Research
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Asteroid Named after USM Professor
Assistant Professor of Physics Julie Ziffer was recently recognized by the International Astronomical Union for all her work in Asteroid research, by having Asteroid 7909 named after her. She has been researching asteroids in our Solar System for the past couple years; her studies focusing more on asteroids made of ice rather than rock. More » -
Faculty Survey
A research survey was released via email to the USM faculty. We asked the faculty to voluntarily participate in this survey. Our thanks to all who completed the survey. An executive summary is now available online. More » -
USM professor featured in MaineBiz
Raphael DiLuzio joins USM as assistant professor of new media. An Apple Distinguished Educator, he's the founder of the Apple Certified Training Center (Belfast, ME). An owner at VingIt project and involved with Dirigo, he has an MFA from UPENN, and a bachelor in fine art, drawing & painting from California State University, Long Beach. More » -
NIH COBRE Grant Awarded
Computer Science Professor Clare Bates Congdon was awarded $1.2m as part of an $11m National Institutes of Health Center of Biomedical Research Excellence grant led by Dartmouth Medical School. Her project will develop computational models to investigate how environmental toxins interact with genes and influence genetic expression. More » -
USM Whale Research Selected to Receive Funding
Prince William Sound Regional Citizens' Advisory Council selected Toxicology of Chemical Dispersant in Alaskan Whales for funding to research the DNA damage caused by chemical dispersants and crude oil in humpback and sperm whales. Built on the Gulf of Mexico study, its extends into Alaska, comparing Alaskan heavy crude oil vs Gulf light crude oil. More » -
USM Student receives an EPA Fellowship
Undergraduate biology student Catherine Wise has been awarded a two-year fellowship from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to study the effects of dispersants on whale cells. The two-year fellowship includes tuition, fees, a stipend, a three-month summer stint at an EPA lab, and funds for her research project. More » -
USM receives a SAMHSA Suicide Prevention Grant
USM is one of three GRC member institutions, among the 16 recipients, to receive the SAMHSA Garrett Lee Smith Campus Suicide Prevention FY 11 grant competition. USM and Buffalo State College will receive $102,000 each; Adams State College (CO) will receive $75,721, in support of enhancing mental health crisis services to prevent suicides. More » -
USM Students at UNE NURDS 2012
Students present their research at the Northeast Undergraduate Research & Discovery Symposium held at UNE in Biddeford, ME. Hassan Shaleh (right) and Robert Harper (left) generated cultures of marine cyanobacterium, Prochlorococcus, free of contaminating bacteria, succeeding in creating two axenic strains of the ecologically significant phototroph. More »
News & Events
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."
Faculty Research
Three USM faculty members discuss their research: Dan Stasko, Assistant Professor of Natural and Applied Sciences; Francesca Vassallo, Associate Professor of Political Science; and Christopher Scott, Associate Professor of Exercise, Health, and Sports Science.
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