Marina McManus initially got involved with research simply to add a line to her resume, but after working in a lab, she soon realized it was the path she wanted to take. As a Maine Top Scholar, she says “from day one, I have been encouraged to find a research mentor that will fit my […]
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Josh Adell’s appreciation of both philosophy and the sport of volleyball led him to the research he now focuses on today. “I took a Philosophy of Games course with my advisor, Dr. Robby Finley, in which we read many texts relating to Philosophy of Sport and Philosophy of games. What drew me in were the […]
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While doing his own research into plant ecology, Joe Zeno discovered alpine plant work and was immediately enthralled with the subject. He then took a class with his now research mentor, and met one of her graduate students, who works on alpine research. “I joined the lab and have been working with both of them […]
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The University of Maine’s Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) has announced the 2024-25 academic year fellowship awardees. This year’s awards were supported by CUGR, Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School, Maine EPSCoR office (through an NSF award), EPIC program, and UMaine Space (through a Maine Space Grant Consortium […]
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The University of Maine’s Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) has announced the 2023-24 CUGR and Maine Space Grant Consortium (MSGC) academic year fellowship winners. The CUGR Research and Creative Activities fellowships were developed to enhance and increase undergraduate student involvement in faculty-supervised research and are supported through the office of the Vice President for Research. […]
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