The Portland Press Herald on Nov. 18, 2009 gave full coverage to the UNE women's basketball team's upset victory over the University of Southern Maine. UNE stuned the 13th-ranked Huskies with balanced attack. WMTW News 8 also posted a video highlight of the game.

University of New England undergraduate Neuroscience student Holly Beaulac won second place at the Maine Psychological Association (MPA) Conference, held at the University of Maine Augusta Campus November 6th.   Holly’s poster presentation was titled, “Observational Content Analysis of Direct-to-Consumer Pharmaceutical Advertising Through the Television Medium.”  Other colleges and universities participating in the poster session included Bates, Colby, University of Maine at Orono, University of Southern Maine, and University of Maine at Augusta.  Dr. Maryann Corsello was Holly's research advisor.

UNE undergraduate Psychology students Katie Ragone, Lindsay Schmidt, and Courtney Gill also presented their research at the MPA conference.  Their poster was titled, "Sex, Gender, and The Triangular Theory of Love as Predictors of Infidelity in Dating Relationships."  Dr. Jennifer Wieselquist was their research advisor.

  Tobin Carson, MSI, College of Osteopathic Medicine, who was awarded a $25,000 Doctors for Maine's Future scholarship, was the subject of a feature story in The Kennebec Journal and Central Maine Morning Sentinel Nov. 2, 2009. Carson is a mother of two who dropped out of high school at age 15."Tobin Carson is a very articulate, well-spoken woman who is going to represent her patients as a very strong advocate and represent her profession as a physician and as an osteopathic physician in an exemplary manner," Patricia Kelley, COM dean of students, told the reporter.

The Portland Press Herald on Nov. 5, 2009 ran a feature story on an innovative project designed to partner University of New England researchers and graduate students with the local K-12 community in inquiry-based learning in science, technology, engineering and mathematics-related disciplines. The program is made possible through a $2.87 million five-year National Science Foundation (NSF) grant. The Press Herald story focuses on UNE marine sciences graduate student Caitlyn Little and the sixth-graders she is working with at Lincoln Middle School in Portland. Little is one of three graduate students who received fellowships this year: Jay Williams, at Bonny Eagle High School in Standish, and Michelle Bozeman, at Massabesic Middle School in Waterboro. Charles Tilburg, Ph.D., assistant professor of marine sciences, is also interviewed for the story. The program was also featured in earlier stories in the Waterboro Reporter and the Journal Tribune.

Daniel Evans, a 2nd year osteopathic medical student, is presenting a poster entitled “Characteristics and Clinical Outcomes of Good Grade Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Patients Admitted to Neurological Intermediate Care”. The presentation will take place at the 7th Annual Neurocritical Care Society Meeting in New Orleans, LA the week of November 11-14.

The research was conducted this past summer at Maine Medical Center under the direction of Dr. David Seder, Dr. Jeffrey Florman and other colleagues.

The study compared differences in treatment protocols for patients diagnosed with good-grade (Hunt and Hess grades I-III) aneurismal subarachnoid hemorrhage (GGSAH) and evaluated complication rates, outcomes, and the cost of care associated with direct admission into either an intensive care unit (ICU) or an intermediate care unit (IMC).
 
The results indicated similar outcomes between patients going through an IMC versus an Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Based on the lower cost associated with an IMC protocol, the authors concluded that it may be appropriate to consider IMC admission for selected patients.

Dan is looking forward to learning more about cutting edge research and prospective treatment programs at the meeting and says “I hope this relatively small contribution to the meeting can help better the treatment of SAH patients around the country”.

Dan was a recipient of a Carmen-Pettapiece Scholarship awarded through the UNECOM Student Government Association. The generosity of the donors helped allow Dan to participate in this summer research experience.

The Center for Excellence in the Neurosciences at the University of New England is collaborating with the Neuroscience Institute at Maine Medical Center. Drs. Seder and Florman are both clinician scientists affiliated with the MMC Neuroscience Institute.

The Journal Tribune on Oct. 26, 2009 published a story on a panel discussion on local food and corporate agriculture that was part of UNE's Global Day of Action for Climate Change. One of the ways people can be part of the solution to the climate change problem is to buy their food locally, said Tom Hams, the owner of Wolf Pine Farm in Alfred. Buying locally cuts down on the need to transport food from long distances, said Hams, and smaller farms also rely more on human labor rather than carbon spewing machinery. The panel was one of more than a dozen events that were held at UNE's Biddeford and Portland campuses Oct. 24th, ranging from a film on the bottled water industry to a presentation on the  new energy bill to a panel discussion about local foods.

Jamie Gellock, a 2nd year osteopathic medical student, represented COM and the Center for Excellence in the Neurosciences (CEN) this past Thursday at the Sanford Rotary club meeting. Jamie described her almost six years of involvement with the University of New England and the communities of Southern Maine including her work as a hotline advocate for Caring Unlimited based in Sanford, Maine. Ms. Gellock has volunteered for Caring Unlimited for over two years, helping women who are victims of domestic violence. She has also been involved with the Biddeford Free Clinic as a Sugar Buster, helping people manage their diabetes. Jamie is active in several UNECOM clubs including being President of the Integrative Medicine Club. She spoke to the rotary members about the importance of a holistic approach to the management of chronic disease states. Jamie is working with the Center for Excellence in the Neurosciences to help promote better management of chronic pain using an integrative approach tailored to the individual patient.

University of New England senior, Kimberly Hoffman, will be recognized as the 2009 scholarship winner at the Maine Public Relations Council (MPRC) Annual Conference on October 15, 2009.

Hoffman is among the top students in her class, and received both the sophomore and junior Outstanding Communications Major of the Year award, along with being inducted into the Alpha Chi National College Honor Society in 2009. Originally from Chester, New Hampshire, Hoffman is majoring in communications with a business administration minor. She interned as an assistant media coordinator at Derry Cooperative School, where she filmed and edited school plays, concerts and promotional videos.

Kate Hayes, OMS II student, has article published in Forecaster
Kate Hayes, OMS II, has had an article entitled “Medical School sheds light on what matters most in life”
published in the Forecaster newspaper.

 

OMS I Students receive scholarships from Finance Authority of Maine
This year the Finance Authority of Maine, in association with the Maine Legislature, established the
Doctors for Maine's Future Scholarship Program. The program is a tuition subsidy of up to a maximum of
$25,000 annually, for eligible students who enter qualifying Maine-based medical school programs. This is
the first year for this new scholarship program, and for UNECOM’s participation in it. We are very pleased
to announce that the following students, all OMS I, are recipients of this new scholarship:
Tobin Carson, Justin Valiquet, Ashley Austin and Emily Morrill. Congratulations to all!