BDN previews Maine Science Festival, mentions UMaine participants
The Bangor Daily News advanced the second annual Maine Science Festival set for March 18–20 throughout Bangor. The University of Maine is participating in several demonstrations, hands-on activities and panels at the festival, which seeks to stimulate interest in science and heighten awareness of its impacts. The article mentioned 10 can’t-miss events at this year’s festival, including a “Five Minute Genius” presentation on offshore wind by Habib Dagher, executive director of UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center; art workshops at the University of Maine Museum of Art; and the “Science on Tap” event for adults led by experts from UMaine, the Mount Washington Observatory in New Hampshire and The Rock & Art Shop in Bangor that will take a scientific look at some of the seven deadly sins. A full list of UMaine participants is online.