Art created by University of Maine graduate student Jill Pelto is featured on the cover of an international climate report compiled by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Pelto’s environmental artwork appears on the front and back of the State of the Climate in 2015, an international, peer-reviewed publication released each summer as a supplement […]
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Read transcript Charlotte Quigley is a Ph.D. student at the University of Maine studying marine biology. Her research focuses on alaria (a type of sea vegetable) and how changing water temperatures affect its growth. By studying and testing its genetic structure, Quigley hopes to supply a sustainable, temperature tolerant crop for Maine’s aquaculture future.
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Berlynna Heres, a doctoral student in the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation, is applying her passion for snakes to her new research focus at the University of Maine — the American eel. American eels, common residents in Maine’s lakes and waterways, migrate to the ocean to spawn. Occasionally the fish must navigate one of […]
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Read transcript Phong Nguyen earned a degree in chemical engineering with a concentration in pre-medical studies and a minor in chemistry from the University of Maine. The Vietnamese native hopes to one day use his passion for health care and fitness to make a difference back home. This fall, he will be pursuing a doctorate […]
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Read transcript The award-winning basketball captain and 2016 graduate with a degree in biology with a concentration in pre-medical studies has learned to live, and thrive, in the moment. Liz Wood, who earned a 3.95 GPA, scored nearly 1,500 points and pulled down more than 900 rebounds for the Black Bears. Her sights are now set […]
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Read transcript University of Maine researchers, including Kit Hamley, explore how extinct and introduced animals affect the Falkland Islands and seek to help farmers, sheep, tussock grass, tourists and penguins coexist in light of competing interests, sea-level rise and erosion. Hamley helped develop the 4-H Follow A ResearcherTM program at UMaine, which connects K–12 students […]
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Read transcript Alumna Katie Keaton, ’16, embraced her undergraduate experience as a theatre major with a double minor in dance and business management. For Keaton, immersing herself in the performing arts at UMaine — both onstage and backstage — made her happy. The Caribou, Maine native was deeply involved in various UMaine clubs and organizations. She was a […]
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Chantel Banus, second-year master’s student in human nutrition at the University of Maine, is working to determine the factors that influence consumer purchase of seaweed products in the United States. Banus is conducting a survey to see what consumers are looking for in seaweed products and what influences their decision to purchase them. She wants […]
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What difference has UMaine made in your life and in helping you reach your goals? UMaine has expanded the stage of my life. I grew up in a small village in Chongqing, China. I did not go to high school because my parents couldn’t afford it. I came to the U.S. in 2009, attended Lawrence […]
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What difference has UMaine made in your life and in helping you reach your goals? UMaine has made me more cognizant of all of the possibilities in the world and that I have the ability to attain whatever I set my mind to. I have greatly increased my network in my time here, and I […]
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