School of Biology and Ecology

UMaine granted $650K to study climate change impacts on wild blueberries from USDA NIFA

LA Times highlights Gill participation in mass extinction research

Talty, Gill win 2023 Maine Literary Awards

Brian McGill has been selected to receive a Humboldt Research Award. This award is conferred in recognition of the award winner’s entire academic record to date. In addition, award winners are invited to carry out research projects of their own choice in cooperation with specialist colleagues in Germany. The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation sponsors distinguished […]

Mech speaks to PPH about this year’s browntail moth outbreak

On May 15 at the UMaine President’s House, Dr. Joan Ferrini-Mundy honored those who have joined the ranks of permanent faculty this past year. Among them are two SBE faculty, Dr. John Zhang (promotion and tenure) and Dr. Julia McGuire (just cause). Congratulations, John and Julia!

Dill featured on Maine Public show about ticks

SBE’s table at the Windstorm Challenge Expo looks rather grand this morning! Morgan Restad, Angela Mech, and Peter Avis are all ready to talk “SBE.”  

LeClair featured on ‘Maine Calling’ about protecting wildlife in road crossings

https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/maine-experts-talk-about-tick-season-safety/article_16c51608-e92d-11ed-9022-63a7638e89b4.html

Dill speaks to PPH about ticks reemerging

UMaine 2023 commencement ceremonies are May 5–6

Plants take root at the Wyman’s Wild Blueberry Research and Innovation Center

CUGR Announces Summer 2023 Fellowship Awardees

Gill featured on ‘Sustain What?’ podcast

It’s a Maine Day of service on campus – thank you to all of our volunteers who helped clean up the Murray Courtyard! They also discovered they were being supervised by a very well-camouflaged frog. We aren’t quite sure how it made its way in there (it’d have to scale a three-story building, hop across […]

Dill speaks to Wall Street Journal about growth of tick-borne disease

UMaine study shines light on proteins that clean out trash in neurons

ITCH is a new community science tick project taking place across New England. Researchers at the University of Maine are seeking Maine residents to take part in an online survey regarding attitudes and practices about ticks on their properties.  We are also seeking Penobscot County residents willing to let researchers collect ticks on their properties […]

UMaine faculty, student to present with MSF headliner event April 8 and 13