CCAR hosts graduate student from Mexico

UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

September 29, 2016 CCAR News

Graduate student Diana Maria Cuesta Gomez samples sea urchin roe at the processing plant — Graduate student Diana Cuesta Gomez samples sea urchin roe at a Portland processing plant

During the past month we have had the privilege of hosting a student from the Center of Scientific Research and Superior Education (CICESE) http://eng.cicese.edu.mx/, located in Baja California, Mexico. Diana Maria Cuesta Gomez originally hails from Bogota, Columbia and is attending CICESE on a scholarship, which includes a one month academic stay at another institution. Diana is working on a Ph.D. thesis in Aquaculture, studying formulated diets for the purple sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus), in order to improve gonad index and quality. She learned about our similar work with the green sea urchin from a pamphlet we left behind at an aquaculture meeting in San Diego.

While she was here Diana stayed in the CCAR bunkhouse and learned all about the sea urchin fishery in Maine, as well as our other aquaculture projects. Diana spent a day with some sea urchin harvesters, visited a processing plant in Portland, and used testing equipment at the University of Maine’s Food Science labs to analyze color and texture of sea urchin roe. During our time with Diana we are happy to say we learned as much from her as she did from us! We wish Diana all the best as she finishes her program.

Diana uses a portable colorimeter to measure color values of processed sea urchin roe