In April 2025, the University of Guam welcomed visiting researchers as part of an ongoing collaboration on the development of a new research instrument that can be used to assess the bleaching risk of different types of coral.

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Kallen presents research findings on coral-eating sea snails

Ruzelle Judicpa May 23, 2025

University of Guam NSF EPSCoR Graduate Research Assistant Lauren Kallen defended her Master’s thesis—a research project that represents the first study of its kind on Guam, focusing on understanding the population dynamics of Drupella fragum, a sea snail that feeds on coral tissue and can be found on shallow reef flats around the island.

Guam NSF EPSCoR Biorepository Associate Abigail Huber collecting tissue samples from specimens to send to the Smithsonian Institution for DNA sequencing.

UOG EPSCoR GECCO Biorepository partners with Smithsonian Institute for DNA sequencing

Ruzelle Judicpa May 9, 2025

The University of Guam NSF EPSCoR GECCO Biorepository has partnered with the Department of Invertebrate Zoology at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., for the DNA sequencing of marine organisms.

Reflections on the 2024 Guam NSF EPSCoR Summer Math Research Program

Ruzelle Judicpa May 6, 2025

As EPSCoR prepares for its fifth year of the Summer Math Research Program (SMRP), we take a look back at our 2024 program and its students.

$The Guam NSF EPSCoR Summer Math programs are open for applications. The Summer Math Research Assistant and Summer Math Research Experience is open for students from Sophomore, Junior, Senior and Graduate levels.$

UOG opens applications for summer math programs

Kyle Mandapat April 24, 2025

The University of Guam (UOG) has exciting summer research opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students passionate about mathematics through two distinct programs supported by the National Science Foundation Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (Guam NSF EPSCoR). Applications are now being accepted for both the Summer Math Research Assistant and the Summer Math Research Experience programs.

The 5th cohort of the Guam Green Growth Kupu Conservation Corps, along with Governor Lou Leon Guerrero, Lieutenant Governor Josh Tenorio, UOG Center for Island Sustainability and Sea Grant Director Austin Shelton, PhD, and UOG Center for Island Sustainability and Sea Grant Associate Director for Communications and Engagement Kyle Mandapat, hold signs displaying the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals in CHamoru.

UOG introduces 5th G3 Conservation Corps

Louella Losinio April 22, 2025

The University of Guam (UOG) has announced 12 new participants for the Guam Green Growth (G3) Kupu Conservation Corps, marking its expansion into a six-month program that offers enhanced training and benefits.

UOG researcher explores the biodiversity of crabs in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf

Amanda Dedicatoria July 18, 2023

The specimens gathered from these expeditions will be placed in the Guam Ecosystems Collaboratorium for Corals and Oceans (GECCO) Biorepository, a physical and cyber warehouse

UOG grad student explores the small world of meiofauna

Amanda Dedicatoria July 3, 2023

Over the course of the workshop, Vega was able to connect with meiofauna experts from around the world as well as learn different collection and

UOG student sets sail on deep-sea research voyage

Amanda Dedicatoria July 3, 2023

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Science and Technology committee reports progress in developing plan for Guam

Louella Losinio May 2, 2023

At the first University of Guam- Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Science and Technology (S/T) committee meeting of 2023, members discussed ways to

Guam NSF EPSCoR showcases research at sustainability conference

Amanda Dedicatoria April 27, 2023

Graduate students, postdocs, as well as other researchers were able to speak about their work to attendees of the University of Guam Conference on Island

UOG’s 4th conservation corps boasts diverse lineup

Louella Losinio March 11, 2024

Members of the 4th cohort of the Guam Green Growth (G3) Conservation Corps hold signs representing the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals. They are joined

2023 GRA: Meet our graduate research assistants!

Amanda Dedicatoria March 6, 2024

ANELA DUENAS DIANA NOTO NIKKO GALANTO Since joining the Guam NSF EPSCoR Graduate Research Assistantship program, these graduate students will receive mentorship, training, and fieldwork

UOG grad student represents Guam in international fish conference

Amanda Dedicatoria February 29, 2024

Karina Mejia, a Guam NSF EPSCoR Graduate Research Assistant in the University of Guam’s Master of Science in Biology program, presented her research at the

Young entrepreneurs receive mentorship from G3 Makerspace

Louella Losinio February 25, 2024

Prikura Guahan President Yang Wang and team members Jerrick Palomares, Harry Vitae, and Eric Kwan showcase the latte-stone-shaped stamp and inkpad set they crafted using

Young entrepreneurs receive mentorship from G3 Makerspace

Louella Losinio February 25, 2024

Prikura Guahan President Yang Wang and team members Jerrick Palomares, Harry Vitae, and Eric Kwan showcase the latte-stone-shaped stamp and inkpad set they crafted using

UOG NSF EPSCoR welcomes Dr. Michalis Mihalitsis, the Biorepository's new assistant professor of vertebrate morphology.

UOG NSF EPSCoR Biorepository welcomes new fish expert

Ruzelle Judicpa April 15, 2025

Born and raised in Greece by the Mediterranean Sea, Michalis Mihalitsis, Ph.D., gained an interest in fish as a child, fishing with his family and keeping aquariums in his home. He went on to study marine biology and earned his Ph.D. at James Cook University, studying the ecology of predatory fishes.