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Posted June 15, 2012
The National Science Foundation has awarded USM a three-year grant worth more than $290,000 for support of the project "Collaborative Research: AVATOL - Next Generation Phenomics for the Tree of Life." Under the direction of Departmental Chair and Professor of Biological Sciences Lisa Moore, the research project will be a collaboration with 10 other universities from across the country and The American Museum of Natural History.
Posted June 14, 2012
Dr. Hong Xie was just awarded a grant from National Institutes of Health. Titled "The Synergistic effect and Mechanism of Arsenic on Chromium (VI) Carcinogenesis."
Posted May 29, 2012
A group of researchers and students from the Wise Laboratory spent 70 days in the Gulf of Mexico, during the summer of 2011.
Posted May 15, 2012
Assistant Professor of Chemistry Lucille Benedict recently co-authored an article with Dr. Harry E. Pence (SUNY Oneonta), on QR coded student-created videos which was published in the April 2012 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education.
Posted May 15, 2012
Staff and faculty in the USM Muskie School of Public Service, including Executive Director Mark Lapping; Samuel Merrill, Director of the New England Environmental Finance Center (NE/EFC); Barbara Ives of the NE/EFC; Bruce Clary, chair of the Public Policy & Management (MPPM) masters program; Tanya Swain, a 2009 MPPM graduate, and Amanda Beal, a USM graduate, will undertake the creation of a Maine food plan with funding from a collaborative including the Sandy River Charitable Foundation, Kendall Foundation, Broad Reach Fund, John Merck Fund, and Maine Community Foundation.
Posted May 15, 2012
Associate Professor of Sociology John Baugher was recently received a summer grant funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. This prestigious award, worth $6,000, was awarded to Baugher for his grant proposal "Understanding the Emotional and Spiritual Journeys of Hospice Volunteers: A Humanistic Inquiry."
Posted April 30, 2012
An open house celebrating the completion of the new Undergraduate Research Center will be held on Friday, May 4, 2012 from 12:30-2:30 p.m. The event is an opportunity to visit and tour the newly completed research area located on the 3rd floor, C-wing, of the Science Building.
Posted April 30, 2012
USM has received an NSF grant worth over half a million dollar to support a STEM Scholarship Program to improve educational opportunities from entry to degree completion for 41 academically talented and financially needy incoming freshmen and community college transfer students who are interested in STEM careers in Computer Science, Engineering, Environmental Science, and Technology Management.
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