE Rising Tide Center Announces 2012 Faculty Grants

Initiative aimed at fostering the professional development of UMaine female faculty members in engineering, mathematics, technology, and the physical, biological and social-behavioral sciences.

Research Quantifies Underwater Treadmill Energy Expenditure

University of Maine graduate and undergraduate students in exercise science have established in recent research that an underwater treadmill also can provide effective low-impact rehabilitation and cardiovascular conditioning.

Bayer Interviewed on Lobster Finding

Comments from Bob Bayer, a UMaine professor of animal and veterinary sciences and the executive director of UMaine’s Lobster Institute, were included in a Bangor Daily News article about a lobster aquaculture breakthrough discovered by Brian Beal, a professor at the UMaine System campus in Machias and director of research at the Downeast Institute. Beal […]

Award-Winning Teacher Cites UMaine Program

In a Bangor Daily News report about Ed Lindsey, a UMaine alumnus and Old Town High School teacher who is one of 18 teachers in the nation to have won the Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators, Lindsey credited the Acadia Learning Project, in which UMaine is involved, for helping him win the award. Lindsey’s […]

UMaine Noted in Report on Chinese Students

UMaine was mentioned in a Bangor Daily News story about how Chinese students have fared in Bangor-area high schools. One student, who is at Orono High School, said due to the flexibility of the American curriculum, he has been able to take classes at UMaine. The Lewiston Sun Journal also ran the story. Contact: Jessica […]

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