Media cover 2019 UMaine Student Symposium
News Center Maine, WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) covered the fourth annual University of Maine Student Symposium April 10 at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. Hundreds of undergraduate and graduate students presented their research findings in the arts, health care, science, engineering, education and other topics to more than 1,000 attendees. “Basically we have nine disciplinary categories ranging from the arts and social sciences, to education, to engineering, to physical sciences, to life sciences, as well as one interdisciplinary category,” said Scott Delcourt, associate vice president for graduate studies. “Our main focus is actually helping the state of Maine at the local level, the state level, and then looking nationally at how we can apply what we’ve learned to impact a greater percentage of the population,” said Elisabeth Kilroy, vice president of Graduate Student Government. “I think students are finally seeing that their work matters and it’s important.” The symposium involved physical projects, posters and oral presentations, and was part of Maine Impact Week, a celebration of UMaine faculty and students and their contributions to their communities, News Center Maine reported.