Like many first-year students at the University of Maine, Miriam Talalay has several passions — animals, drawing and playing violin, just to name a few. What sets her apart is a medal from Congress recognizing her excellence in all that she does. The Congressional Award encourages and recognizes youth for initiative, service and achievement, and […]
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Brandy Soos came to the University of Maine with years of lab experience, but the Ph.D. student’s research on influenza A virus in Ben King’s lab may be her most cutting-edge project yet — and she’s training the next generation of scientists while she does it. Soos says she “got bitten by the science bug” […]
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When Samuel Weafer decided he wanted to do research as an undergraduate, the perfect project and the right mentor seemed to find him. Weafer’s research experience in Benjamin King’s lab in the Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences has taught him invaluable scientific skills, but he says it has also shown him that it is […]
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Wesley Hutchins knows how to handle butterflies. The third-year University of Maine undergraduate studying wildlife ecology has spent the past two summers carefully gluing radio transmitters the size of a grain of rice to the abdomen of monarch butterflies, where it won’t get in the way of its wings or legs. “It is very delicate,” […]
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The Pride of Maine Black Bear Marching Band’s Alumni Band is a University of Maine Homecoming tradition that brings together current musicians with alumni for a few rousing numbers before the big game. The Alumni Band brings together more than just old friends, though — sometimes, it brings together families. Jeff and Sylvia Ferrell of […]
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Steve Legge, director of communication at St. Johnsbury Academy, was photographing a student signing a letter of intent to run cross country at the University of Maine when he was hit with an epiphany. Legge attended UMaine between 1982 and 1985, leaving after his junior year with a GPA “just under 2.” He loved UMaine, […]
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Patty Andersen of Durham, New Hampshire is one of the 2022 recipients of the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship. The scholarship will help fund Andersen’s study abroad experience this fall semester at the Laval University in Quebec City. The Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship Program encourages students from all academic backgrounds to participate in study abroad […]
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Crispin Kamundala from the Democratic Republic of Congo is one of the 2022 recipients of the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship. The scholarship will help to fund Kamundala’s fall semester abroad at l’Université Catholique de Lyon in Lyon, France. The Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship Program encourages students from all academic backgrounds to participate in study […]
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Kendra Batchelder never expected that she would end up pursuing an Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Computational Biomedicine, but in many ways it was the perfect culmination of her winding path through life so far. As Batchelder completes her final year researching mammogram image analysis with professor Andre Khalil, she is looking forward to the ways that […]
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Michael Delorge may only be in his third year at the University of Maine, but he is already making waves in the world of public health. Delorge will present research about substance use disorder recovery in Maine that he conducted with his peers through a UMaine political science class at the Maine Public Health Association’s […]
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