School of Biology and Ecology

Farm Fresh Food, Close to Home When Emma Sanchi walks through the sliding doors of the Hannaford supermarket in Old Town, Maine, she weaves through the checkout area and heads straight for the produce section.  The air smells of salty deli meat and fried onion rings; a constant rumble of shopping carts and crinkling plastic […]

You don’t know until you try, right? Students in the School of Biology & Ecology are encouraged to go beyond the confines of a classroom in order to gain hands on experience in their chosen field. The importance of field experience often gets put on the bottom shelf during busy academic years, but the summer […]

First-year Biology, Ecology, Zoology, and Clinical Laboratory Science majors started their college careers a little early this year.  Not in a classroom…but at the Schoodic Education and Research Center (SERC) nestled on the coast of Acadia National Park.  SERC is an independent nonprofit organization created to foster greater understanding and respect for nature by facilitating […]

Being a biology pre-medical studies student, Kimberly Dao didn’t think that studying abroad would be a possibility for her.  After hearing about the profound experience a friend had with a program called Semester at Sea, she reevaluated her options.  This previous summer, Dao enrolled in the SAS program and traveled to nine countries bordering the […]

SBE student Jinlun Bai came to the University of Maine from China four years ago, and he is very happy he did.  He is using a full international Student Tuition Scholarship to pursue a double degree in Biology and Psychology with a minor in Neuroscience.  Jay, as he prefers to be called, is currently conducting […]

The Schoodic Experience is part of the SBE biological science orientation course, NFA 117, offered to freshmen Biology, Ecology, Zoology, and Clinical Laboratory Science majors.  But as the students of this trip found, the three day trip to the Schoodic Education and Research Center in Acadia National Park was much more than just an orientation […]

Michelle Goody graduated from SBE in 2007 and is now conducting post-doctoral research in the Molecular and Biomedical Sciences Department here at UMaine under Dr. Carol Kim. She obtained a Ph.D from the UMaine Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences in August 2012 and studied under SBE professor Clarissa Henry. Most of Goody’s current research involves […]

Jennifer More of Deloraine, Manitoba, Canada accepted a hockey scholarship at UMaine and plays more than 14 hours of hockey a week, but she didn’t let that stop her from pursuing a biology major. More was originally a Kinesiology and Physical Education major, and switched to biology because it offered a broader curriculum, giving More […]

Can you imagine spending three months on a small island, two miles off shore and only going home once? That’s just what SBE student David Bridges did this summer while he was interning for the Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge. David was selected with a small group of interns to live on land owned […]

Ashley Gard graduated from SBE in 2009 and is now doing research at Yale University in order to increase her publication record and obtain valuable skills for her future PhD work. She currently works in the laboratory of Dr. Laura Niklason whose research focus is cardiovascular and lung tissue engineering. Ultimately, they would like to […]

Matt Cronan, who graduated from SBE in 2011, is now pursuing Dental School at Tufts University. Although a very different type of education, he feels it is a great continuation of his scientific foundation obtained at UMaine. He applied to Dental school having a strong passion for the sciences that he gained as a freshman. […]

School of Biology and Ecology sophomore Christie Edwards traveled to La Romona, Dominican Republic last summer to study medicine alongside several US doctors and nurses as part of an effort to promote global health in poor communities. Edwards’ passion for helping people and passion for medical practice made the trip an easy decision. “It all […]