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.

Maine-eDNA

Maine-eDNA Fall Symposium and Research Showcase

A morning all-hands research symposium for Maine-eDNA project members followed by an afternoon environmental DNA (eDNA) research showcase open to all (registration required)

Details

Wells Conference Center, University of Maine, Orono
December 1-2, 2022
Zoom link: https://maine.zoom.us/j/88532772638
(please note that not all symposium activities are Zoom-able; see the agenda for more information)
Register here: https://forms.gle/AGsf6UnoTKd9Pkzs7
Registration deadline: Monday, November 21st, 2022

Agenda

Thursday, December 1, 2022 (Wells Conference Center)
- 8:30 – 9:00 Arrival and coffee
- 9:30 – 12:00 Morning session (Maine-eDNA project members only):
  - Welcome and icebreaker
  - Faculty prompted lightning talks
  - Student and postdoc lightning talks
- 12:00 – 1:00 Lunch (all registered participants)
- 1:00 – 5:00 Afternoon session (all registered participants):
  - Research presentations by Maine-eDNA students and postdocs
  - Poster session (all registered participants are invited to present a poster)
  - Networking activity designed to strike up new collaborations between eDNA researchers and stakeholders (and others interested in applying eDNA)
- 5:30 – 8:00 Independently organized social event (location TBD)

Friday, December 2, 2022 (location TBD)
- 8:30 – 12:00 Coffee and conferences: An informal professional development event for Maine-eDNA project members to help make up for the lack of valuable in-person conference experiences during the pandemic. This will be a chance for anyone from Maine-eDNA, but especially graduate students and postdocs, to learn more about conferencing from more experienced peers and more senior academics, while live-streaming the RARGOM conference. https://www.rargom.org

Registration QR code