College of Earth, Life, and Health Sciences

Pete Jumars is following the flow. Specifically, how nonturbulent flow enters pipes, from engineered pipes to clam siphons. And if the flow progresses how the University of Maine marine scientist thinks it will, a lot of introductory hydraulics textbooks are going to need editing. Jumars, professor of marine sciences and oceanography in the School of […]

A free exercise program designed to prevent and help reverse the symptoms of osteoporosis through strength training, balance exercises and health education is being offered in eight locations in eastern Maine by the University of Maine Center on Aging’s Retired and Senior Volunteer Program. The RSVP Bone Builders Osteoporosis Exercise and Prevention Program, funded by […]

NSFA Outstanding Public Service Award—2013 Eleanor Groden, Professor of Entomology School of Biology & Ecology Ellie Groden is an entomologist whose research on insect pests has been important for Maine’s potato industry and for homeowners and landowners. Her research on biological control of Colorado potato beetle led to non-chemical ways to control this pest. As […]

The College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture announces the winners of this year’s undergraduate student awards. Wallace C. and Janet S. Dunham Prize—2013 This year’s Wallace C. and Janet S. Dunham Prize is awarded to two students: Elizabeth Gouin and India Irene Stewart. Elizabeth Gouin, originally from the Passamaquoddy Reservation at Indian Township, Maine, […]

Growing up in Kars, a heavily wooded city in northeast Turkey, Alper Kiziltas appreciated nature and understood the importance of natural resources at an early age. That interest in forestry science and its effect on his country led him to the University of Maine in 2007 to pursue graduate research in the School of Forest […]

A team of University of Maine graduate students and their faculty adviser Jennifer Middleton are the recipients of the 2013 President’s Research Impact Award for the research project “What Happens Next? Examining Child Protection Outcomes in a Cohort of Opioid-Exposed Infants.” Alison Mitchell, Meagan Foss, Leah Agren, Jenifer Koch and Middleton won the annual President’s […]

On a cold February day, with a freezing mist in the air and mud and melting snow on the ground, University of Maine wildlife ecology professor Lindsay Seward and her students bundled up and headed deep into the North woods near Alton. Led by Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIF&W) biologist Randy Cross […]

Gwendolyn Beacham didn’t have much of a break during the University of Maine winter and spring recesses. During the three-week respite between semesters in December and January, the sophomore molecular and cellular biology major researched and wrote her entry for the 2013 John M. Rezendes Annual Ethics Essay Competition. Each night during the two-week March […]

University of Maine President Paul Ferguson announced that Professor of Insect Ecology Francis “Frank” Drummond is the 2013 Presidential Research and Creative Achievement Award recipient. Entomologist Frank Drummond has been a member of the UMaine community for a quarter-century. He is a professor in the School of Biology and Ecology, and University of Maine Cooperative […]