Spring/Summer 2020
SCIENCES
UMaine’s mission — teaching, research and public engagement — flourishes in University Forests like the Dwight B. Demeritt
SCIENCES
Interdisciplinary research initiative gives undergraduates experience in real-world problem solving
ARTS AND HUMANITIES
School of Policy and International Affairs prepares students for global engagement
HEALTH
In Shannon McCoy’s psychology lab, the goal is to identify strategies for confronting the prejudice in order to improve outcomes for everyone
SCIENCES
UMaine offers a six-credit field course in which students learn how to study glaciers, including the field skills to conduct polar research
Also in this issue
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Maine’s research
university responds
Planning, performing and
persevering in a pandemic
FLAGSHIP DIFFERENCE
UMMA now the Linda G. and
Donald N. Zillman Art Museum —
University of Maine
FLAGSHIP DIFFERENCE
NSF grant will further understanding of calcium release in cells
FLAGSHIP DIFFERENCE
Personalities studying personalities
Mortelliti receives NSF CAREER Award
to study small animals’ effects
on the ecosystem
FLAGSHIP DIFFERENCE
The latest tool to help Mainers
fight opioid overdoses
A new app, OD-ME, contains naloxone administration instructions
FLAGSHIP DIFFERENCE
Headed into space as
part of NASA initiative
Maine’s first small research satellite for launch in next three years
FLAGSHIP DIFFERENCE
NOAA awards $1.6 million to study
highly migratory species in the
Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico
STUDENTS FIRST
NSF REU sites like UMaine’s FBRI are important springboards for student researchers
STUDENTS FIRST
Valedictorian, salutatorian share
a passion for the highest academic
achievement — and running
INSIGHTS
Research, innovation and student
success in food science,
business, sociology and more
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE FOUNDATION
Green Endowment gifts provide educational opportunities for generations