MOLLOY & FREEMAN Results from research conducted in the lab of Dr. Sally Molloy, Associate Professor of Genomics and Honors and INBRE project leader, provides evidence that prophage (integrated viral genomes) alter expression of important mycobacterial antibiotic resistance genes, as reported in the journal BMC Microbiology. Co-authors include Honors College alumna Emma Freeman, who is […]
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Honors Features Sam Holbrook is a third-year student in the UMaine Honors College. Pursuing a future career in paleontology, Holbrook is majoring in Biology and minoring with Earth Sciences and engaged as a member of UMaine’s Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society and the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. This past summer, Holbrook got hands-on experience […]
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BENSON Recent UMaine political science graduate Brawley Benson is the author of a new piece in the Moscow Times about the Russian diaspora’s influence in upcoming Russian elections. Benson writes that, “in cities, the overseas vote could amplify a local push to get anyone but a United Russia candidate elected, part of Team Navalny’s ‘Smart […]
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Honors Features Emily Dunlap is a third-year Honors student majoring in Music Education with a clarinet concentration. Emily is involved in UMaine’s musical community in many ways: she is a member of the marching band, pep band, symphonic band, and concert band. She is also a sister in Phi Mu and a member of the […]
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In a week-long celebration of student research and independent creative works, The University of Maine highlighted multiple UMaine Honors students and their remarkable efforts in collaborative research. The Research Learning Experience (RLE), a new university-wide initiative supported by the Harold Alfond Foundation, invites incoming first-year students to engage in a variety of different hands-on learning […]
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UMaine was recently named by Washington Monthly as one of the country’s best colleges for student voting. This designation is in part due to the efforts of Honors alumna Jenny Desmond (now UMaine Coordinator of Leadership Development), Rob Glover (Associate Professor of Political Science and Honors), and our UMaine UVote Student Voting Ambassadors – many […]
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Congratulations to Honors student Santiago Tijerina for receiving a Killam Fellowship to study in Canada during the Fall 2021 semester! Santiago is a second-year international affairs major with a focus in economics and minors in French and management. He will study at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, where he plans to take courses […]
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On April 16, 2021, 569 students showcased 338 research and creative works at the 2021 University of Maine Student Symposium (UMSS). Four Honors students were recognized among the ten undergraduate award winners. Top Award in Business: Jazlyn Dumas ’21, “The Importance of a Checkmark: An Investigation into the Perceptions of Social Media Verification and its […]
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The University of Maine’s Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) has announced its 2021 Summer Research and Creative Activities fellowship and Undergraduate Maine Space Grant Consortium (MSGC) Research Experience recipients. Each fellowship provides a $3,700 award per student for costs associated with the project. Five Honors students are among the 16 awardees: Maxwell Burtis ’22, Mechanical […]
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The Honors College at the University of Maine is proud to announce the winner and finalists of the 2021 John M. Rezendes Annual Ethics Essay Competition. The annual competition invites undergraduate students to submit an 8- to 10-page essay focuses on ethics and is generously funded by the Rezendes family. This year’s competition theme was […]
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