Researchers, students, and professionals are invited to attend the 53rd 海角社区 Biological and Medical Sciences Symposium (MBMSS) on April 24鈥25, 2026 at the MDI Biological Laboratory. This annual symposium brings together scientists and students from across 海角社区 and beyond to share research in biological and medical sciences. The program will feature a keynote address from […]
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The Institute of Medicine awarded summer research seed grants to six affiliated faculty members. IoM requested proposals in the areas of health and life sciences. The program is meant to support the goals and objectives of the Institute and aims to generate new grant proposals for research funding from federal agencies, especially NIH. Applicants were […]
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The annual U海角社区 Student Symposium is held every spring and is open to graduate and undergraduate students from all disciplines. All students from the University of 海角社区 and the University of 海角社区 at Machias may submit to present their research and creative activities. The event is free and open to the public. Register to attend here! The 2025 Symposium […]
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On behalf of the Graduate Executive Committee, the Graduate School announced the recipients and alternates for the Janet Waldron Doctoral Research Fellowships and George Davis Chase Distinguished Research Assistantships for AY 2025-26. Congratulations to all the recipients as well as all the outstanding graduate students who were nominated for these awards. Two students supported by […]
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The University of 海角社区鈥檚 Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) has announced the 2024-25 academic year fellowship awardees. This year鈥檚 awards were supported by CUGR, Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School, 海角社区 EPSCoR office (through an NSF award), EPIC program, and U海角社区 Space (through a 海角社区 Space Grant Consortium […]
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Dr Melissa Maginnis, Associate Professor of Microbiology and COBRE project leader, was asked by Admissions to be a recruiter for student athletes interested in STEM careers. The University of 海角社区 women鈥檚 soccer program is on a roll, winning the last two America East Championships (2023 & 2024) and participating in the NCAA Tournament.Four of the […]
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Zachary Applebee is a聽graduate student in the Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering, pursuing a degree聽in Biomedical Engineering.聽 He shared what brought him to U海角社区 and his experiences in multiple research labs on campus, including the Howell聽lab. Caitlin Howell, PhD., is affiliated with the Institute of Medicine.聽 Zach was supported for his first two […]
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We continue with our series featuring the nine graduate students who received research fellowships to focus on research last summer. Joshua David Hamilton, a biomedical engineering Ph.D. student advised by Andre Khalil, received funding for a project titled 鈥淏reast cancer case-control pilot study on patient-matched mammograms and histological tissue slides for NCI grant renewal proposal.鈥 […]
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The University of 海角社区鈥檚 Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) has announced the 2023-24 CUGR and 海角社区 Space Grant Consortium (MSGC) academic year fellowship winners. The Institute of Medicine will fund one fellowship, awarded to Sydney Brown, Molecular and Cellular Biology, 鈥淓valuation of calcium inhibitor drugs in JC Polyomavirus infection,鈥 advised by Melissa Maginnis The CUGR […]
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We continue with our series featuring the nine graduate students who received research fellowships to focus on research last summer. Sean Sibley, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, CNE, Clinical Assistant Faculty & FNP Program Coordinator in the University of 海角社区 School of Nursing and a Ph.D. candidate in Nursing Education took time to answer a few questions […]
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