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.

Unraveling the Diversity of a Dominant and Ecologically-Important Group of Reef Builders

Guam EPSCoR August 18, 2017

SRE Student Presentations

Guam EPSCoR July 26, 2017

SUMMER RESEARCH EXPERIENCE (SRE)Undergraduate Student Presentations 9AM, Wednsday, July 26, 2017University of Guam, School of Business & Public Administration, Rm. 129 Please join us for Guam

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Guam Ecosystems Collaboratorium Colloquium

Guam EPSCoR July 13, 2017

VISITING RESEARCHER PRESENTATION DR. KIANA FRANK11AM, Thursday, July 13, 2017University of Guam, Science Building, Rm. 101 Title: Microbial dynamics of Hawaiian Fishponds Abstract: Native Hawaiians harnessed the natural activity

Cyberinfrastructure Update

Guam EPSCoR September 8, 2016

Guam’s strategic location in the Pacific uniquely positions the island to become a regional leader for research and education networking. A major goal for Guam

EPSCoR SRE Student Presentations

Guam EPSCoR July 22, 2016

EPSCor Summer Research Experience Student Presentations Monday, July 25, 2016 at 2:00 PMScience Building, Room SC200 Contact Dr. Laura Biggs at laura.guamepscor@gmail.com for more information.

NSF Guam EPSCOR students prep for SACNAS Conference

Kyle Mandapat October 10, 2023

The SACNAS National Diversity in STEM Conference was held in Puerto Rico in 2022. This year’s conference will be held in Portland, Oregon with 13

G3 Makerspace workshop: Crafting new things from discarded plastic

Louella Losinio September 19, 2023

Abby Crain, coordinator of G3 Circular Economy Makerspace and Innovation Hub, shows how discarded plastic bags can be made into wallets, purses, and pouches. Participants

UOG celebrates third G3 Conservation Corps graduation

Louella Losinio August 11, 2023

The Guam Green Growth (G3) initiative at the University of Guam celebrated the graduation of its third conservation corps cohort on Friday, August 11, at

Two UOG students explore turning seawater into clean energy

Amanda Dedicatoria July 27, 2023

“I’m excited because we will be learning new science that will be beneficial to the island once we come back. I hope that me and

UOG grad student teaches marine ecology course in Yap

Kyle Mandapat July 22, 2023

Pablo De la Vega, a graduate biology student from the University of Guam and Guam NSF EPSCoR graduate research assistant, was one of the instructors

UOG Center for Island Sustainability and Sea Grant Director Austin Shelton, Ph.D., and Lt. Gov. Josh Tenorio facilitate the July Guam Green Growth (G3) Steering Committee. At the meeting, G3 working groups share updates that feed into the island-wide action framework dashboard.

Guam Green Growth reports regional and local initiatives at July meeting

Louella Losinio July 8, 2025

At the July Guam Green Growth (G3) Steering Committee meeting, members highlighted progress toward the 17 U.N. Sustainable Development Goals—both locally and regionally—including the launch of a new Green Growth hub in Micronesia and a watershed restoration workforce initiative that expands the G3 Conservation Corps.

Ernesto Guades, Ph.D., an assistant professor at the University of Guam School of Engineering, works with COMPASS NextGen undergraduate interns to prepare a plastic lumber prototype using an extruder machine at the Guam Green Growth (G3) Circular Economy Makerspace & Innovation Hub.

UOG School of Engineering research at G3 Makerspace explores plastic as construction material

Louella Losinio July 8, 2025

The Guam Green Growth (G3) Circular Economy Makerspace & Innovation Hub is collaborating with Ernesto Guades, Ph.D., an assistant professor at the University of Guam School of Engineering, on a research project exploring how certain types of recyclable plastic can be prototyped into construction materials.

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Students board the Nautilus vessel before Marianas Trench expedition

Kyle Mandapat June 30, 2025

Students from the University of Guam’s (UOG) National Science Foundation Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (INCLUDES), Navigating Home and Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) programs recently embarked on an extraordinary journey of scientific discovery, touring the state-of-the-art research vessel, Nautilus Live. This unique opportunity provided future island scientists with an invaluable firsthand look into cutting-edge ocean exploration and research.

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.

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.