/umss Just another University of Maine Sites site Thu, 27 Jul 2023 14:08:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 /umss/2023/07/27/umss23-student-profile-emilie-casey/ /umss/2023/07/27/umss23-student-profile-emilie-casey/#respond Thu, 27 Jul 2023 14:08:21 +0000 /umss/?p=45627 Emilie Casey came to 91¸ŁŔű planning to focus on geology, but after connecting with one of their professors, glaciology is becoming a much larger part of their academic life. “I came to 91¸ŁŔű with a bright passion for Earth Sciences, eager to use my resources and apply myself. I think my professor picked up on […]]]> /umss/2023/07/27/umss23-student-profile-emilie-casey/feed/ 0 /umss/2023/07/07/umss23-student-profile-hanna-brooks/ /umss/2023/07/07/umss23-student-profile-hanna-brooks/#respond Fri, 07 Jul 2023 17:34:13 +0000 /umss/?p=45610 Though she had always been good at science and interested in the natural world, it was a long while before Hanna Brooks thought of herself as a scientist. It wasn’t until a casual conversation during her sophomore year at Virginia Tech that led to her studying rock samples in Greece, that she first owned the […]]]> /umss/2023/07/07/umss23-student-profile-hanna-brooks/feed/ 0 /umss/2023/06/21/umss23-student-profile-seth-ashby/ /umss/2023/06/21/umss23-student-profile-seth-ashby/#respond Wed, 21 Jun 2023 13:13:50 +0000 /umss/?p=45560 For Seth Ashby, his chosen field of research was most interesting to him due to its unique nature. “The idea that we can work backwards to see what isn’t needed, to figure out what is essential, is fascinating.” Ashby is working alongside Dr. Suzanne Angeli, assistant professor in the Molecular and Biomedical Department, to study […]]]> /umss/2023/06/21/umss23-student-profile-seth-ashby/feed/ 0 /umss/2023/01/27/umss23-student-profile-ainslie-allen/ /umss/2023/01/27/umss23-student-profile-ainslie-allen/#respond Fri, 27 Jan 2023 17:26:27 +0000 /umss/?p=45252 While looking for a job on campus during her freshman year, Ainslie Allen happened to listen to a presentation given by Dr. Caitlin Howell and the rest, as they say, is history. Allen has been working in Dr. Howell’s lab ever since and has “enjoyed every minute of it.” Allen says “working with Dr. Howell […]]]> /umss/2023/01/27/umss23-student-profile-ainslie-allen/feed/ 0 /umss/2023/01/20/umss23-student-profile-madeline-howorth/ /umss/2023/01/20/umss23-student-profile-madeline-howorth/#respond Fri, 20 Jan 2023 14:25:21 +0000 /umss/?p=45224 For undergraduate Madeline Howorth, research is in her blood. The Center for Undergraduate Research AY2223 fellowship award winner remembers watching her mother study, do homework and perform research. “Growing up in Pennsylvania as my mom pursued her PhD studies full-time, I was constantly surrounded by eager education faculty, used textbooks, and an endless supply of […]]]> /umss/2023/01/20/umss23-student-profile-madeline-howorth/feed/ 0 /umss/2023/01/06/umss23-student-spotlight-nicholas-tiner/ /umss/2023/01/06/umss23-student-spotlight-nicholas-tiner/#respond Fri, 06 Jan 2023 16:20:11 +0000 /umss/?p=45173 For Nicholas Tiner, getting involved in research at 91¸ŁŔű “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. […] […]]]> /umss/2023/01/06/umss23-student-spotlight-nicholas-tiner/feed/ 0 /umss/2022/11/30/umss22-student-profile-alexandra-peary/ /umss/2022/11/30/umss22-student-profile-alexandra-peary/#respond Wed, 30 Nov 2022 20:22:10 +0000 /umss/?p=45146 Winning a fellowship award from the Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) led to the “defining moment of my undergraduate career,” says Alexandra Peary, a senior nursing student at the University of Maine. Peary, a Cumberland, Maine native, is passionate about living a healthy lifestyle. She decided to use her fellowship to research how physical activity […]]]> /umss/2022/11/30/umss22-student-profile-alexandra-peary/feed/ 0 /umss/2022/11/30/umss22-student-profile-jillian-trujillo/ /umss/2022/11/30/umss22-student-profile-jillian-trujillo/#respond Wed, 30 Nov 2022 20:06:49 +0000 /umss/?p=45135 Growing up in a small town in California, Jillian Trujillo watched as it became larger and busier—and with that came more human-made noise. Trujillo noted that eventually there was no time of day that she could find silence. Trujillo is a senior art history major and Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) fellowship recipient at the University of […]]]> /umss/2022/11/30/umss22-student-profile-jillian-trujillo/feed/ 0 /umss/2021/05/24/umss21-student-profile-zachary-maynor/ Mon, 24 May 2021 13:48:25 +0000 /umss/?p=42750 Zachary Maynor’s 91¸ŁŔű Student Symposium project focuses on ways to mitigate the effects of water evaporation on wild blueberry crops in Maine. With the help of graduate student Rafa Tasnim, a Ph.D. candidate studying ecology and environmental sciences, he was able to conduct a study that mixed Biochar and compost at different rates and compositions […]]]> /umss/2021/05/13/umss21-student-profile-anna-soule/ Thu, 13 May 2021 13:13:20 +0000 /umss/?p=42745 Anna Soule presented two separate projects at the 91¸ŁŔű Student Symposium 2021. The project “Whites Only,” advised by Owen Smith, won the arts category award for graduate students. The winning project is a “collaborative video performance/installation that touches on white privilege and assimilation to white culture and systemic racism in America.” Along with collaborators Derek […]]]>