Maine Public reported on a forest modeling study conducted by researchers from the University of Maine, the New England Forestry Foundation and the U.S. Forest Service. The study shows that Maine’s commercial forest landowners could increase annual carbon storage by at least 20% over the next 60 years while maintaining timber harvest levels. The findings […]
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The University of Maine Fogler Library and Writing Center will host the online Publish and Thrive Challenge March 20–24. This online, asynchronous program is open to all, with particular relevance for graduate students and early career scholars. Each day, for five days, participants will receive an email with brief tasks designed to build publishing acumen […]
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The University of Maine Institute of Medicine is seeking proposals for internal seed grants that will support research projects in the health and life science fields. Full-time faculty members from UMaine and the University of Maine at Machias can apply for funding to support their projects, which must pertain to some aspect of mental health, […]
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Faculty interested in recruiting full-time Ph.D. students to assist with their biomedical research can apply for summer research fellowships offered by the University of Maine Institute of Medicine. The institute will offer up to five awards of $7,000 each for a stipend, graduate credit hour and health insurance for the summer months. Projects supported by […]
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Victor Ortega-Jimenez, assistant professor of integrative avian biology and biomechanics, presented at the American Physical Society (APS) March Meeting in Las Vegas, Nev., on March 6. Ortega-Jimenez’s presentation, “Fatal attraction: Electrostatic forces pull jumping nematodes directly to their charged prey,” was with former colleagues at Georgia Tech, Sunny Kumar and Saad Bhamla.
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Jasmine Saros, professor of paleolimnology and lake ecology at the University of Maine School of Biology and Ecology and the Climate Change Institute, has been named the 2023 Fulbright Distinguished Arctic Scholar, one of most prestigious appointments in the Fulbright Scholar Program. The 2023 Fulbright Distinguished Arctic Scholar award supports research and teaching within areas […]
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The Courier-Gazette featured an upcoming presentation about Amphibian Big Night by University of Maine Ph.D. student Greg, LeClair hosted by the Stewardship Education Alliance and Sweetland School, at 2 p.m. March 12.
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Shane Moeykens has been nominated and accepted to serve on the EPSCoR/IDeA Foundation Board of Directors. The national nonprofit strives to increase the quality of research and research capacity within EPSCoR/IDeA jurisdictions like Maine. Moeykens will help grow science and technology enterprises across the United States through improvements to university research infrastructure and jurisdictions’ research […]
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In a column about the American woodcock, the Ellsworth American and Piscataquis Observer highlighted a study of the woodcock’s migration habits and patterns by the University of Maine. The data is available on the project website.
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The Bangor Daily News and Horsetalk.co.nz reported on a University of Maine study funded by the National Science Foundation will seek to understand the effect of megafauna grazing on plant diversity in the Arctic over the past 150,000 years. Alessandro Meregehetti, a University of Maine Ph.D. student in ecology and environmental sciences, received a $56,118 Arctic […]
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