This series is open to everyone-1st Monday of each month from 12-1 pm on Zoom-will showcase research and educational programming occurring throughout UMS; made possible through internal, federal earmark, and extramural funding.
Registration is required.

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April 1- “Temporal and Geographic Shifts in Migratory and Resident Birds of Northern Maine”
Jason JohnstonAssociate Professor of Wildlife Ecology, UMPI

*April 22- “Wabanaki Languages Resource Center”
Conor Quinn;
Assistant Professor of Linguistics-University of Southern Maine

May 6- “Minority Francophone Communities in the Northeast”
Patrick Lacroix- Director of the Acadian Archives, UMFK

June 3- “Nursing Simulation/ANEW-HRSA”
Sean SibleyAssistant Clinical Faculty, UM
Val HerbertAssistant Professor of Nursing, UM
Nima Sajedi-PhD Student Electrical Engineering, UM

July 1- TBD

August 5- TBD

September 9*- “UM-mini GEM Concept”
Giovanna GuidoboniDean Maine College of Engineering and Computing
Roberto Lopez-Anido
Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, UM

This new workshop series will focus on specific funding opportunities, grant/project management strategies, research collaboration and system resources, mentoring, and much more. Open to anyone; 2nd & 4th Wednesday of the month; 12-1 pm on Zoom.  Registration is required.

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March 27- Undergraduate Mentoring
Sally Molloy (Associate Professor of Genomics), Caitlin Howell (Associate Professor of Bioengineering), Jacquelyn Gill (Associate Professor of Terrestrial Paleoecology)

April 10-Evaluation Plans and Foundation Funding Opportunities
Zeke Kimball (Associate Dean for Undergraduate and Teacher Education; Professor of Higher Education), Melanie Spencer (Proposal Development Associate for Special Projects-ORD)

April 24- Data Management/Measuring Outcomes
Shane Moeykens (State EPSCoR Director), Kelsey Davis (STEM Education Research Associate)

May 8-Building partnerships- Interdisciplinary, Community, and Industry-based Research
Cat Biddle (Director, School of Educational Leadership, Higher Education and Human Development Associate Professor of Educational Leadership), Shane O’Neill (Forest Industry Business Development Manager)

May 22- UMS Manufacturing Research
John Belding (Director, Advanced Manufacturing Center), Roberto Anido-Lopez (Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering), Ben Herzog (Wood Technologist-ASCC), Carlos Luck (Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering / Department Chair-University of Southern Maine)

May 29- NIH-NIGMS Program Officer
Anne Gershenson – Program Director, Division of Biophysics, Biomedical Technology, and Computational Biosciences
Charles Ansong – Program Director, Biochemistry and Bio-Related Chemistry Branch