2022 MSGC Summer Undergraduate Award Recipients

UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

May 24, 2022 MSGC Undergraduate award Recipients Summer, News

The Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR), is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2022 MSGC Summer Research Fellowships. The fellowships were developed to enhance and increase undergraduate student involvement in faculty-supervised research. The center’s advisory committee selected 8 proposals to be awarded $3,000 each during the summer semester, provided by MSGC.

2022 MSGC Summer Undergraduate Award Recipients

(Student Name, Academic Program, Project Title, Faculty Mentor)

Nicholas Tiner, Civil and Environmental Engineering, “Can Coastline Configuration Create Accumulation Points for Harmful Algal Blooms and Microplastics Pollution?” advised by Lauren Ross.
Hayden Libby, Civil Engineering, “Measuring the “Uncharted” Water that is Penobscot River Outflow to the Tidal Bay,” advised by Sean Smith.
Jacob Goldberg, Engineering Physics, “Memristors: A Future in Computing,” advised by Rosemary Smith.
Stephen Kaplan, Computer Science, “Predicting Differences in Perception of Privacy Risk in Social Network Contexts,” advised by Sepideh Ghanavati.