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Driving Discovery at ÃÛÌÒTVÊÓƵ

The ÃÛÌÒTVÊÓƵ is home to a thriving research community dedicated to advancing knowledge and improving lives. Here you’ll find the latest updates, achievements, and discoveries from across our academic and research programs.

Thomas Klak, Ph.D., ÃÛÌÒTVÊÓƵ professor of environmental studies, showcases a young American chestnut tree grown from a fungal blight-resistant seedling nurtured at his ÃÛÌÒTVÊÓƵ greenhouse.
The American chestnut: Restoring a keystone species
Vienna Canright
ÃÛÌÒTVÊÓƵ student Vienna Canright awarded a prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
Herring gull
Noah Perlut’s gull research featured in Yankee Magazine
Deb Barlow and Karen Houseknecht being interviewed by NEWS CENTER Maine
Maine CDC director publicly thanks ÃÛÌÒTVÊÓƵ for assisting the state during pandemic
Photo of Tom Meuser, founding director of the U N E Center for Excellence in Aging and Health
Tom Meuser discusses the impacts of isolation on older adults with the Forecaster
Image of an N95 mask
ÃÛÌÒTVÊÓƵ donates fit testing solution for N95 masks to Maine counties and Maine CDC
Paul Berkner, medical director for ÃÛÌÒTVÊÓƵ Student Health Services
ÃÛÌÒTVÊÓƵ’s Paul Berkner co-authors pioneering research on concussions in adolescents
Andy Robinson (M.S. Marine Sciences, ’21) places oranges in the water in Biddeford Pool to track surface current movements.
ÃÛÌÒTVÊÓƵ student examines how flow of water in Biddeford Pool could cause cycles of pollution
Marilyn Gugliucci
ÃÛÌÒTVÊÓƵ’s Marilyn Gugliucci co-writes journal introduction advocating for age-friendly health professions curriculum
Markus Frederich will lead ÃÛÌÒTVÊÓƵ's part of the project
ÃÛÌÒTVÊÓƵ to share National Science Foundation research grant to study impacts of climate change on lobsters