Written by Dartagnan Mullins, OneHealth REU program 2022 participant Hello! My name is Dartagnan Mullins and I am a rising senior studying biology at the University of North Carolina Asheville. Growing up in Washington State, I found my passion for studying animals at a young age as I explored the wilderness in my own backyard. […]
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Written by Charlene Pérez Santos, OneHealth REU program 2022 participant From the small tropical island in the Caribbean called Puerto Rico, rising senior from the University of P.R. in Humacao, Charlene Pérez Santos, gets accepted as the first Puerto Rican in the NOAA IN-FISH Internship program where she takes part working on the first-ever “American […]
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Written by Augusta Stockman, OneHealth REU program 2022 participant Get in the cah, we’re goin’ to Bah Hahbah! As this year’s REU ANEW cohort’s resident Mainer, I feel obligated to throw in some real Maine talk from time to time. I do actually go to Bar Harbor for research, though. More on that later. My […]
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Written by Amanda Cruz, OneHealth REU program 2022 participant My name is Amanda Cruz. I’m from Miami, Florida, and I’m a rising junior at Florida International University. Right now, I’m 1759 miles away from home at the University of Maine, participating in the OneHealth REU Program. My whole life, I have been a very indecisive […]
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Benita Bannis will spearhead a new initiative to advance inclusion, diversity, equity, and access (IDEA) in the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture at the University of Maine. The effort seeks to cultivate an environment where each person’s unique attributes and perspectives are celebrated. Bannis, who is consulting with the college for a one-year […]
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Written by Emily Filiberti, Master’s of Science student in wildlife ecology The return of songbirds en masse to northern forests marks the arrival of spring. However, we rarely know the exact location where these birds have spent their winter, or the routes that they navigated during migration. As a graduate student at the University of […]
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The University of Maine awarded two of its three top faculty honors to College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture faculty this year. Kelley Strout, associate professor and director of the School of Nursing, and interim associate dean of health science in the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture, received the Presidential Public Engagement […]
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Updated April 28, 2022. The University of Maine College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture honored 26 undergraduate students for academic excellence, as well as nine graduate students, four faculty members, and four staff members at its annual Celebration of Excellence on April 20. NOTE: Click on the image to watch a recording of the […]
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Jessica Leahy has been named Interim Associate Dean for Research of the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture and Associate Director of the Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station (MAFES), effective Jan. 1, 2022. Leahy joined the School of Forest Resources in 2005. She will retain her faculty position as Henry W. Saunders Distinguished […]
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Kelley Strout has been named interim associate dean of health sciences of the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture at the University of Maine for the Spring 2022 semester. She will retain her director and associate professor position at the School of Nursing, continuing her research and teaching. Strout, a member of the UMaine […]
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