School of Biology and Ecology

Developmental Biology students choose their adventure 

Marcotte, a third-year biology major, plans to study at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Marcotte, Muscat awarded Killam Fellowships to study in Canada

Professor Mike Kinnison is proud to announce “My first PhD student, Michael Bailey (2009, Zoology), started a new job this summer as the National Aquatic Habitat Coordinator for the USFWS. As the name implies, he will oversee all of USFWS’s aquatic habitat activities at a nationwide scale.” Per Dr. Bailey, “The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) […]

Brawley honored with PSA Award of Excellence

Talbot helps ID muscle gene that, when altered, causes joint disease

Gill named 2020 recipient of Outstanding Public Service Award

McGill named 2020 recipient of Outstanding Research Award

“We’re proud, very proud something we are working on is going to help others,” Brian Beland, owner of KV Tools, said. “Often we don’t know what a final product (we make) will be…but when it goes to something as important as a pandemic fight it makes us sit back and say this is really cool.” […]

Greg LeClair, a graduate student at the University of Maine, leads The Big Night, a citizen science initiative in Maine through which volunteers tally up migrating frogs and salamanders and escort them across roads. This spring, he assumed that coronavirus concerns would shut down the project; instead, he rallied more participants than ever. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/07/pandemic-roadkill/613852/

Please visit the UMaine Return to Campus website for the latest information for students, faculty, and staff as it becomes available. Like the UMaine and UMM COVID-19 website, this Return to Campus site will be a go-to resource, complete with a phone number and email address where you can request more information.

Maine’s higher education leaders propose principles for safe fall reopening 

Congratulations to this year’s SBE scholarship and award winners! Academic Awards – Highest GPA: First Year Emma Downing Liv Fitzpatrick Casey Kneissler Kaitlin Liu Samantha Reimer Ross Sousa Willow Rain Throckmorton-Hansford Maria Vina Lopez Myky Hong Weinstein Second Year Devon Varney Junior Claire Schaffer Senior Kaylee Brann Academic Achievement Award: Ryan LaGross Auburn E. and […]

2020 Outstanding Students

With the World on Pause, Salamanders Own the Road

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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 […]

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. More information.

Undergraduate Biology student Katie Tims is featured in an article recently posted by the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainable Solutions. The article, “Helping Maine Businesses Find Food Waste Solutions” focuses on Katie’s work researching potential solutions for reducing food waste in Maine, keeping organics out of landfills, and addressing food insecurity. Congratulations, Katie!

Since we couldn’t host in-person Accepted Student Days this year, the School of Biology and Ecology created this informational video for those students and families who would have attended, or anyone just interested in learning more about SBE at UMaine, including student life here and tips for student success.

Congratulations to Kit Hamley, SBE/CCI Ph.D. student, and Sara McBride, EES M.S. student, winners of the 2020 Edith Patch Award!