STEM Education

Jackson, Wilson featured in News Center Maine about women STEM professionals database

Tori Jackson, Extension professor of agriculture and natural resources, and Laura Wilson, 4-H science professional, both with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, were interviewed for a report about an international database with women around the world who are in science, technology, engineering or mathematics professions called FabFems. The directory allows students, parents and school counselors […]

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UMaine Arts Initiative seed grant awardees announced

The UMaine Arts Initiative (UMAI) is pleased to announce winners of a new competitive seed grant program, created to encourage innovative and interdisciplinary collaborations that seek to build a diverse, inclusive, sustainable and equitable community of art researchers, practitioners, supporters and promoters.  The University of Maine Arts Initiative, launched in 2021 by the Office of […]

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2022 Maine Science Festival features UMaine scientists

The Maine Science Festival (MSF) will come back after two years away due to the pandemic, from March 16–20. It is a program of the Maine Discovery Museum in Bangor and will include more than 70 events and activities, many of which will feature University of Maine scientists. All events, except for the headliner performance, […]

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UMaine Space Initiative set to propel the next generation of innovators 

The University of Maine Space Initiative brings together faculty, administrators, staff and students to advance Maine’s space-based economy and help meet the demand for a highly skilled workforce in space-related research, technology development and commercialization.  The mission of the initiative is to support research and development in space science and engineering through a multidisciplinary approach. […]

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Babak Hejrati

Hejrati receives 2022 NSF Early CAREER Award

For his research using robots to aid mobility, Babak Hejrati, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Maine, has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award. The annual CAREER awards are one of the organization’s most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty and include a federal […]

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Ellsworth American reports on RiSE Center $1.35 million grant

The Ellsworth American reported on a Maine Center for Research in STEM Education (RiSE Center) initiative in coastal schools receiving a $1.35 million award from the National Science Foundation. The RiSE Center will support middle and high school students in real-world science research projects, including coastal monitoring and tracking the changes in local ocean water […]

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STEM education project

NSF awards RiSE Center $1.35M for STEM education project in coastal schools

A Maine Center for Research in STEM Education initiative to explore how engaging students in coastal research projects can help them build data literacy and career competency while also informing local policy and planning has received a $1.35 million award from the National Science Foundation. The University of Maine-based RiSE Center supports middle and high […]

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Student Amanda Sandberg (from Sweden) works with her Associate Professor of Microbiology instructor Melissa Maginnis in their Hitchner Hall lab.

UMaine viral study earns $440K from the National Institutes of Health

A University of Maine study of the behavior of a virus that can lead to deadly brain disease was recently awarded $440,410 from the National Institutes of Health.  The study looks at how the virus, known as JC polyomavirus (JCPyV), interacts with receptors on human host cells. Little is known about how the virus infects […]

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Carter provides written testimony in legislative committee hearing

Hannah Carter, dean of University of Maine Cooperative Extension, submitted written testimony Jan. 25 to the Legislature’s Joint Standing Committee on Education & Cultural Affairs in support of LD 1902, An Act To Establish a Pilot Program to Encourage Climate Education in Maine Schools. A copy of her testimony is online. In addition to UMaine’s […]

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