Bangor High School science teacher and University of Maine alumnus John Cangelosi (’96, ’12G) is one of 107 educators nationwide to receive a 2020 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST).
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Craig Mason, a professor of education and applied quantitative methods in the College of Education and Human Development, has been chosen as the 2020–21 University of Maine System Trustee Professor for UMaine.
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The University of Maine has announced that 28 faculty members have received tenure and/or promotion, including two faculty members from the College of Education and Human Development.
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Asli Sezen-Barrie, assistant professor of science and engineering education, is profiled in the latest UMaine Research newsletter. In the article, Sezen-Barrie, who received a 2019 Summer Faculty Research Award, discusses her work to build stronger pre-service programs that include the engineering education for future educators in Maine by focusing on teachers.
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The University of Maine is partnering with the Education Development Center (EDC) in Waltham, Massachusetts, Mount Washington Observatory (MWO) in North Conway, New Hampshire, and additional partners to help eighth-grade students in rural Maine and New Hampshire learn scientific data analysis and modeling skills. The new WeatherX project is funded by a three-year, $1.19 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
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The Penobscot Times posted a University of Maine media release about university researchers Catharine Biddle and Elizabeth Hufnagel exploring the role of tone policing and the calls for civility in student voice.
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Two University of Maine professors are out with new research examining how calls for civility and tone policing factor into the growing practice of student voice in preK–12 schools.
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Assistant professor of science and engineering education Asli Sezen-Barrie is the recipient of a summer faculty research award from the University of Maine’s Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School.
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Justin Dimmel, assistant professor of mathematics education and instructional technology at the University of Maine, has been awarded nearly $50,000 by the Spencer Foundation to investigate students’ perceptions of geometric diagrams when using immersive spatial displays such as virtual reality.
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Development and evaluation of a first-of-its-kind remote learning platform providing people who are blind or visually impaired (BVI) nonvisual access to STEM-related graphical information is the focus of a $748,000 National Science Foundation grant to the University of Maine.
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