The Maine IDeA Network for Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) is a National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health-supported network of thirteen Maine institutions, including the University of Maine Honors College. We are excited to announce the recipients of this year’s INBRE/Honors Thesis Fellowships and Pre-Thesis Research Fellowships. These fellowship opportunities […]
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Recent Honors College graduate Maura Philippone ’20H received a graduate-level scholarship from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation (ASHFoundation). The prestigious scholarship, awarded to only two other students nationwide, is worth $5,000. The award will help support Maura’s graduate studies in speech-language pathology at George Washington University. In her time at the University of Maine, Maura studied […]
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The University of Maine’s Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) has announced the 2020-2021 academic year CUGR fellowship winners. The fellowships include the CUGR Research and Creative Activities Fellowship, the Maine Space Grant Consortium (MSCG) Fellowship, the UMaine Institute of Medicine Fellowship, and the UMaine Artificial Intelligence (AI) Fellowship. The latter two fellowships were recently established […]
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The votes have been tallied up — and the winners of the 2020 Honors College Talent Show competition have been chosen! Of our fifteen fantastic participants, these are the five whose entries received the most votes from the UMaine community: 1st place: Allison Ogle 2nd place: Tamra Benson 3rd place: Evelyn Zumwalt 4th place: Vinh-Nhan […]
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An Honors student and several recent Honors graduates received awards at the 2020 UMaine Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) Student Symposium! The virtual symposium took place on Friday, October 2nd and 270 students showcased 131 research and creative works. Top Undergraduate Project in Allied Health: Sophia Palangas ’20H, “Assessing Health Related Quality of Life, Language Impairment, […]
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Congratulations to Honors students Evie Clement, Elijah Munro-Ludders, William Somes, Sara Todd, and Sabrina Paetow who are among the seven University of Maine students chosen as Drug Policy Research Fellows for the 2020-21 school year! Each student will choose their own issue area and learn how to translate existing research into clear and actionable policy […]
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Congratulations to Honors students Sarah Marcotte (right) and Abigail Muscat (left) for receiving Killam Fellowships to study in Canada during the Spring 2021 semester! Sarah is a third-year biology major who will be studying at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia; while Abigail is a third-year marine sciences major who will be studying at the […]
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Jill Pelto, a 2015 Honors graduate, recently had her artwork featured on the cover of TIME magazine for their July 20, 2020 issue, titled “One Last Chance.” Jill, who studied Studio Art and Earth & Climate Sciences, weaves climate change data into her art. TIME also published an article about Jill and her recent accomplishments […]
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Honors student Tom Adams was recently named the winner of the 2020 Margaret Chase Smith Public Affairs Scholarship. Tom is a secondary education major and a rising senior who will be using this scholarship to fund his thesis research. He plans to build on his experiences teaching in middle school and mentoring students in community […]
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Congratulation to rising third-year Honors student Abigail Muscat for being named a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholar! All Hollings Scholars are awarded a two-year academic scholarship, complete a 10-week paid summer internship opportunity, and receive funding to participate in two national science conferences. Click here to read the recent […]
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