The online editor of Physics Today magazine cited a pedagogy survey about physics and astronomy misconceptions held by students as a guide for how and when to offer sequential class segments in complex or abstract subject areas, including the distribution and identification of galaxies. The research allowed University of Maine physics and astronomy professors Andrej […]
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Recently the University of Maine recognized 2,026 students for achieving Deans List honors in the Spring 2012 semester. Of the students who made the Deans List, 1,728 are from Maine, 242 are from out of state, and 56 are from foreign countries. Listed below are students who received Deans List honors for the 2012 Spring […]
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Channel 5 (WABI) interviewed Len Kaye, director of the University of Maine Center on Aging, and UMaine political scientist Amy Fried Thursday for a report on the U.S. Supreme Court vote upholding the Affordable Care Act. Kaye praised the decision and Fried noted that the court’s ruling also said states will not be required to […]
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University of Maine Center on Aging Director Len Kaye is available to discuss how the outcome of the U.S. Supreme Court decision on the proposed repeal of President Barack Obama’s Affordable Health Care Act may affect Americans, older Americans and baby boomers in particular. Kaye, in Bangor, is at (207) 262-7922 or len.kaye@umit.maine.edu. The decision […]
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An opinion column by University of Maine associate professor of computing and information science Jonathan Farley about the Baxter Academy for Technology and Science appeared in the Portland Daily Sun newspaper. Farley, who is also a math consultant and a member of the advisory board for Baxter Academy, argued that schools specializing in science, technology, […]
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An opinion column in the Bangor Daily News by University of Maine professor of philosophy Michael Howard used analogies to characterize the needs and wants of the poor in the context of the economics principal of declining marginal utility. He discusses differences between items or experiences considered “pleasers” or “relievers,” and the balance based upon […]
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University of Maine political scientist Mark Brewer was interviewed for a Bangor Daily News article about the recent elevation of Maine Republican congressional candidate Kevin Raye to higher status on the National Republican Congressional Committee’s “Young Guns” list as he prepares a campaign against incumbent Mike Michaud, the 2nd District Democrat. Brewer said that while […]
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Channel 5 (WABI) interviewed Susan McKay, a University of Maine physics professor and director of the Maine Center for Research in STEM education, for a story on a conference being held this week at UMaine about how educators can better engage young people in the study of STEM subject areas — science, technology, engineering and […]
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The health website MedicalXpress posted a University of Maine news release about new research from the Department of Psychology establishing that immediate distraction after an event that triggers sad feelings can help a person with problem-solving skills, whereas excessive rumination about the event is linked to depression and diminished problem-solving capacity. Contact: George Manlove, (207) […]
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Writers and scholars from throughout the country and world will gather June 27-30 to discuss “The Poetry and Politics of the 1980s.
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