The New York Daily News carried a report about UMaine research that links consumption of dairy products to high cognitive abilities in adults. The article noted that researchers at UMaine found adults who consumed more dairy products scored “significantly” higher on memory and other cognitive tests than those who drank little to no milk. Contact: […]
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Several media outlets have reported on the news that John Voltz has been hired as executive director of Blackstone Accelerates Growth, a statewide initiative involving UMaine’s Foster Center for Student Innovation. Mainebiz had a story about the hiring, noting that the Blackstone Foundation launched in October a $3 million fund to help Maine’s entrepreneurial community […]
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Bangor TV station WLBZ covered Wednesday’s annual Career Fair, which was held at UMaine’s New Balance Student Recreation Center. The report said hundreds of students had the opportunity to visit with dozens of companies and organizations about jobs and internship opportunities. Several students, including mechanical engineering major Jake Low, who said location and job satisfaction […]
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Former professor and chair of the University of Maine Philosophy Department Ralph O. Hjelm, 88, died Jan. 16 at his home in Keene, N.H., after a brief illness. He was born Jan. 20, 1923, in New Britain, Conn., the son of a Lutheran minister, and grew up in Worcester, Mass., Chicago and Washington. He received […]
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Several media outlets, including New Zealand’s New Age website continue to report on the findings of a study about dairy products and cognitive function, in which UMaine psychologist/epidemiologist Merrill “Pete” Elias, and psychologists Michael Robbins and Gregory Dore collaborated with a researcher at the University of South Australia. The study, which was also reported in […]
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Canada’s SunNews TV network interviewed UMaine psychology researcher Jordan LaBouff about the role that context plays in people’s attitudes and behavior. LaBouff said his research shows that people in religious environments, whether they are near or inside churches, express more conservative attitudes. LaBouff, who conducted the research while he was at Baylor University, and colleagues […]
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A Bangor Daily News website posting on the GrowME project to garden and farm with children in kindergarten through grade three noted that UMaine Piscataquis County Extension will also take part in the effort. Local volunteers will work with teachers to schedule an agricultural activity in their classrooms during Maine Agricultural Week, March 12-16. Contact: […]
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Comments from Mary Madden, a UMaine education faculty member who is considered a national expert on hazing at the college level, were included in an Orlando Sentinel story about a hazing incident involving Florida A&M University’s marching band. Madden told the newspaper that the school’s decision to suspend its summer band camp and temporarily bar […]
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UMaine economist Jim McConnon was interviewed by Bangor TV station WLBZ for a report on rising gas prices in Maine. McConnon said there are a number of different reasons for prices being so steep, including high oil prices and instability in the Middle East. Average gas prices in Maine right now are second highest in […]
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In a news release on the Wall Street Journal’s Market Watch web page, Blackstone Accelerates Growth, a statewide initiative involving the Maine Technology Institute, the Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development and UMaine, announced the hiring of John Voltz as its Executive Director. The Blackstone Foundation launched in October a $3 million fund to help Maine’s […]
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