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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The UMaine Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR), UMaine Space, UMaine AI, and Institute of Medicine is pleased to announce the recipients of the CUGR, Institute of Medicine, and Maine Space Grant Consortium (MSGC) Summer Research Fellowships. The fellowships were developed to enhance and increase undergraduate student involvement in faculty-supervised research. Winners of the fellowships will […]
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For Nicholas Tiner, getting involved in research at UMaine “presented an opportunity to make a positive difference, even if just a small one.” He received a Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) Fellowship award for summer 2022, saying “a lot of CUGR recipients work on projects that strive to make the world a bit better. […] […]
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CUGR AY2223 Awardee Ross Sousa was recently featured by UMaine News. The full article about Ross and his research can be found here.
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The University of Maine’s Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) has announced the 2022-23 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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Trujillo explores intersection of art and climate change through CUGR fellowship
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The University of Maine’s Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) and the Maine Space Grant Consortium (MSGC) have announced the 2022 Summer MSGC Graduate Research Fellowship Award recipients.The purpose of the MSGC fellowship and scholarship programs at UMaine is to provide research opportunities to undergraduate and graduate students in aerospace technology, space science, Earth science, human […]
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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 […]
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Twenty-Two Honors Students Among 2021-2022 CUGR Academic Year Fellowship Recipients
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https://umainetoday.umaine.edu/features/2021/03/09/scientists-on-the-front-lines/
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The Center for Undergraduate Research hosts CUGR Talks to assist students participating in research and to aid in professional development. Check out our YouTube channel to view previous CUGR Talks and stay up-to-date on the latest CUGR information. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7zqST0bV_7Cbrh9u_oCmkw
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The Maine Science Festival offers six one-hour sessions via Zoom, one in January, one in February and one in March. Each session will include an overview from the speaker, followed by a Q&A period. Habib Dagher, founding director of the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center, and Melissa Maginnis, an assistant professor of […]
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Major: Biomedical Engineering Faculty Mentor: Karissa Tilbury How did you get started/interested in undergraduate research? I have always been interested in pursuing a career in research. When I started my undergraduate years at UMaine I approached my advisor, Dr. Karissa Tilbury, about working in her lab and, to my delight, she agreed. My freshman year […]
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Major: Biology & Wildlife Ecology, Honors Faculty Mentor: Erik Blomberg How did you get started/interested in undergraduate research? I really became interested in undergraduate research during my sophomore year, when I started volunteering for a grouse project run by my advisor. This started my interest in gamebirds, and led to my interest in working on […]
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Major: Kinesiology with Pre-Medical minor Faculty Mentor: Kristy Townsend How did you get started/interested in undergraduate research? I initially wanted to become a part of undergraduate research on campus due to my interest in the medical field. I wanted to see what contributions to the research field I could make while obtaining my undergraduate degree. […]
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