Students in the Spotlight
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Doctoral students, Robert Freeman and Michael Bailey awarded Inez Boyd Environmental Prize Award
Posted April 22, 2008
On April 9th, 2008, the Penobscot Valley Chapter of Maine Audubon awarded the 1st Annual Inez Boyd Environmental Prize Award to two University of Maine Graduate students. Robert Freeman, a doctoral student in Ecology and Environmental Sciences, was awarded the $1000 first prize for his research entitled "Modeling the impacts of land use change on vernal pool-breeding amphibians." Michael Bailey, a doctoral student in Zoology, was awarded the $500 second prize for his research entitled "Effects of age and size on relative survival of newly stocked Atlantic salmon fry." The Inez Boyd Environmental Prize Award was established to encourage and reward academic research at the University of Maine on topics that promote the mission and major initiatives of the Penobscot Valley Chapter of Maine Audubon. It is named in honor of the late Inez Boyd, one of the chapter's original founders. Inez Boyd was a lifelong environmentalist and an inspirational leader.
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Alan Wanamaker, a UMaine Graduate Alumni, featured in a BBC story for the 440-plus year-old clam he and his colleagues discovered
Posted February 14, 2008
Alan Wanamaker, a UMaine Graduate Alumni who is currently in a postdoctoral program at Bangor University of Wales, was featured in a BBC story for the 440-plus year-old clam he and his colleagues discovered. The scientists believe that the clam is the longest-lived animal ever discovered. Alan, who obtained his Ph.D. in Earth Sciences in 2007, is featured in an accompanying video clip with the BBC story that is available HERE.
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Robert Freeman, doctoral student in Ecology and Environmental Sciences, awarded best student paper prize at the recent Transatlantic Land Use Conference held in Washington, DC.
Posted February 14, 2008
Robert Freeman, a doctoral student in Ecology and Environmental Sciences, was awarded the best student paper prize at the recent Transatlantic Land Use Conference held in Washington, DC. Additional information is available in the September edition of Network07, the Northeast Rural Development quarterly newsletter that can be viewed HERE. Freeman's advisors include Prof. Kathleen Bell in the School of Economics.
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Robert "BJ" Kitchin, doctoral student in Interdisciplinary Studies, recently named recipient of American Public Health Association’s DisAbility Forum Student Member Award
Posted February 14, 2008
Robert "BJ" Kitchin, a doctoral student in Interdisciplinary Studies and a Teaching Assistant in Disability Studies, was recently named the recipient of the American Public Health Association’s DisAbility Forum Student Member Award. The award is presented each year to one college student in the United States who has contributed promising work to advance the health and quality of life of people with disabilities. The American Public Health Association is one of the nation’s largest public health associations. "BJ is a role model and ambassador who puts disability studies in the forefront of student’s minds," says Elizabeth DePoy, coordinator of interdisciplinary disability studies at the Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies.
