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UMaine News Release, June 11, 2015 – Assistant Professor Jacquelyn Gill and 2 UMaine students are in South Dakota this summer digging in a cave 27 feet long and less than 2 feet high to investigate the impact of climate change on the region. Read more about the study of plant and bison fossils in […]

UMaine News Release, June 2, 2015 – A National Geographic story on Maine’s “ghost moose” features quotes from Anne Lichtenwalner, the director of UMaine’s Animal Health Laboratory, as she necropsied a moose infected with lungworm and covered with winter ticks. Read the story of a growing climate change-related problem that threatens our moose population here.

UMaine News Release, June 1, 2015 – Professor of Social Work Sandy Butler’s study of the impact of limiting Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) was cited in an Arizona news story focused on legislative changes that impose a 12-month lifetime cap on welfare benefits. Read the on-line news story here.

UMaine News Release, May 18, 2015 – Dr. Carol Kim, vice president for research and dean of the graduate school recently testified before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, which is chaired by Sen. Susan Collins.  Following Kim’s testimony, Collins highlighted the aging and thriving in place movement in her May 15 column. Read […]

UMaine News Release, April 24, 2015 – Denise Skonberg, associate professor of food science, was recently awarded more than $471,000 to study the shelf life and nutritional content of aquacultured sea vegetables. Read more about this project, which is intended to support economic development in rural Maine, here.

GovLoop Knowledge Network for Government, April 6, 2015 – Statistitics about women in federal service reflect progress on some fronts, and less in others. Read the blog post which features details about women in executive positions, salary comparisons, and statistics detaling the gender and minority status of the federal workforce. Read the story here.

USDA Blog, April 2, 2015 – Nutrition Professor Adrienne White, project leader for 4H iCook, was quoted in a USDA blog entry describing the multi-state project designed to encourage families to cook, eat, and exercise together to reduce obesity and weight-related diseases. Read more about the project here.

UMaine News Release, April 2, 2015 – Professor of Biological Sciences Rebecca Holberton was quote in a PBS Newshour story about the migratory habits of the blackpoll warbler. Read the print version here.

UMaine News Release, March 27, 2015 – The findings of a collaboration between Darling Center researchers Mary Jane Perry and Ivona Cetinic and colleagues at Woods Hole, University of Rhode Island and the University of Washington were featured in a National Science Foundation press release describing the North Atlantic Bloom. Read UMaine’s news release here, […]

UMaine News Release, March 26, 2015 – The University of Maine formally installed Susan J. Hunter as their first woman president in the 150-year history. Fittingly, Hunter was installed with a ceremony during Women’s Leadership Week. Read the Bangor Daily News story here.