A retired shell enthusiast recently donated thousands of shells to the Guam NSF EPSCoR Biorepository, many of which were collected on Guam during the 1960s, to be added to its historical collection.

Navigating Home fellow Justin Cruz, who is assigned to the G3 Makerspace & Innovation Hub, checks the surface of the desk prototype that he created. The G3 Makerspace is collecting recyclable plastics to support a new project aimed at refurbishing school desks.

G3 Makerspace kicks off plastic collection drive to refurbish school desks

Louella Losinio August 26, 2025

The Guam Green Growth Circular Economy Makerspace and Innovation Hub (G3 Makerspace) has started a campaign to collect recyclable plastics in support of a new project to refurbish school desks. This initiative aims to provide a sustainable solution to a common problem in schools and address a significant challenge in waste management on island.

Collector donates thousands of shells to UOG Biorepository

Christian Sumalpong August 4, 2025

A retired shell enthusiast recently donated thousands of shells to the Guam NSF EPSCoR Biorepository, many of which were collected on Guam during the 1960s, to be added to its historical collection.

Tulane University biodiversity researchers visit Guam EPSCoR Biorepository, conduct workshops

Ruzelle Judicpa August 4, 2025

Scientists from Tulane University’s Biodiversity Research Institute (TUBRI) collaborated with the University of Guam NSF EPSCoR Biorepository in April, leading a series of workshops focused on biodiversity technologies.

Participants of the UOG Marine Lab & NAVFAC Porifera workshop gather after a sea sponge specimen collecting session.

UOG Biorepository, Marine Lab and NAVFAC host sea sponge workshop

Christian Sumalpong July 23, 2025

The University of Guam Marine Laboratory and Guam NSF EPSCoR Biorepository conducted a two-day workshop focused on Porifera—commonly known as sea sponges—bringing together researchers, students and marine professionals for hands-on learning and fieldwork.

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.

UOG students present and network at STEM diversity conference

Amanda Dedicatoria December 27, 2021

During the conference, the students were able to connect with organizations and colleges. Representatives from Boston University, Rutgers University, and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Researchers discover four new species of marine algae

Amanda Dedicatoria December 27, 2021

Ramicrusta adjoulanensis was named after Adjoulan Point, which is located at the mouth of Talo’fo’fo Bay. Tom Schils is a professor at the UOG Marine

UOG researcher discovers new diatom species in Micronesia

Amanda Dedicatoria December 16, 2021

Christopher Lobban, a University of Guam professor emeritus of biology, has discovered a new species of diatom from the Marshall Islands. The screen of the

NSF Guam EPSCoR taps into the Open Science Grid

Louella Losinio November 29, 2021

Jeffrey Centino, research computing facilitator at EPSCoR -GECCO says the Open Science Grid will improve the program’s computational and data analysis capabilities. As research opportunities continue

Study explores evolutionary stability of coral photosymbiosis

Amanda Dedicatoria November 29, 2021

UOG alumnus Jordan Gault wrote “Lineage-specific variation in the evolutionary stability of coral photosymbiosis,” which was published in September 2021 by the journal Science Advances.

UOG students make waves, broaden connections at SACNAS 

Louella Losinio December 28, 2022

Guam NSF EPSCoR student researcher Louise Angela Pascua proudly holds her presenter badge at the SACNAS NDiSTEM conference in Puerto Rico. Pascua’s presentation is about

Graduate student studies box jellyfish at Tohoku University

Amanda Dedicatoria December 27, 2022

Guam NSF EPSCoR Graduate Research Assistant Colin Anthony is a Special Research Student in the Graduate School of Agricultural Studies at Tohoku University in Sendai,

Guam NSF EPSCoR talks Near Peer Mentorship at EOD conference

Amanda Dedicatoria November 1, 2022

This year, NSF EPSCoR welcomed representatives from its various jurisdictions nationwide to its first Education, Outreach, and Diversity Conference to learn more about EOD and

2022 GRA: Meet our new graduate research assistants!

Amanda Dedicatoria October 28, 2022

Andrew O Neill Garret O Donnell Grace Jackson Lauren Kallen Xavier De Ramos Previous Next This year, Guam NSF EPSCoR welcomed six new members of

Groundbreaking delegation of UOG students set to present at largest diversity in science conference in the country

Kyle Mandapat October 24, 2022

Previous Next Over 30 Tritons will represent the University of Guam at the largest multidisciplinary and multicultural STEM diversity event in the country next week

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.