Gill Digging in Wind Cave National Park
School of Biology and Ecology professor Jacquelyn Gill led a team from the University of Maine on a hunt for fossils in Wind Cave National Park. See the full story here.
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School of Biology and Ecology professor Jacquelyn Gill led a team from the University of Maine on a hunt for fossils in Wind Cave National Park. See the full story here.
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As undergraduates filed into their seats in 107 DPC for their last introduction to neuroscience lecture, former students and fellow faculty members filled in the back row. An email had circulated throughout various departments that professor Harold (Dusty) Dowse, would be giving his last formal lecture at the University of Maine. Like he did in […]
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Congratulations to Dr. Frank Drummond, professor of Insect Ecology and Insect Pest Management, on receiving the UMaine Cooperative Extension Faculty Research Award. Drummond is recognized for over 25 years of applied research in agriculture and natural resource management and 15 years with a Cooperative Extension appointment. His integration of teaching, service and research has created […]
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Amandeep Kaur, a visiting scholar from India, is currently performing research in Dr. Benildo de los Reyos’ functional genomics lab. Kaur is pursuing her Ph.D. in plant breeding and genetics. She arrived at the University of Maine on Dec. 15 and will be performing research for one year. Her research, titled “Allele mining for phospholipase […]
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Graduate students from all disciplines presented their work and competed for thousands of dollars at the 2015 Grad-Expo on April 2nd & 3rd in the University of Maine’s Innovative Media Research and Commercialization Center (IMRC).Many graduate students from The School of Biology & Ecology participated in the event and emerged as winners. Maureen Correll, a […]
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The School of Biology & Ecology recognized distinguished undergraduate and graduate students at the Seventh Annual Recognition Ceremony on April 22 in Murray Hall. Congratulations to all award winners! School of Biology & Ecology Student Awards, Prizes, and Scholarships 2015 SBE Academic Awards Highest GPA in a major within the School First Year […]
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The public recently gathered in Stodder Hall to attend the Graduate Student Research Awards Competition, where selected graduate students from different majors at the University of Maine in the School of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture presented their own research on topics varying from the role of zooplankton in the biological carbon pump to eco-friendly […]
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Seanna Annis, associate professor of mycology, has been awarded the 2015 Outstanding Public Service Award from the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture. Her research laboratory examines the genetic diversity, physiology and molecular biology of various fungal pathogens and applied aspects of control of fungi that attack low-bush blueberry plants. Annis maintains a network […]
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Congratulations to School of Biology and Ecology faculty members that have been approved by the University of Maine System Board of Trustees for promotion and/or tenure. The faculty were nominated by President Susan J. Hunter based on a peer and administrative review of their teaching, research and public service. Brian J. McGill has been […]
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The University of Maine Neuroscience community celebrated Brain Awareness Week this Thursday, an international celebration of brain research, by tabling in the student union distributing educational pamphlets, stickers, pencils and other materials to anyone who wished to learn more about the brain. Brain Awareness Week is a global campaign, which aims to increase public awareness […]
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Making History One Species at a Time In a research laboratory tucked away on the second floor of Deering Hall at the University of Maine, a researcher has been changing the world of science as we know it. Her office is lined with shelves busy with textbooks, papers and scientific journals that make the room […]
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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 […]
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A core facility at The University of Maine, widely known for its accumulation of specimen that are decades older than the university and represent a great deal of the natural world, has recently changed locations on campus. Previously located in Hannibal Hamlin Hall, The University of Maine Herbarium can now be found in room two […]
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Submissions are currently being accepted for the 2014-2015 John M. Rezendes Annual Ethics Essay Contest sponsored by The Honors College. Writers are encouraged to focus on this year’s topic, “The Ethics of Energy, Ecology and the Environment” Possible topics include the Ethics of Energy, Ecology, and the Environment and… Genetic Engineering Globalization Resource Distribution Fracking […]
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Hurricane Sandy, the most deadly storm of the 2012 hurricane season, not only left a lingering path of destruction for our human populations…but also dramatically impacted tidal marsh habitats of birds along the east coastline. Brian Olsen, assistant professor of biology and ecology, has begun gauging restoration of these habitats that was devastated by the […]
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Four faculty positions available in the emerging focus area of Changing Ecosystems and Climate: Impact on Animal, Plant, and Human Health
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When Michelle Smith emerged from graduate school and began interviewing for postdoctoral research positions, she was flooded with the realization that her passion was no longer in biological research. After receiving her Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Washington, she decided to pursue a three-year long science teaching fellowship at the University of Colorado. […]
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Seminars will occur Mondays from 12- 1 PM in 107 Norman Smith Hall Date Speaker Affiliation Title 1/19 No Seminar – – 1/26 Olaf Jensen Rutgers University “The River Wolf and the Blue Pearl: Conservation of Endangered Salmonids in Northern Mongolia.” 2/2 Bill Sutton Tennessee State University “Vulnerability Assessments of Amphibian and Reptile Hotspots.” […]
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Researchers at the University of Maine, including one of Maine’s leading bird biologists Rebecca Holberton, are interested in a feathered friend that pays a short two week visit to Maine in July, August or September. Semipalmated sandpipers do not pass through Maine for vacation, but use their short stay as a “rest stop” for their […]
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Looking for experience in the field this summer? Summer Internships available for the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge! Internships last 12-weeks (40 hr/week) beginning mid-May through September. Starting dates are negotiable. See descriptions below: Natural Resource Management Botany Intern Description: Work with refuge staff on identifying and removing invasive plants and restoring shrub-land habitats […]
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