SBE Associate Professor Jacquelyn Gill co-authors report arguing Anthropocene should be a geological event, not an epoch
Gill co-authors report arguing Anthropocene should be a geological event, not an epoch
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EES/SBE doctoral candidate Rafa Tasnim’s research on the effects of climate change on Maine’s blueberries featured in Science Friday
How Climate Change Is Giving Maine’s Wild Blueberries The Blues
Read moreEES/SBE graduate student Kit Hamley spearheads the first-ever scientific investigation into prehistoric human presence in the Falkland Islands
UMaine-led research team discovers evidence of prehistoric human activity in Falkland Islands
Read moreEES* Ph.D. student Alessandro Mereghetti analyzes ‘time capsules’ from last ice age
Mereghetti analyzes ‘time capsules’ from last ice age *Ecology and Environmental Science is an interdisciplinary program spanning multiple departments, including the School of Biology and Ecology.
Read moreSBE grad student Greg LeClair’s annual “Big Night” study finds that fewer frogs died by vehicles during spring 2020 than during the season in other recent years
Fewer frogs died by vehicles in the outset of the pandemic, study finds
Read moreCNN features SBE Graduate Student Lance Stasinski’s work on assessing genetic variation from leaf spectra
A recent paper published in New Phytologist by SBE graduate student Lance Stasinski was featured by CNN. Stasinski and his colleagues showed that leaf reflectance spectra – the way different wavelengths of light reflect from a leaf – can be used to accurately detect populations and the genomic ancestry […]
Read moreUMaine News, Bangor Daily News write about SBE Assistant Professor Angela Mech’s New Spruce Budworm Testing Lab
Per UMaine News, Mech’s New Spruce Budworm Testing Lab at UMaine is critical to mitigating impact of destructive insect. The Bangor Daily News has also featured a story on the invasive pest and the new testing lab.
Read moreSBE Assistant Professor of Forest Entomology Angela Mech interviewed on The Maine Question
S5E1: How do we protect our forests from invasive species?
Read more2022 MSF – Call for Ideas!
We’re happy to share that our friends at the Maine Science Festival are planning the return of the Festival in 2022. See below for more details: 2022 MSF – Call for Ideas! We have begun planning for the in-person return of the Maine Science Festival in March 16-20, 2022, as long as it is […]
Read moreWABI’s Owen Kingsley airs coverage of last weekend’s SBE BioBlitz
View the video at https://www.wabi.tv/2021/09/18/umaine-students-host-bioblitz-campus-discover-animal-plant-life/ UMaine students host BioBlitz on campus to discover animal and plant life By Owen Kingsley Published: Sep. 18, 2021 at 7:29 PM EDT|Updated: Sep. 18, 2021 at 7:33 PM EDT ORONO, Maine (WABI) – Did you know many different species live on the UMaine campus? Students and members of the community have […]
Read moreSBE Lecturer Dr. Julia McGuire receives Davis Educational Foundation funding in recognition of her innovative work in coordinating and teaching BIO 100 labs
The University of Maine was awarded a $25,000 Presidential Grant by the Davis Educational Foundation in the summer of 2021 to support initiatives in preparation for fall teaching — Teaching Labs Remotely and a Faculty Ambassador Program. Dr. McGuire’s hard work to develop innovative approaches to teaching the BIO 100 lab remotely this fall was […]
Read moreSBE GO hosts BioBlitz event at UMaine
Graduate students host BioBlitz to count species on campus
Read moreSBE’s Fall 2021 Seminar Series starts on Friday, September 3
After a year of Zoom-only seminars, for Fall 2021 we are returning to in-person seminars in 102 Murray Hall. Join us at 2 pm on Friday, September 3, for Newbie Faculty Narratives! SBE’s newer faculty members (those who’ve joined us since 2019) will give brief talks. Featuring Angela Mech, Dudu Meireles, Matt Chatfield, Erin Grey, […]
Read moreSBE Assistant Professor Danielle Levesque’s NSF CAREER award supports study of small mammal thermoregulation, energy use in changing climate
Levesque’s NSF CAREER award supports study of small mammal thermoregulation, energy use in changing climate
Read moreDoctoral student Václava “Vendy” Hazuková to examine whether West Greenland lakes emit or capture carbon
Hazuková to examine whether West Greenland lakes emit or capture carbon
Read moreSBE Assistant Professor Han Tan leads new UMaine research hub to focus on Potato Virus Y
New UMaine research hub to focus on Potato Virus Y
Read moreSBE Researcher and STEM Professional Development Coordinator Erin Vinson collaborates on evaluating benefits of open educational resources on biology education
Researchers assess whether open educational resources improved biology instruction
Read moreSBE Associate Professor Jacquelyn Gill co-authors editorial on mandating vaccines at UMaine
https://www.centralmaine.com/2021/08/02/scholars-strategy-network-umaine-must-mandate-vaccination/?fbclid=IwAR2hWtMdSRg13ZU2uIt2spxqxcbsOyq5ievYvV-QqqwIQ5j8mVEdxGum1s0
Read moreStudy by SBE Assistant Professor Allison Gardner, SFA Professor Jessica Leahy, and EES Master’s alum Christine Conte links active forest management to reduced tick populations
Study links active forest management to reduced tick populations
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