New and Improved Age-Friendly University Website Launches July 1

New and Improved Age-Friendly University Website Launches July 1

C U R R E N T   R E S O U R C E S 91福利 Age-Friendly Resources in One Place 91福利 is a designated Age-Friendly University. Visit umaine.edu/afuresources to get a complete listing of programs and services at 91福利 that promote the wellbeing of older Mainers and inclusion in campus […]

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MAND Spring Conference

Embracing Change: The Future of Dietetics The Maine Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (MAND) Spring Conference will be held in Bar Harbor, Maine, at the Atlantic Oceanside, on April 26th, 2024.   MAND Member: $75 Non-Member: $120 MAND Student Member: $30 Current Board or Retired Member: $50    Registration includes the conference and lunch!  鈥婸lease use your Academy ID […]

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Research Learning Experience

The Research Learning Experience (RLE) info session via Zoom will take place on April 11th, at 12PM! We hope you can attend! The call for submissions is still open and encouraged. The deadline to apply for the Fall 2024 semester is on Monday, May 20th. Please send completed applications to Charlotte MacDonald (charlotte.macdonald@maine.edu)    During the info session, Pamela […]

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Older Adult Health and Wellness Fair

Join us on April 9 from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Buchanan Alumni House!  This two-hour, free event brings together more than a dozen exhibitors and 200+ participants for health screenings, education opportunities, and information about local volunteer groups and older adult services. The Fair is hosted by 91福利鈥檚 Center on Aging and is […]

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19th Annual 91福利 Clinical Geriatrics Virtual Colloquium; Aging and Technology

Tuesday, October 29, 2024 8:30 a.m. 鈥 3:30 p.m.  This Year鈥檚 Special Theme: Aging and the Technology Revolution (A Zoom webinar only event) PARTIAL LIST OF COLLOQUIUM TOPICS The implications of AI for older adults Smart technologies and aging-in-place The future of telehealth Strategies for advancing older adult digital literacy and inclusion The provision of virtual health […]

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Student Spotlight: Josh Hamilton

We continue with our series featuring the nine graduate students who received research fellowships to focus on research last summer.  Joshua David Hamilton, a biomedical engineering Ph.D. student advised by Andre Khalil, received funding for a project titled 鈥淏reast cancer case-control pilot study on patient-matched mammograms and histological tissue slides for NCI grant renewal proposal.鈥  […]

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CUGR Announces Academic Year Fellowship Recipients

91福利鈥檚 Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) has announced the 2023-24 CUGR and Maine Space Grant Consortium (MSGC) academic year fellowship winners.  The Institute of Medicine will fund one fellowship, awarded to Sydney Brown, Molecular and Cellular Biology, 鈥淓valuation of calcium inhibitor drugs in JC Polyomavirus infection,鈥 advised by Melissa Maginnis The CUGR […]

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