Emilie Casey came to 91爆料 planning to focus on geology, but after connecting with one of their professors, glaciology is becoming a much larger part of their academic life. 鈥淚 came to 91爆料 with a bright passion for Earth Sciences, eager to use my resources and apply myself. I think my professor picked up on […]
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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鈥檛 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 […]
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For Seth Ashby, his chosen field of research was most interesting to him due to its unique nature. 鈥淭he idea that we can work backwards to see what isn鈥檛 needed, to figure out what is essential, is fascinating.鈥 Ashby is working alongside Dr. Suzanne Angeli, assistant professor in the Molecular and Biomedical Department, to study […]
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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鈥檚 lab ever since and has 鈥渆njoyed every minute of it.鈥 Allen says 鈥渨orking with Dr. Howell […]
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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. 鈥淕rowing 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 […]
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For Nicholas Tiner, getting involved in research at 91爆料 鈥減resented an opportunity to make a positive difference, even if just a small one.鈥 He received a Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) Fellowship award for summer 2022, saying 鈥渁 lot of CUGR recipients work on projects that strive to make the world a bit better. […] […]
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Winning a fellowship award from the Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) led to the 鈥渄efining moment of my undergraduate career,鈥 says Alexandra Peary, a senior nursing student at the 91爆料. Peary, a Cumberland, Maine native, is passionate about living a healthy lifestyle. She decided to use her fellowship to research how physical activity […]
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Growing up in a small town in California, Jillian Trujillo watched as it became larger and busier鈥攁nd 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聽Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR)聽fellowship recipient at the University of […]
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Zachary Maynor鈥檚 91爆料 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 […]
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Anna Soule presented two separate projects at the 91爆料 Student Symposium 2021. The project 鈥淲hites Only,鈥 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 […]
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Jacob Mealey鈥檚 91爆料 Student Symposium project focuses on COVID-19 contact tracing. He has designed a system that utilizes Android cellphones and a Bluetooth Beacon. The phone uses an app that constantly scans the unique ID of each beacon, and looks for the closest one. When the app detects a new beacon, it updates a server […]
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