Four faculty and staff members have been named University of Maine Presidential Fellows in a new leadership program launched by President Joan Ferrini-Mundy to advance three themes tied to UMaine’s strategic plan — fostering learner success and research learning; research-practice partnerships; and telling the UMaine story. The themes for 2019–20 are designed to engender universitywide […]
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The nonprofit Rural Aspirations Project will host a virtual launch for its new website, Community Learning for Maine (CL4ME) on Thursday, May 14 from 4–5 p.m. on Zoom. The University of Maine College of Education and Human Development helped develop the site, with associate professor of educational leadership Catharine Biddle serving in an advisory role […]
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Joshua Girgis ’18 earned his degree in mechanical engineering and headed to the Darling Marine Center to work with Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center director Chris Davis and others to design an environmental monitoring buoy. The goal is to build a buoy that gathers real-time information about ocean temperature, salinity and productivity so oyster and seaweed […]
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Disease-transmitting blacklegged ticks invading new areas are a threat to the health of people and animals and are a burden on the economy. Allison Gardner will seek to isolate ecosystem factors — including temperature and snow pack — that inhibit their geographic spread and that lead to methods to control them during vulnerable life stages […]
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Noah Falkner was selected in March as a recipient of the U.S. Department of State’s Critical Language Scholarship (CLS). He is the first student ever from the University of Maine to receive the award. Falkner, a graduate student in the School of Policy and International Affairs (SPIA), had planned to study Mandarin Chinese in Tainan, […]
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Two University of Maine graduate students have been awarded the Boren Fellowship and one undergraduate student is an alternate for the Boren Scholarship. The Boren Awards fund the intensive study of language and culture abroad by U.S. undergraduate or graduate students who plan a career in public service. The $24,000 fellowship funds 37 to 52 […]
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The University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias will hold Class of 2020 Recognition Ceremonies to honor the success and achievements of graduates. In-person ceremonies for both universities are tentatively planned for the fall, and will be determined based on health and safety guidance from the federal and state Centers for Disease Control […]
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Next time you put on a face mask before heading into the grocery store, Mollie Ruben would like you to snap a selfie and send it her way. Your #Selfie4Science will support COVID-19-related research. Given the need to wear face masks as well as interact while wearing them, the University of Maine assistant professor of […]
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Forest landowners in southern and coastal Maine are partnering with University of Maine researchers as part of the state’s first active tick surveillance citizen science program. The Maine Forest Tick Survey based at UMaine seeks volunteer landowners with 10–1,000 wooded acres in Androscoggin, Cumberland, Hancock, Knox, Kennebec, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo and York counties. The citizen […]
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Three University of Maine faculty members have been awarded fellowships to conduct research in Acadia National Park. The faculty members are Rachel Fowler, laboratory coordinator with the School of Biology and Ecology; Bonnie Newsom, assistant professor of anthropology; and Jay Wason, assistant professor of forest ecosystem physiology. The fellowships were awarded as part of Second […]
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