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Cassidy Peterson receives Barry M. Goldwater scholarship

Cassidy Peterson (Marine Science and Mathematics, '13) has received a 2012 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship for her research under Associate Professor James Sulikowski, Ph.D., studying the reproductive biology of the spiny dogfish using reproductive hormones and ultrasound technology.

The 282 recipients of this year’s Goldwater Scholarships were selected on the basis of academic merit from a field of 1,123 mathematics, science, and engineering students who were nominated by the faculties of colleges and universities nationwide. The one and two year scholarships will cover the cost of tuition, fees, books, and room and board up to a maximum of $7,500 per year.

Goldwater Scholars have very impressive academic qualifications that have garnered the attention of prestigious post-graduate fellowship programs. Recent Goldwater Scholars have been awarded 78 Rhodes Scholarships, 112 Marshall Awards, 104 Churchill Scholarships, and numerous other distinguished fellowships.

The Goldwater Foundation is a federally endowed agency, and its scholarship program, honoring Senator Barry M. Goldwater, was designed to foster and encourage outstanding students to pursue careers in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences, and engineering. The Goldwater Scholarship is the premier undergraduate award of its type in these fields.

Since its first award in 1989, the Foundation has bestowed over 6,200 scholarships worth approximately $39 million. The Trustees plan to award about 300 scholarships for the 2013–2014 academic year.

Posted on: 4/20/2012

Students Amber Reitan, Megan Bagdon, and Caitlin Tetreau present papers at women's studies meeting

Three UNE students presented papers at a combined scholarly meeting of the Maine Women's Studies Consortium,  the New England Women's Studies Association and the Maine Women Writers Collection. Amber Reitan '12, Megan Bagdon '12, and Caitlin Tetreau '13 presented papers based on original historical research.

Reitan (a medical biology major) spoke on women's roles in 19th-century etiquette manuals; Bagdon (a medical biology major/history minor) discussed identity and etiquette in the 19th-century novel The Lamplighter; and Tetreau (history/secondary education) presented her research on the WWII letters of flight evacuation nurse Ruth Banfield Lowderback. The panel was chaired by Elizabeth De Wolfe, Ph.D., professor and chair, Department of History. The conference was organized by the Maine Women Writers Collection and held at UNE's Portland campus. Photo: (l-r) Bagdon, Reitan, De Wolfe and Tetreau.

Posted on: 4/17/2012

History alum Katherine Gilbert '06 blogging about her journey on the SS Balmoral Titanic Memorial Cruise

UNE alumna Katherine Gilbert '06 is a passenger on the SS Balmoral Titanic Memorial Cruise, currently making its way across the Atlantic. Gilbert recently curated an exhibit on the Titanic's ill-fated voyage at the Custom House Maritime Museum in Newburyport, Massachusetts.

Gilbert is blogging about her experiences on the Memorial Cruise and these are posted on the museum website. Gilbert was a history major and marine biology minor at UNE. She wrote a history senior thesis on a cultural history of the Titanic. Following graduation, she earned a certificate in Museum Studies from Tufts University.

Posted on: 4/16/2012

Margaret Williams receives fellowship for Undergraduate Summer Research Program at Princeton

Margaret Williams (Biochemistry ‘14) has been awarded a fellowship to participate in the Undergraduate Summer Research Program in Molecular Biophysics at Princeton University during the summer of 2012.

Williams, who is currently carrying out undergraduate research with Dr. Amy Keirstead, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Chemistry and Physics, will be working with Professor Roberto Car, who is using quantum mechanical theory to gain insight into the structure and dynamics of materials, such as electronic transport in molecular devices, reactive dynamics, and electrocatalytic processes.

The program that Williams will be attending is part of the National Science Foundation’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program.

Posted on: 4/05/2012

Regina Scalise presents poster at National Meeting of the American Chemical Society

Regina Scalise (Chemistry ‘13) attended the 243rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, held March 25-29, 2012, in San Diego, where she presented a poster titled, “Investigating the behavior of siloles in ionic liquids and other viscous media.”

Co-authors of the work are Justin Crumrine, Caryn Prudente, Ph.D., and Henry Tracy, Ph.D. (University of Southern Maine); and Jerome Mullin, Ph.D., professor of chemistry, and Amy Keirstead, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry (UNE).

Scalise’s presentation was the result of the work she has been carrying out under the direction of Mullin and Keirstead (Department of Chemistry and Physics) since the summer of 2010 through support from the Maine Space Grant Consortium

Posted on: 4/05/2012

Brittany Mayou and Constance Glynn awarded History Undergraduate Research Grants for spring 2012

The Department of History is pleased to announce that Brittany Mayou '12  and Constance Glynn '13 have been awarded  History Undergraduate Research Grants for Spring 2012. Brittany Mayou is a History major/Sociology minor. The grant supports her History Senior Capstone research on false confessions in the 1993 West Memphis, Arkansas, murder of three young boys.

Posted on: 3/05/2012

Athletic training major Howard Theberge is recipient of NEACSM Undergraduate Student Investigator Award

Howard Theberge '12, an athletic training major, was the recipient of the  Undergraduate Student Investigator Award for his oral research presentation at the American College of Sports Medicine New England Chapter (NEACSM) conference held Nov. 3-4, 2011 at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence. His presentation was titled "Groin Wrapping And Its Effects On Skating Performance In Ice Hockey Players." Lara Carlson, Ph.D., FACSM, assistant professor of applied exercise science, was his faculty advisor for the project.

Theberge was one of 20 UNE students in Applied Exercise Science and Athletic Training who attended the conference. UNE also fielded an Academic College Bowl Team at the conference that participated in a jeopardy-style game covering topics such as anatomy, physiology, exercise physiology, biomechanics, pathophysiology, nutrition, ECG, pharmacology, exercise prescription, etc.

 

Posted on: 11/08/2011

Boston Globe and other media outlets run story on Northeast Undergraduate Research and Development Symposium

More than 25 online news outlets, including the Boston Globe, ran a story on 4th Annual Northeast Undergraduate Research and Development Symposium (NURDS) hosted by UNE March 10-11. The symposium, funded in part by the National Science Foundation, is the largest undergraduate research conference north of Boston and attracts students from New Haven to Nova Scotia.

More than 180 students from 38 different colleges and universities are registered for the 2012 symposium, including 19 students from University of New England. Through talks and poster presentations, students will share their research in the natural and social sciences, in disciplines such as ecology, evolution, genetics/molecular biology, psychology, oceanography, marine biology, physics, medical biology, and chemistry.  

Posted on: 02/28/2012

Sunday Telegram features Project Squirrel, a research study by Noah Perlut's students

The Maine Sunday Telegram on Nov. 6, 2011 published a feature story on Project Squirrel, a research study on gray squirrels being conducted by UNE undergraduate students under the direction of Noah Purlut, assistant professor of environmental studies. Two years ago with a $2,000 grant, students began tracking squirrels with ear tags and radio collars.

Although the gray squirrel is part of everyday life in Maine, little research has been done on the animals. The body size and range and the life span of gray squirrels are all unknown, Perlut said. He’d love for his students to be the first to figure out the average- age of these critters.

Danielle Behn '13, an environmental science major, said she has gone out three days a week for the past two months and never gets tired of tracking squirrels. She has been working with Cory French ’12, also an environmental sciences major. The students now are recruiting their neighbors to report squirrels with colored ear tags on the website.

Posted on: 11/07/2011