University of New England

UNE in the News

Below are selected faculty quotes and stories about the University of New England  and members of the UNE community from recent media stories.

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News media cover skate release
WCSH 6 news and the Portland Press Herald covered the release into the wild of about 100 little skates on Nov. 20, 2008. The release was part of a research study by UNE marine biology student Brittany Palm '09 and Assistant Professor James Sulikowski, Ph.D., on the skates' reproductive biology. View the WCSH video, which ran on the Nov. 20th evening news and Nov. 21st morning news on both WCSH Portland and WLBZ Bangor. More information on the project.

Brian Duff quoted in Press Herald on new GOP PAC
Brian Duff, Ph.D., assistant professor of political science, was interviewed for a Nov. 20, 2008 Portland Press Herald story on a new GOP Political Action Committee formed in Maine on the principals of fiscal restraint, national security and social conservatism. Duff pointed to Sen. Susan Collins' resounding re-election victory over Democratic U.S. Rep. Tom Allen. "She staked some ground here as having the message for the kind of Republicanism that works in Maine ... and that is definitely not radically socially conservative."

Jeff Nevers quoted in Telegram story on job market
A story in the Nov. 16, 2006 Maine Sunday Telegram on "College Seniors See at Tight Job Market," quotes UNE Recruiting Specialist Jeff Nevers, M.A., of Career Services. Nevers told the reporter that the market for health professions graduates is still strong with students often getting offers during their internships and clinical experiences.

Pam Morgan's coastal habitat class highlighted in Courier
A story in the Nov. 13, 2008 Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier highlighted the work of UNE Professor Pam Morgan's environmental studies class "Restoring Coastal Habitats in the Gulf of Maine," which received the College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium Award for 2007-2008. Student Johanna Marsters has continued the project this past summer and fall. CAS Dean Art Goldstein in the story notes that research in classes such as Morgan's is an integral part of UNE students' education.

Art Gallery exhibition focus of
stories in Telegram and Sun Journal
The UNE Art Gallery's upcoming show "Alice Spencer: Fabricating Time" was the subject of a feature story in the Audience Section of the Maine Sunday Telegram Nov. 9, 2008 and a news story in the Sun Journal (Lewiston) on Nov. 11. The exhibition presents a series of paintings inspired by Portland artist Alice Spencer's textile collection, using pattern as a metaphor for the human spirit and the layering of time. The exhibition opens with a reception on Nov. 13th at 5 p.m.

Media cover UNE's commitment to sustainability
WGME 13 evening news on Nov. 6, 2008,  KeepMECurrent.com on Nov. 8, and the Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier on Nov. 13th  highlighted UNE President Danielle Ripich's signing of the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment agreement. President Ripich joins other higher education leaders across America who have pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on their campuses, raise awareness of the issue of global warming and strive for climate neutrality.

WCSH covers MARC seal release
WCSH 6 TV featured a story and photos on its website on three harbor seal pups that were rehabilitated and returned to the wild on Oct. 31, 2008 by UNE's Marine Animal Rehabilitation Center.

Village Soup publicizes Camden lecture by Anouar Majid
Anouar Majid, Ph.D., chair and professor, Department of English and Language Studies, was the focus of an Oct. 31, 2008 story in the Village Soup/Republican Journal (Camden). Majid is scheduled to speak on "Deliberate Americanism" at the Camden Public Library on Thursday, Nov. 13, at 6:30 p.m.

Food drive covered by coastal news service
The York Weekly/Seacoastonline.com on Oct. 30, 2008 featured a story on the second annual food drive spearheaded by Kennebunk High School teacher Amy Roy and UNE's food service provider, Sodexho, to get much-needed food into the hands of local pantries and soup kitchens. Last year, the drive collected 6,368 pounds of food. This year, they're hoping to collect 10,000, working with the UNE community, SAD 71 schools, Saco and Biddeford schools and local stores, said Kathleen Taggersell, UNE's director of marketing and communications.

HealthCare Review covers 2 UNE stories
The Oct. 14, 2008 issue of HealthCare Review Northeast Network highlighted two UNE stories: (1) the participation of faculty  and 16 students from the College of Health Professions in a two-week transcultural immersion experience to Ghana, West Africa.  The students chronicled their trip via a blog on UNE’s website; and (2) the grant that Michael Sheldon, P.T., associate professor and director, Department of Physical Therapy, has received from the Health Policy and Administration (HPA) section of the American Physical Therapy Association to support his dissertation research looking into the influences on state policy approaches for preventing work-related musculoskeletal disorders.

Debate hosted by UNE shown live on WGME
Portions of a debate that UNE hosted for candidates for Maine's 1st Congressional District - Democrat Chellie Pingree and Republican Charlie Summers - on Oct. 28, 2008 were shown live on WGME13 television news. Gregg Lagerquist from WGME moderated the debate but questions came from UNE students and faculty. The event was sponsored by UNE's People of Politics club and the Political Science Department. The debate was also highlighted on WGME's news programs later that night and the following day.

Ron Deprez quoted in South Dakota health care story
Ronald Deprez, Ph.D.,executive director of UNE's Center for Health Policy, Planning and Research, was quoted in story in the Oct. 26 Sioux Falls Argus Leader (South Dakota) on the competition between Sanford and Avera health systems in Aberdeen, S.D. Deprez told the Argus Leader that competition among hospitals is far different from competition in many other American businesses. When it comes to hospitals - particularly when high-tech services are being offered - unbridled competition easily can lead to inefficient health care and wasted money, eventually driving up costs for patients.

Alum Julie Bartlett featured in news story and video
UNE American studies alumnus Julie Bartlett '98, a current member of the Westbrook College Alumni Board of Directors, was featured in a Springfield (Mass.) Republican article on the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library and Museum in Northhampton. She is also featured in a related video on MassLive.com. Bartlett is the archivist at the Coolidge library. After graduating from UNE, she earned a dual master's in archives and history at Simmons College and was the librarian at the living history museum Sturbridge Village before moving to her current position.

Brian Duff quoted in Press Herald story on controversial sign
Brian Duff, Ph.D., assistant professor of political science, was interviewed by the Portland Press Herald about a political sign that a New Gloucester man is displaying in his driveway featuring life-size representations of Barak Obama, shown wearing a turban and the traditional dress of a Somali elder, and John McCain, shown dressed in a military flight suit. "There's something cynical about choosing that image, there's absolutely no way around it, but he's using it to start a conversation about Obama's heritage in Africa and getting people to talk about it," Duff said. "I don't think that's the worst thing in Maine politics."

Portland Press Herald features UNE freshman Bosco Oringa
The Portland Press Herald on Oct. 22, 2008 profiled UNE freshman Bosco Oringa, who fled Sudan with his grandmother and made his way to America in 2005. The Portland High School graduate, who runs cross country at UNE, is in the process of trying to appeal a decision by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security denying a request to allow his mother, who is at a refugee camp in Uganda, to join him.

New York Times story on UNE's  free bike
program among top emailed stories
Among the most emailed The New York Times stories on Oct. 21, 2008 was the Times' Oct. 20th story on UNE's innovative program to reduce the number of vehicles on campus by offering freshmen free bicycles if they agree not to bring their vehicles to campus.  “We felt the campus could devolve to asphalt parking lots, and a lot of people didn’t want that to happen,” Michael Daley, Ph.D., chair of the UNE's Environmental Council, told the Times.  Student Kaitlyn Birwell '12 told the Times: “I don’t have to fill it with gas, and it doesn’t hurt the environment ... With a car, you need a parking permit, gas, and it breaks down. I’m a college student and don’t have the money for that.” Michelle Provencal '12 said she hopes her bike will help her avoid a dreaded side effect of being a college freshman. “Maybe instead of gaining the freshman 15 I’ll lose it." The Times' story was also highlighted on the "Green" section of the Huffington Post, as well as on a number of cycling and sustainability websites.

The New York Times story was the latest of a number of stories on the program, which also includes the option for freshmen to obtain pre-paid hours of Zipcar use as an alternative to the free bikes. On Sept. 2, Maine Public Radio's Maine Things Considered ran a story focused on students' reactions to the program as they picked up the  bikes. Daryl Conte, associate dean of students for community life, and Alethea Cariddi, sustainability coordinator, were interviewed, along with students Meaghan Tweedie, Eric Neuber, and Dan Welter. The story also appeared in the Journal Tribune (Biddeford) and Sun Chronicle on Sept. 3rd and in the Biddeford-Saco-Courier and Kennebunk Post on Sept. 4th. Those stories included interviews with Kathleen Taggersell, director of marketing and communications, Barbara Hazard, vice president of student affairs, Mark Nahorney, director of the campus center, Conte and students Victoria Hughes and Allison Wuen.

The Portland Press Herald on Aug. 22, 2008 ran a front page story on the program when it was first announced. "We just have far too many cars on campus and we were going to have to look at putting in another parking lot," Hazard  told the Press Herald. "Our goal here really is to shift a culture." The story was also picked up by WBZ - Boston, MaineBIZ online, SeacoastOnline.com, the Morning Sentinel (Waterville), MetroWest Daily News (Framingham,Mass.),  The Earth Times, WCSH TV (Portland), WLBZ (Bangor), MPBN radio, and WGME (Portland).

Media cover orange drift study
A study designed by Charles Tilburg, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Chemistry and Physics, in partnership with Biddeford Middle School teacher Barbara Fortier's 8th grade earth science class, garnered coverage in the Oct. 10, 2008 Journal Tribune and Portland Press Herald, as well as stories on WCSH6 (Portland), WXPT-WB (Portland) and WBLZ (Bangor) on Oct. 9th and 10th. The middle school science class is using oranges in a drift study to determine where the waters of the Saco River– and anything in them – might go under a variety of environmental conditions, such as winds and currents.

Bush Center dedication garners media coverage
Local TV and newspapers covered UNE's dedication of the new George and Barbara Bush Center in a private ceremony held Oct. 3, 2008, attended by the former president and first lady. The Center is the only building bearing both George and Barbara Bushes’ names in the state of Maine. On Oct. 3rd, stories ran on WMTW Channel 8 morning news, WGME Channel 13 noon and evening news, WCSH Channel 6 noon and evening news, and Maine Public Radio noon news. On Oct. 4, the story ran in the Journal Tribune, Portland Press Herald and Morning Sentinel. On Oct. 9th, the story also ran in the Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier.

Brian Duff interviewed on the impact
of the financial bailout on Maine politics
Brian Duff, Ph.D.,  assistant professor of political science, was interviewed in a Sept. 30, 2008 Portland Press Herald and Morning Sentinel story on the news that Maine's Democratic U.S. representatives landed on opposite sides of the financial bailout bill on Sept. 29th. "It is a possibility that if you tie yourself too closely to this bailout plan, then you tie yourself closely to people's misgivings about it," Duff said about U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud's vote against the bill. However, Duff said the bailout might provide an opportunity for U.S. Rep. Tom Allen, who is running against Sen. Susan Collins for her seat, to further his campaign strategy of trying to focus on national issues and, by extension, Collins' support for Bush administration policies on Iraq and the economy.

Deborah Morton Awardee featured in online publication
Sports Features Communications, an online publication, ran a story on Sept. 23, 2008 on Nancy Thibodeau, community activist and winter sports promoter from Fort Kent, who was one of four Maine women who were honored by UNE with a Deborah Morton Award that day. "Thibodeau is the ever-smiling, enthusiastic driving force behind events at the Maine Winter Sports’ 10th Mountain Ski Center in Fort Kent. At every event, she brings together hundreds of volunteers from her small community to create a professionally run event. Her enthusiasm and desire to create high quality events makes the Fort Kent a memorable place for athletes from around the world."

David Smith quoted in Portuguese magazine
David Livingstone Smith, Ph.D., associate professor of philosophy, was quoted in an article entitled ‘Por que é que os políticos falam tanto e fazem tão pouco?’ (which roughly translates to "why do politicians promise so much and do so little?") in the Portuguese magazine Exame. Smith's most recent books are Why We Lie: The Evolutionary Roots of Deception and the Unconscious Mind and The Most Dangerous Animal: Human Nature and the Origins of War.

Energy website created by two
students featured in Journal Tribune
The Journal Tribune on Sept. 15, 2008 featured a story on a website on energy sustainability that UNE environmental studies students Brittany Stratton and Kaitlyn Dyleski created for the City of Biddeford. The idea originated with Owen Grumbling, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Environmental Studies.

James Sulikowski's research profiled in Commercial Fisheries News
Research by James Sulikowski, Ph.D.,UNE assistant professor of biological sciences, on spiny dogfish was highlighted in the September 2008 issue of Commercial Fisheries News. The story is the latest of several stories around the nation this past year on Sulikowski's findings, which indicate that the dogfish population is recovering and that ground fish are the victims. The Commercial Fisheries story explains that contrary to the belief of federal officials, Sulkowski's research calls into question the assumption that there are fewer female dogfish. Of the dogfish caught and then tagged by Sulikowski at a fishing tournament in South Portland on July 19, 2008, Sulikowski said females outnumbered males by 7-to-1. Of the total fish caught, dogfish outnumbered groundfish on the order of 30-to-1.

Nursing student Meagan Chandler on TV quiz show
Meagan Chandler, one of the famous Colorado Chandler quintuplets and a first-year nursing student at the UNE, appeared with her siblings and mother on Fox TV Sept. 12, 2008 on the game show "Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?" and is scheduled to appear in a second episode Sept. 19. The Portland Press Herald interviewed Chandler for a Sept. 12 story before the first episode ran. "It was a blast," Chandler said of the filming, which occurred in July in Los Angeles. "We were all nervous at the beginning of the filming of '5th Grader,' but we quickly realized it's not live. They can stop and stand by, so it was a lot of fun. And Jeff Foxworthy is a very funny guy." WGME 13 TV also did a story on Chandler following the airing of the first episode.

David Smith interviewed on Mexican TV
A 26-minute long interview with David Livingstone Smith, Ph.D., associate professor of philosophy, was recently broadcast on the Mexican TV channel "Proyecto 40." The interview was conducted in conjunction with a conference to be held in Pueblo, Mexico in November at which Smith will be speaking, along with Steven Pinker,  Richard Dawkins, David Barash, and Daniel Gilbert, and others. The conference, entitled "La Ciudad de las Ideas" is sponsored by the Mexican think-tank Poder Civico A.C. In the interview, Smith discusses his two most recent books, Why We Lie: The Evolutionary Roots of Deception and the Unconscious Mind and The Most Dangerous Animal: Human Nature and the Origins of War. The interview is in English with Spanish subtitles and can be viewed on YouTube. 

Marilyn Gugliucci featured in Gerontology News
The September 2008 issue of Gerontology News, the newsletter of the The Gerontological Society of America, features a story on Marilyn R. Gugliucci, Ph.D., and the Learning by Living Project that she has pioneered. Learning by Living involves students residing in nursing homes for two weeks to better understand the experience of aging in a long-term care setting. Gugliucci, director for Geriatrics Education and Research in the UNECOM Department of Family Medicine, told the publication,  “My goal in life is to change the world regarding attitudes and views of aging." She is also president of The Association for Gerontology in Higher Education.

UNECOM alum Jason Cohen writes Newsweek column from Iraq
UNE College of Osteopathic Medicine alumnus Jason Cohen, D.O. '03, wrote the "My Turn" column for the Sept. 1, 2008 issue of Newsweek magazine. Cohen, who was serving with the 86th Combat Support Hospital in Iraq, wrote "Those who die, even here in a combat zone, die with a piece of us. They take a piece of our lives with them. We can work to fight the inevitable—for minutes, for hours, for days. But in the end they all take something of us with them. The Iraqi children who are burned by a kerosene heater, the mother who is shot by an unseen enemy, the contractor whose life is taken by an anonymous mortar, the soldier who dies fighting for her faraway home."

Brian Duff i nterviewed on significance of Bristol Palin’s pregnancy on McCain campaign
Brian Duff, Ph.D.,assistant professor of political science, was interviewed in a WMTW 8 news story analyzing the impact on the presidential election of the revelation that GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's unmarried daughter is pregnant. In the story, Duff said that the Obama campaign is wisely staying away from trying to exploit the story but that the non-traditional news media, such as the blogosphere, are likely to keep the story alive. He also noted that if similar revelations continue to surface, McCain's judgment is likely to be questioned.

Pickus Center focus of Sun Chronicle story
The opening of the Pickus Center for Biomedical Research was the focus of a feature story in the Aug. 27, 2008 Sun Chronicle. The story looks at UNE's expanded research initiatives and the generosity of Owen Pickus, D.O., Geraldine Ollila-Pickus ’88, D.O. ’93 and Peter Morgane, Ph.D., whose leadership gifts made the building a reality. “I hope we can use the (Pickus Center) to grow research programs, bring money to campus to keep (scientists) actively funded, help build the careers and reputation of both the (researchers) and the university and attract new faculty,” said Tim Ford, Ph.D., vice president for research.

WCSH 6 TV features new child patient simulator
A feature story that ran Aug. 26 and 27, 2008 on WCSH6 TV (Portland) news focused on the University of New England's new "6 year old child" portable/wireless simulator from the UNE Clinical Simulation Lab. Todd Dadaleares, operations manager/simulation specialist, Clay Graybeal, associate dean of the College of Health Professions, and Casey Macvane, a 3rd-year resident, were interviewed for the story. Commenting on the real life situations the wireless simulator can create, Graybeal explained: "You add in the variables of family, distractions, noise, being outdoors, all of that, suddenly what you thought you knew ends up being challenged."  The story also ran on WLBZ (Bangor) news on Aug. 26 and was picked up by WPXT (Portland) as well.

UNE ranked among best by U.S. News and World Report
The Aug. 23, 2008 Portland Press Herald and MaineToday.com reported that UNE has been ranked as one of the "Best Universities" in the North that offer "a full range of undergraduate and master's programs" in the 2009 edition of "America's Best Colleges" from U.S. News & World Report, which went on sale Aug. 25, 2008.).

David Smith's work noted by IT security expert
In a July 31, 2008 interview on the online IT journal Simple Talk, Ross Anderson, Ph.D., a professor and world expert in computer security at Cambridge University, explained that he invited UNE philosopher David Livingstone Smith, Ph.D.,  to speak at a recent interdisciplinary workshop on security and human behaviour at MIT because of Smith's writings on psychology and war. "One of the reasons human societies demonise an outgroup is to make warfare easier; it’s difficult to kill people whom you regard as people," Anderson explained. "If you’re interested in the interaction between security and psychology, this is pretty central stuff." Smith is an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies and his  most recent books are Why We Lie: The Evolutionary Roots of Deception and the Uncoscious Mind and The Most Dangerous Animal: Human Nature and the Origins of War.

Political scientist Brian Duff quoted on Allen-Collins race
Brian Duff, Ph.D., assistant professor of political science, was quoted in a story in the Maine Sunday Telegram and Morning Sentinel on Aug. 17, 2008 that focused on Maine political campaigns' use of volunteers to turn out the vote for their candidates in November. Commenting on the U.S. Senate race between Democrat Tom Allen and Republican incumbent Susan Collins, Duff said, "My guess if (Allen) is going to pull off this upset, it would be with big numbers of new voters."

Release of endangered turtles garners media interest
The July 30, 2008 release of five endangered Kemp's ridley turtles at Dowses Beach in Barnstable, Mass. by UNE's Marine Animal Rehabilitation Center and five other regional marine animal organizations continues to draw media coverage. Boston Globe Staff Writer Beth Daley on Aug. 15, 2008 wrote a column on the success of the Cape Cod endangered turtle rescue program, noting that "Lavender," one the sea turtles that received a satellite tag, had already traveled 182 miles around the Cape Cod area. At the time of the event,  a number media outlets covered the release.  WCSH6 TV news (Portland) and WLBZ (Bangor) ran the story on their evening news broadcasts July 30th and morning news July 31st, WMTW (Portland and Auburn) reported the story on its noon news on July 30th, and WPXT (Portland and Auburn) reported the story on its evening broadcast July 30th. In addition, the Central Maine Morning Sentinel ran a story on July 29th, the Barnstable Register (Yarmouth Port, Mass.) ran a story July 31st and a video on Aug. 4th, and the Wareham Courier ran a story and video on Aug. 4th. Four of the turtles were rehabilitated at UNE.  Kristen Patchett, senior animal care technician at MARC, told WCSH, "A nesting female can lay hundreds of eggs so these animals (we don't know their sexes at this age), if some of those animals are females, we're contributing to helping the population grow."

$4M state grant for College of Pharmacy receives media coverage
Governor John Baldacci's announcement on Aug. 11, 2008 that the University of New England’s College of Pharmacy has received a $4 million grant from the Maine Technology Asset Fund was reported by the Boston Globe on Aug. 11th and the Portland Press Herald and Times Record (Brunswick) on Aug. 12th. WCSH (Portland) news also reported the story on its evening news Aug. 11th, and WCSH and WLBZ (Bangor) reported the story on their morning news Aug. 12th.  UNE was one of 14 applicants, including universities, nonprofit research centers and businesses, that will share in $30 million in bond funds designed to advance the development of new technologies and promote economic growth in Maine."The projects that are receiving support today will develop and bring new technologies to market, boosting the state's economy and creating and sustaining good jobs for Maine people," Baldacci said.

James Sulikowski quoted in Pensacola newspaper
James Sulikowski, Ph.D.,UNE assistant professor of biological sciences, was quoted in a story on the Outcast Mega Shark Tournament in Pensacola in the Pensacola News Journal on Aug. 11, 2008. Apart from the competition, there also was an educational purpose to the tournament. Sulikowski was one of the scientists who were in attendance to study the large sharks up close. "This is such a wonderful chance to learn so much about these species," he said. "It is so difficult, and expensive, for us scientists to get a boat and try to catch one of these sharks ourselves."

UNE transcultural immersion experience to Ghana focus of Press Herald column
A column in the Portland Press Herald by Justin Ellis on Aug. 11, 2008, focused on a team of UNE faculty and 16 students from the College of Health Professions who are participating in a two-week transcultural immersion experience to Ghana, West Africa from August 8-22.

Jennifer Morton, MS, MPH, RN, nursing, and Regi Robnett, PhD, OTR/L, are leading the team, which is working with clients of all ages in a primary care clinic initially established by the faculty of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and the people of Sekondi, Ghana. Ellis interviewed Morton, Jen Lockman, who recently completed her M.S.W. in social work, and Kate Keller, a student in the physician assistant program. "On a global scope, it's just a tiny drop in a huge bucket," Lockman said. "But it's a small step forward to help." Read the team's blog.

Josh Pahigian popular source
for media stories on baseball
Josh Pahigian, baseball writer and adjunct faculty member in UNE's Department of English, discussed his career  and his latest book 101 Baseball Places to See Before You Strike Out  in an interview with staff writer Ray Routhier in the Aug. 10, 2008 Maine Sunday Telegram.

Pahigian has been popular with the media during this year's baseball season.  In a story in the April 1, 2008 Washington Post on the trend of using loud pop music in ballbarks to keep the crowd entertained, Pahigian  notes that: "Baseball is becoming all-inclusive and trying to appeal to everyone, not just hard-core fans. ... when baseball started opening those new ballparks, they figured out they needed to put on more of a show for the average consumer. We have short attention spans these days, and the music is part of keeping people engaged."

In a story in the March 26, 2008 Forbes.com, writer Allison Van Dusen looks at the "Healthiest and Unhealthiest Ballpark Snacks" and notes that many ballparks are tapping into fans' hometown pride, selling trademark regional foods, including garlic Parmesan fries in San Francisco's AT&T Park and pirogies at Pittsburgh's PNC Park.  She quotes Pahigian, saying "the trend took off with the wave of construction of new major-league parks, helping to attract new fans and giving stadium regulars something different.

Two UNE faculty members quoted in Maine Sunday
Telegram article on boomers staying healthy
Bruce Bates, D.O., Chairman of UNE's Department of Family Medicine and Division on Aging and director of MatureCare clinical services and Marilyn Gugliucci, Ph.D., Director of UNE's Geriatric Education and Research and President of the Association for Gerontology in Higher Educatiion were both quoted by Maine Sunday Telegram in an article on Boomers staying healthy.

Bates states "Health is not the absence of disease.  Health is maximal functional capacity.  If I don't have heart disease, it does not mean that my cardiac function is as good as it could be."  Bates strongly recommends building up health in order to delay or avoid disease. According to Bates, a truly healthy person "has the ability to meet functional goals, (with) full range of motion and no restrictions on lifestyle."

Gugliucci states "Our society has socially constructed aging to fit the disease and decline model".  For example, although muscle mass and respiratory function typically decrease with age, Gugliucci does not consider these declines inevitable. 

"If we don't exercise, we have a propensity for losing muscle mass, but that doesn't need to be the case," she says.  "I know people in their 70's and 80's who have better cardiovascular fitness than younger people." Gugliucci emphasizes healthy self-esteem and a positive attitude are central to both physical and mental health.

Release of endangered turtles garners media interest
The July 30, 2008 release of five endangered Kemp's ridley turtles at Dowses Beach in Barnstable, Mass. by UNE's Marine Animal Rehabilitation Center and five other regional marine animal organizations received coverage from a number media outlets. WCSH6 TV news (Portland) and WLBZ (Bangor) ran the story on their evening news broadcasts July 30th and morning news July 31st, WMTW (Portland and Auburn) reported the story on its noon news on July 30th, and WPXT (Portland and Auburn) reported the story on its evening broadcast July 30th. In addition, the Central Maine Morning Sentinel ran a story on July 29th, the Barnstable Register (Yarmouth Port, Mass.) ran a story July 31st and a video on Aug. 4th, and the Wareham Courier ran a story and video on Aug. 4th. Four of the turtles were rehabilitated at UNE.  Kristen Patchett, senior animal care technician at MARC, told WCSH, "A nesting female can lay hundreds of eggs so these animals (we don't know their sexes at this age), if some of those animals are females, we're contributing to helping the population grow."

Joe Habraken's latest book reviewed
Joe Habraken's new book, Sams Teach Yourself Windows Server 2008 in 24 Hours, was favorably reviewed by TechNet blogger Alan Le Marquand, who noted that the back cover of the book challenges the buyer to "Teach yourself windows server 2008 in 24 hours." Le Marquand says, "This comes from Sams Publishing, it relates to their new publication of the same name and I have to say, the book does do exactly what it says. Habraken, associate professor, Department of Business and Communications, is the author of more than 30 books on information technology.

David Smith quoted on lying in Vancouver 24 Hours
David Livingstone Smith, Ph.D., associate professor of philosophy and religious studies, was quoted in a column titled "Liar, Liar," by Ross Freake in Vancouver 24 Hours. "Ironically, the primary reasons we are so good at lying to others is that we are good at lying to ourselves ... Although we are often ready to accuse others of deceiving us, we are astonishingly oblivious to our own duplicity." The quote came from an article by Smith in Scientific American Mind. Smith's most recent books are Why We Lie: The Evolutionary Roots of Deception and the Uncoscious Mind and The Most Dangerous Animal: Human Nature and the Origins of War. Smith was also quoted on the topic of why people lie in the July 16th issue of the Brazilian paper Folha de Pernambuco in an article called "Estória faz parte do cotidiano" by Mariana Fontes.

Press Herald focuses on seal rescues and seal rehabilitation
UNE's Marine Animal Rehabilitation Center was featured in Portland Press Herald on July 26, 2008.  A front page photograph of a seal pup also ran with the article. Rescue groups unite to fill the void left when the Maine Rehab Center was closed, just in time for a busy stranding season.  "The whole Northeast network has really banded together, and we're helping each other out quite a bit," said Keith Matassa, coordinator of the Marine Animal Rehabilitation Center.

Art Gallery shows highlighted in
Telegram, Sun Journal, Go and Switch
The Art Gallery's exhibition "William Manning: From Here to Eternitime" was featured in a story on the artist in the Maine Sunday Telegram July 27, 2008.  Art Gallery Director Anne Zill told writer Bob Keyes,  "Here's a guy in his eighth decade, and his work is more original than ever. ... He is an artist whose work will be discussed 100 years from now." The Manning show was also the focus of a Sun Journal (Lewiston) story on July 25, 2008 and led a column on arts openings in the July 10th Go Section of the Portland Press Herald, which noted that  "This week’s major opening in Portland involves the work of William Manning, a longtime Maine painter with an eye for cubism and abstraction." Edgar Allen Beem, in his Yankee Magazine online blog also notes that the Manning show "demonstrates once again how masterfully he has managed for decades now to capture, in his own abstract shorthand, a sense of the passage of time and light on the island of Monhegan." The Seventh Annual Sculpture Invitational at the Art Gallery was also featured in a recent issue of Switch magazine.

Transportation survey conducted by UNE biology student featured in Marlborough, MA Community Advocate
UNE biology student Ben Krouse is conducting a transportation survey that was featured in the Marlborough, Mass. Community Advocate, July 25, 2008. Krouse is working as an intern with Conservation Commissioner Priscilla Ryder. He returned to his hometown Marlborough area this summer to gain some environmental experience. The goal of the city, stated in a five-year open space and recreation plan that went into place five years ago, was to start making Marlborough a "walkable" city.

UNE's Coastal Healthy Communities Coalition featured in Sanford-Springvale Register
On July 16, UNE's Coastal Healthy Communities Coalition cohosted the “Seller Server Training” at the Nonantum Resort in Kennebunkport for 38 bartenders, waiters and business owners to be up to date on their responsibility in the event a patron asks for one too many. This event was featured in the Sanford-Springvale Register on July 24, 2008. Communities Coalition Program Director Bill Paterson said 12 establishments sent their employees to the five-hour, state approved training program to receive a certificate of completion and be registered with the Liquor Licensing Maine Department of Public Safety.

Officials in New Jersey, North Carolina,  Massachusetts
and Maine look at James Sulikowski's dogfish research
Stories on WGME13 TV news on July 23, 2008, Maine Public Radio July 14th, in the Asbury Park Press (New Jersey) on July 18th and the Maine Sunday Telegram on July 20th highlight recent research on spiny dogfish conducted by James Sulikowski, Ph.D., UNE assistant professor of biological sciences. Sulikowski says there's strong evidence the dogfish population is recovering and that ground fish are the victims. The Telegram story reported on a spiny dogfish fishing tournament based at a South Portland marina on July 19th that was assisting Sulikowski's efforts to learn more about the fish. The dogfish caught during the tournament were tagged and released in an effort to find out more about the habits of the fish. In the WGME video, which is online, anchor Doug Rafferty goes fishing with Sulikowski and finds that dogfish are plentiful, catching more females than males, similar to the results of the dogfish tournament, which contrary to the belief of federal officials, who believe the female population has not sufficiently recovered.

The MPBN radio and APP stories are the latest of several stories around the nation referencing Sulikowski's earlier research. Stories also appeared in the May 30, 2008  Daily News Tribune (Waltham, Mass.) and the May 29, 2008 Outer Banks Sentinel (Nags Head, N.C.) and July 3, 2008 Harwich Oracle. The Sentinel story reports that North Carolina fisheries officials have asked a regional commission to reform management measures that have all but shut North Carolina commercial fishermen out of the spiny dogfish fishery.  North Carolina officials believe Sulikowski's research calls into question the assumption that there are fewer females. A satellite tag on a female dogfish showed that she swam to depths of 2,310 feet and stayed at that depth for a week at least twice. Fishermen wonder whether government scientists haven't found more female dogfish because they haven't looked in the right places. The Daily News Tribune and Harwich Oracle stories report on and follow up from a Spiny Dogfish Shark Forum held in Hyannis, Mass.

Norm Beaupré's French honors covered by media
The recent awarding of the French Medal of Honor for Arts and Literature to UNE Professor Emeritus Norman Beaupré was reported in the Maine Sunday Telegram's Arts Dispatches on July 13, 2008, keepMecurrent.com on July 10, and on Maine Literature Daily. The Consul General of France in Boston, Monsieur François Gauthier, presented the medal to Beaupré at this year's La Kermesse celebration on June 29th. Beaupré is in good company. Among those who have received the award in the past are Céline Dion, George Clooney, William Faulkner and Rudolf Nureyev.

ESPN.com runs Josh Pahigian column
On July 11, 2008, ESPN.com published a column titled "The best baseball movie never made" by Josh Pahigian, adjunct faculty in the Department of English. The column relates Lisbon, Maine native Rich Pohle's intriguing story about trying to reach the minor leagues. Pahigian is the author of six baseball books, including the recently released 101 Baseball Places to See Before You Strike Out.

Seal pup release covered by media
The Marine Animal Rehabilitation Center's July 9, 2008 release of three rehabilitated seal pups into the wild garnered TV coverage the evening of the release and following morning from WCSH6 Portland, WMTW 8 Portland and Auburn, and WLBZ Bangor. A front page photograph also ran in the Journal Tribune on July 10th.

Andrew Golub quoted in media
on seach for Kennebunk library director
Andrew Golub, dean of library services at UNE and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Kennebunk Free Library, chaired the search committee for a new director for the Free Library. Golub was quoted in the June 18, 2008 Journal Tribune and June 19, 2008 York County Coast Star when the Board of Trustees announced that they hired Stephanie M. Limmer as the new director.

Anouar Majid publishes column in Washington Post online
Anouar Majid, Ph.D., professor and chair of the English Department, participated in a high-level, historic encounter between Christians and Muslims in Washington, D.C. titled “Dialogue on the Future of Our Planet,” hosted by the World Bank June 18-21, 2008. This first-ever dialogue on creation care between Muslims and Evangelical Christians brought together American Evangelical leaders led by the Rev. Richard Cizik and six Moroccan leaders from a variety of backgrounds. Majid shared his impressions of this event in a June 19th op-ed that appears online in the Washington Post. Majid's latest book is A Call for Heresy: Why Dissent is Vital to Islam and America.

Anne Zill juror for NHAA art show
Anne Zill, director of the UNE Art Gallery, was the juror for the New Hampshire Art Association's annual Parfitt Memorial Competition exhibition. Zill's work on the show was noted in two stories on the exhibition that ran in the June 12, 2008 Seacoastonline.com and The Wire, an online magazine. The exhibit runs through June 29 at the Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, 136 State St., Portsmouth.

"Learning by Living" Project garners media coverage
First-year UNECOM student Will Vogt and Marilyn Gugliucci R. , UNE's director of Geriatric Education and Research, were interviewed on Maine Public Broadcasting's "Maine Things Considered" program June 6, 2008.  Vogt and Gugliucci discussed the Learning by Living project, whereby medical students experience first-hand the life of an elder resident in a nursing home to inform and improve their practice as physicians. The project, which also involves Alice Li, a medical student from Mount Sinai University, was also featured in the Journal Tribune (Biddeford) on June 11th and the Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier on June 12th.

Book by UNECOM alum focus of BusinessWest feature
BusinessWest (Springfield, Mass.) June 10, 2008 published a feature story on UNECOM alumnus Lindsay Rockwell, D.O. '00 and the recent book she co-authored, titled In Defiance of Death: Exposing the Real Costs of End-of-Life Care. “We have, as a medical culture, moved away from being able to differentiate when it is time to allow the body’s natural process of death to occur and when it is appropriate to intervene — and sometimes that line becomes blurred,” Rockwell explained. “So much of our training as a physician is in keeping people alive because, well, life is good." Rockwell, an oncologist and hematologist at Cooley Dickinson Hospital.

Anouar Majid interviewed by Religion Dispatches
 Anouar Majid, Ph.D., chair and professor of English, was the subject of an interview by the online magazine Religion Dispatches, which  was published June 4, 2008. The title of the interview was "10 Questions for Anouar Majid on A Call for Heresy: Why Dissent is Vital to Islam and America."  Asked what's the most important take-home message for readers of his latest book, Majid answers: "Creative work, the work that matters, always happens in the margins—it is from margins that one has a better view of the center. Critical thinking here is of the essence. Orthodoxies can be implacably coercive, demanding total obedience and conformity, even if the status quo they uphold is leading everyone to destruction and perdition."

Portsmouth Herald covers KHS students UNE visit
The Portsmouth Herald published a story on its SeacoastOnline.com June 5, 2008 on 18 Kennebunk High School students who recently took the opportunity to learn about programs offered through the University of New England's College of Health Professions. Funded through a grant by the Education Foundation of the Kennebunks, the Career Options program brings community leaders together with students to discuss careers and opportunities in their chosen fields.

Susan Hillman interviewed by media on math skills grant
Stories in the May 28, 2008 Journal Tribune and Sun Chronicle's KeepMECurrent.com reported on a $108,000 state Department of Education grant that will allow UNE to assist local elementary schools in strengthening their math curriculums. Susan Hillman, Ph.D., UNE associate professor of education, explained to the Journal Tribune that one component of the grant will be the development of online classes for teachers on math content, which will be developed by members of UNE's Education and Mathematical Sciences departments, along with area teachers.

Ronald Deprez quoted in Globe story on women's health in Washington County
Ronald Deprez, Ph.D., director of UNE's Center for Health Policy, Planning and Research, was quoted in a May 20, 2008 Boston Globe story on women's health in Maine's Washington County. From 1983 to 1999, as most Americans were living longer, the projected lifespans of Washington County women grew shorter, along with those of women in 3 percent of all US counties, mostly in the South and West, according to researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health and the University of Washington. The story noted that a study by UNE's CHPPR found that 12 percent of residents of Washington County have diabetes, and the death rate from the disease doubled from 2001 to 2006, to twice the state average. "People don't get good treatment for these conditions," said Deprez. "There aren't enough primary care physicians or adequate patient self-management. People don't have transportation or money for medications."

Emily Rines featured in Courier
Emily Rines, director of UNE's Coastal Healthy Communities Coalition, was the featured interview in the May 15, 2008 Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier (page 10). Rines discussed the many programs that the coalition organizes and sponsors. She explained that the goal of the coalition, funded with federal tobacco settlement funds and grants, is to promote education about chronic illnesses and encourage substance abuse prevention and health activities in the communities it serves.

Peter Morgane focus of Coast Star story
Peter Morgane, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology, was the focus of a May 15, 2008 story in the York County Coast Star. UNE held a ceremonial groundbreaking on May 9th for the Peter and Cécile Morgane Hall, a facility that includes undergraduate classrooms and teaching laboratory space for expanded sections of biology and chemistry.  Morgane, a generous supporter of the University, said, "I've watched this school grow. We've moved heavily into research, so we need more space, modern buildings. We're receiving more widespread recognition."

Elizabeth De Wolfe interviewed on Australian national radio
Elizabeth De Wolfe, Ph.D., professor and chair, Department of History, was interviewed for the Australian national radio program "Encounter," which focuses on world religion and culture. De Wolfe spoke about female leadership in the Shakers for an episode on the history of the American Shakers. The show aired in early May and can be found online at the ABC RAdio National website. De Wolfe is the author of Shaking the Faith: Women, Family, and Mary Marshall Dyer's Anti-Shaker Campaign, 1815-1867.

Anouar Majid interview with Southeast
Public Radio available as podcast
Anouar Majid, Ph.D., who was recently a guest lecturer at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, was interviewed by historian Chris Schnell for "Going Public," a program of Southeast Public Radio, KRCU. Majid talked about his latest book A Call for Heresy: Why Dissent is Vital to Islam and America, as well as some of his earlier books. The interview ran April 13, 2008 and is available as a podcast on the Southeast Public Radio website. Majid is professor and chair of the Department of English. Majid was also profiled in Southeast's student newspaper, The Arrow, which is available on the CollegePublisher Network.

Mock drunk-driving scenario covered by media
A UNE mock drunk-driving scenario organized by  Shawn Johnson '08 and supervised by peer education advisor Amy Langevin, director of Health and Wellness Education, was covered in the May 8, 2008 edition of the Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier  as well as by WMTW-Channel 8 news.  The event involved UNE students and representatives from Biddeford Fire Department, Biddeford Police Department, LifeFlight of Maine, UNE Emergency Medical Services (UNE EMS) and Bibber Memorial Chapel.

Johnson, a UNE Peer Health Educator and a member of UNE's Emergency Medical Services,  organized the scenario as part of his senior citizenship project to raise awareness of the dangers of driving while under the influence of alcohol.  The UNE Peer Education program was developed this past year by Langevin and currently involves 10 student peer health educators.

CHPPR grant and partnership garners media attention
MaineBIZ Online on May 8, 2008 reported on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's 397,000 grant to UNE's Center for Health Policy, Planning and Research to evaluate the state of Vermont's healthcare reform efforts.

A May 8, 2008 story in the Bangor Daily News reported on a new online health portal for Aroostook County that was created through a partnership of students at the University of Maine at Presque Isle, The Aroostook Medical Center, and UNE's Center for Health Policy, Planning and Research. The story credits CHPPR's Gary Cattabriga as bringing the idea of the portal to the attention of the group.

Keith Matassa focus of two news stories
Keith Matassa, marine animal rehabilitation coordinator, was the focus of a "Neighbors" feature in the May 5, 2008 Journal Tribune and a story in the May 1st Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier. Matassa's work was recently recognized by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) with the prestigious David St. Aubin Award of Excellence. The award recognized Matassa’s contribution to the Northeast Region Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Stranding Network during the 2006-2008 Pinniped/Morbillivirus unusual mortality event (UME), which affected hundreds of seals in the Northeast.

AACOM communications awards covered by Courier
The Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier did a May 1, 2008 story on the Exellence in Communications Awards presented to UNE by the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine. The College of Osteopathic Medicine’s online newsletter The COMmunicator won Best Newspaper or Newsletter and UNECOM staff member Steve Smith's feature written for the e-newsletter won Best Feature Story or Article. UNE’s alumni magazine Nexus was awarded third place for Best Magazine.  The Summer 2007 issue was created by UNE staff members Danielle Vayenas, editor and associate director of communications; Kristin Quatrano, graphic designer; and Sarah Day, former writer and communications assistant.

College of Pharmacy Groundbreaking garners media attention
The College of Pharmacy Groundbreaking on May 30, 2008 was covered by the Portland Press Herald and television stations WGME 13, WMTW 8, and WCSH 6. The College of Pharmacy building is UNE's first “Green” building registered for LEED certification, and the first modern building in the state dedicated exclusively to pharmacy education and research. With the construction of the College of Pharmacy building, the University’s plans to begin its four-year Pharm.D. graduate program in 2009 are well underway.

Danielle Day's research on gender and
athletic performance captures media attention
Danielle Day, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Exercise and Sport Performance, was quoted extensively in a story posted April 29, 2008 on MSNBC on gender differences in fitness and athletic performance. Day, along with other researchers, authored a series of articles on the subject in the April issue of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, a journal published by the American College of Sports Medicine. Researchers are finding that the differences between the sexes go beyond muscle mass and testosterone when it comes to physical activity. Men and women also differ in energy metabolism, lung function and other factors during exercise. Until about 15 years ago, most exercise studies involved men, and researchers assumed that what happened in men happened in women, too, says Day, Since then, many more studies have focused on sex differences in exercise, says Day, and the research has turned up some surprising results with potentially important implications. Research may pave the way to sex-specific training regimens for athletes and recreational exercisers as well. Day was also interviewed by Melanie Deveaux of Windsor Now on the Canadian radio station CKLW AM800. The interview focused on fitness and weight loss differences between men and women.

Charles Tilburg a guest on “Out in Left Field”
Charles Tilburg, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry and physics, was interviewed on the program “Out in Left Field” on Biddeford Public Access Channel 85 on April 17, 2008.  Tilburg discussed scientists’ perspective on the environment and global climate change as well as the role of scientists in the growing debate concerning the potential effects of climate change on coastal communities. 

James Sulikowski quoted
at length in Commercial Fisheries News
James Sulikowski, Ph.D., assistant professor of biological sciences, was quoted extensively throughout "Dogfish: A Special Report," a special section of the May 2008 issue of the Commercial Fisheries News. Sulikowski was one of the organizers of a March 29th forum that attracted about 50 commercial and recreational fishermen and industry representatives at UNE's Biddeford campus. The forum presented the latest research, including Sulikowski's, on dogfish and dogfish management issues. The role of federally protected dogfish on the Atlantic cod fishing industry is controversial. Atlantic cod has failed to rebound, during the same time period that the dogfish has emerged as a predominant member of the Northeastern continental shelf ecosystem. Among the findings of Sulikowski's research is that dogfish appear to travel further and deeper than previously believed. His research is also answering questions about the amount of commercial fish that dogfish consume in the Gulf of Maine. 

Anouar Majid featured in Boothbay Register
Anouar Majid, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of English, was the focus of long feature story in the April 17, 2008 issue of the Boothbay Register. The story stemmed from a lecture titled "Everybody in the World Now Knows about Islam," which Majid had presented at the Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor on March 6, 2008. The article by Diane Randlett reports in depth Majid's overview of Islam and his insights into contemporay issues of Islam and the West. Majid is the author of several books on Islam, his most recent A Call for Heresy: Why Dissent is Vital to Islam and America.

James Sulikowski quoted in
news stories on dogfish controversy
 James Sulikowski, Ph.D., assistant professor of biological sciences, was quoted in an article in the Portland Press Herald, Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel, April 8, 2008 and in the Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier April 17th about the controversy over the role of protected dogfish on the Atlantic cod fishing industry. Atlantic cod has failed to rebound, during the same time period that the dogfish has emerged as a predominant member of the Northeastern continental shelf ecosystem, said Sulikowski, who has studied dogfish with the help of fishermen. Dogfish are such skilled predators and operate in such large numbers that they have the potential to force a species out of an area simply by out-competing it for food, he said. He told the Courier that “One of the issues is dogfish are rebounding quicker than what we thought.”


Stine Brown's Fulbright grant
featured in Press Herald and Courier
The award of a Fulbright Scholar Grant to Anne Christine "Stine" Brown, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Biological Sciences, was the subject of a news story in Portland Press Herald April 17, 2008 and the Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier April 10. Brown received the prestigious Fulbright Award to conduct research on Arctic charr at the Institute of Aquatic BioSciences, Norwegian College of Fishery Science, University of Tromsø in Norway during the fall 2008 and spring 2009 semesters.

Anouar Majid profiled by Village Soup
Anouar Majid, Ph.D., chair and professor, Department of English, was profiled in the April 14, 2008 Knox and Waldo Village Soup in advance of a lecture Majid is presenting May 6th at the First Congregational Church in Camden as part of a series looking at Islamic culture. Majid's latest book is A Call for Heresy: Why Dissent is Vital to Islam and America.

Reaccreditation covered by HealthCare Review
A story in the March 28, 2007 HealthCare Review (Northeast Network) reported that UNE was commended for the high quality of its academic programs in the University's final reaccreditation report by the New England Association Of Schools And Colleges.

Student Kristi Lee focus of Portland Press Herald feature
A story in the  Portland Press Herald on March 13, 2008 featuered marine biology major Kristi Lee '08, who will cap four years of study with a cross-country bicycle ride. The ride is sponsored by Bike & Build Inc., which organizes cycling events each year to raise awareness and funding for Americans living in substandard housing.

Brian Duff  quoted in Press Herald news story on Sen. Collins
Brian Duff, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Political Science, was quoted in a April 9, 2008 Portland Press Herald news analysis of Maine Sen. Susan Collins questioning of Gen. David Petraeus, the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, who was appearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee April 8th with the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crocker.  "It's interesting that she would make financial responsibility the central part of her questioning because it's an issue that neither party has staked out, and a good issue at a time when people are worried about our economy," Duff explained.


Camille Smalley '08 focus of newspaper stories
Research and a lecture by English major Camille Smalley '08 was the focus of stories in the Sun Chronicle and Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier April 10, 2008. Smalley will present a lecture titled the "Bad Girls of Saco" April 15 at 7 p.m. at the Dyer Library in Saco. The lecture is based on Smalley's Women's Studies thesis. In the fall of 1906, two teenage girls from Saco girls were found guilty of "falling into habits of vice and immorality." Both girls were then sentenced to the "custody and guardianship" of the Maine Industrial School for Girls.

Komen on the Go garners TV coverage
The Komen on the Go tour held at UNE's Westbrook College Campus April 8, 2008 was covered by WMTW Channel 8 news the day of the event. This tour is designed to engage the next generation in the fight against breast cancer. Over the past four years, the Komen on the Go tour has visited numerous colleges, universities and community locations, and thousands of women and men have participated in this innovative, educational and interactive experience.

Heart and Soul Awards covered by Courier
The Maine Campus Compact's announcement that University of New England juniors Man Ho and Danielle Demers were among the recipients of this year's Heart and Soul Awards was covered by the Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier. Ho is a medical biology major, and Demers is a marine biology major. Both Ho and Demers’ work exemplifies the ability of dedicated Maine students to be forces for positive change both on their campuses and within their communities.

Column by Anna Tesmenitsky Priluck
published in Press Herald
The April 3, 2008 Portland Press Herald published a Maine Voices column by Anna Tesmenitsky Priluck, adjunct faculty member in the Department of Sociology. Priluck urged Maine officials to take take advantage of opportunities of a changing global economy by aggressively pursuing a Volkswagen auto plant planned for the U.S., as well as similar opportunities. As a result of the column, she was interviewed April 4 on Fox 23 morning news. Priluck practices law at Wright & Associates in Portland.

Lacrosse player Ashley McDonald
focus of Press Herald column
In a column in the Portland Press Herald April 3, 2008, sports writer Glenn Jordan features lacrosse player Ashley MacDonald, who became the Nor'easters all-time leader in goals this season after spending a year off the field in injury rehabilitation.

David Smith quoted in Canadian press, 
Times of India and  MSNBC.com
David Livingstone Smith, Ph.D., associate professor of philosophy, was recently quoted in two Canadian newspaper columns looking at recent celebrities and politicians who fudged the facts - such as Hillary Clinton's story of sniper fire at a Bosnian airport. Smith is the author of Why We Lie: The Evolutionary Roots of Deception and the Unconscious Mind (2004).  In a March 31, 2008 column in The National Post, writer Robert Fulford references Smith's observations that humans are so intricately hard-wired to practise deception that often we aren't sure whether what we are saying is actually true. In at March 27, 2008 story titled "Liar, Liar" in the The Globe and Mail, writer Siri Agrell asks the question: in an age when it's so easy to get caught, why do people still lie? "It enhances opportunities, our status, our attractiveness," Smith said. "So the fact that it's easier to get caught out on lots of stuff doesn't affect that aspect of human nature, that disposition to manipulate others' perception of us." Smith was also quoted on the subject of lying on MSNBC.com March 4, 2008 in an excerpt from Susan Shapiro Barash's new book Little White Lies, Deep Dark Secrets and in an article in the March 2008 issue of the Czech psychology magazine Psychologie Dnes.

In addition, Smith, who is also the author of Most Dangerous Animal: Human Nature and the Origins of War, was quoted in the March 23, 2008 issue of The Times of India  in a "Men and Ideas" column by Gurcharan Das, which focuses on recent incidents of violence and labour militancy in northern India. "What makes ordinary, decent Maharashtrian boys turn into a violent and cruel mob? It is the same question that Germans have asked for 75 years — 'how did we become evil Nazis in the 1930s?' David Livingstone Smith tries to answer this in his book, The Most Dangerous Animal."

Students' Habitat for Humanity work
featured in Arizona newspaper
A March 25, 2008 story in The Arizona Republic focused on the work of 26 students from the University of New England and Minnesota State University Moorhead who were in Arizona over spring break working with Habitat for Humanity. The project involved 16 UNE students in two Arizona communities working on four residences. Megan Rochelo, UNE Citizenship Service learning coordinator, supervised the trip.

Dental Hygiene Clinic at center of Press Herald story
UNE's Dental Hygiene Clinic on the Westbrook College Campus was the focus of a story in the March 27, 2008 Portland Press Herald online edition. The story looks at how the economy may be affecting Mainers' decisions on seeking dental care. The Dental Hygiene Clinic, which is a teaching lab for dental hygiene students, is currently looking for patients. Bernice Mills, director of UNE's Dental Hygiene Program, says the rising costs of heating oil, gas and other essentials are probably to blame. “It’s usually slow in January, but then things pick up,” she said. “We’re theorizing that it has to do with the economy, and people are seeing this as something they can put off.”

Maine Women Writers Collection lecture previewed by Sun Journal
The SunJournal.com published a story March 25, 2008 on UNE's Maine Women Writers Collection upcoming lecture and reading by Monica Wood, author of Any Bitter Thing, My Only Story, Ernie’s Ark, and Secret Language. The program is scheduled for Thursday, April 3 at 7 p.m. in the Sarton Room of the Abplanalp Library on the Westbrook College Campus.

Athletic training focus of Portland Press Herald story
A March 24, 2008 Portland Press Herald story on athletic trainers featured four trainers closely affiliated with UNE's Athletic Training Education Program. Matt Cook '98 is both a UNE athletic training alumnus and a current Approved Clinical Instructor (ACI) for UNE's program; Audrey McKenzie of Portland High School is both an adjunct faculty member and ACI; Stan Rintz of Cheverus High and and Greg Tosi of Deering High are ACIs. "Our job is evaluation and assessment of athletic injuries," said Cook. "We treat muscle strains, sprains and fractures. We manage injuries. We do a lot of counseling with athletes and deal with the psychological effects of injuries. We deal a lot with the parents." March is National Athletic Training Month. UNE currently sends 49 students into southern and central Maine to work daily with athletic trainers like those featured in the story.


International festival focus of Press Herald feature
The Portland Press Herald on March 20, 2008 published a feature story on UNE's Passport to Culture festival. Co-created and overseen by UNE director of international programs Trisha Mason and its coordinator of multicultural services Donna Gaspar-Jarvis, the fair features an eclectic mix of speakers, exhibits and presentations that touch on a broad range of subjects, customs and cultures from many world regions. "Donna and I have a passion for things international and wanted to share that with the UNE community, to raise the profile of global issues on campus," said Mason. The fair runs March 24-27.

COO of Ed Bilsky's Aiko Biotechnology company interviewed in MaineBIZ
MaineBIZ online on March 10, 2008 featured an interview with Janet Yancey-Wrona, chief operating officer of Aiko Biotechnology Inc., the Portland-based startup pharmaceutical company founded by Edward Bilsky, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology, UNE College of Osteopathic Medicine. The interview by Rebecca Goldfine notes that in the first two years, the Portland-based company obtained just under $1 million of seed money — enough to push its patented drug compound, an oral treatment for pain called Aiko-150, closer to human trials.

Nor'easters upset of Emerson focus of Press Herald story
Portland Press Herald writer Glenn Jordan on March 7, 2008 wrote a long story on the Nor'easters men's basketball team's "game for the ages." The Nor'easters, seeded last in the eight-team Eastern College Athletic Conference New England tournament, upset top-seeded Emerson on its home court March 5, 2008 in Boston, 104-99 in overtime. "Just a huge win for the program," said rookie head coach Jason Mulligan. The Nor'easters went on to edge Husson College to advance to championship game but lost the title finally to third-seeded Newbury College Nighthawks.


Judith Metcalf quoted in story on winter's effect on elderly
Judith Metcalf, director of UNE's Maine Geriatric Education Center, was quoted at length in a March 4, 2008 Weekly Observer story titled "Severe winter poses new challenges, new solutions for many seniors." Metcalf explains that "fewer hours of sunlight, difficulty getting out and about and reduced opportunities to socialize are major issues for older adults in the winter - as real as rising oil prices and frigid weather. All these combine to create a recipe for isolation, and it's easier to become sad, or even depressed. ... Winter is a time for communities and neighbors step up to the plate, and I would suggest that neighbors and the community ask themselves, 'What have I done today to make the life of an older adult easier and more enjoyable?'"