STEM Education

Advertiser Democrat interviews two new employees hired at Oxford County Extension

The Advertiser Democrat reported University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Oxford County has recently hired two new staff members. Emma Fournier joined the organization in July as a horticulture community education assistant, focusing on residential/consumer programs through outreach and by request. “I help homeowners with their questions, providing publications and helping identify plants and insects,” […]

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Expanding Your Horizons seeks volunteers for Oct. 15

Expanding Your Horizons is an annual conference at the University of Maine dedicated to inspiring girls to recognize their potential and pursue opportunities in science, technology, engineering and math.  This year, more than 300 middle school girls will come to UMaine on Tuesday, Oct. 15 for presentations, workshops and other hands-on STEM activities with scientists […]

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AP reports on Minecraft project to educate youth about space

The Associated Press announced that University of Illinois and University of Maine researchers are working on a project to use the video game Minecraft to get students interested in science and space. University of Illinois educational psychology professor H. Chad Lane leads the project and UMaine astrophysicist Neil F. Comins is a collaborator. The team […]

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UMaine astrophysicist collaborates on $2.7 million STEM initiative with University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

A research team led by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and in collaboration with University of Maine astrophysicist Neil F. Comins will use the video game Minecraft to motivate interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) topics. Using the Minecraft platform, children can ask space-related what if questions to explore hypothetical exoplanets and […]

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Daily Bulldog highlights 4-H Summer of Science program

The Daily Bulldog wrote about a 4-H Summer of Science activity — building catapults to launch pom poms across a carpeted floor — led by Tara Marble at the Farmington Public Library. Marble is youth coordinator for Franklin County’s 4-H program, which is part of University of Maine Cooperative Extension. Each week, participants explore a […]

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UMaine Early College students put Belfast Bay under the microscope

Eleven students from six Maine high schools and area home-school programs started the summer in various Belfast Bay locations as part of an intensive three-week STEM research course offered through the University of Maine’s Early College Program.  The students came from Belfast Area High School, Hermon High School, John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor, […]

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Dunning named UMaine’s first ABET Fellow

Scott Dunning, director of the University of Maine School of Engineering Technology and professor of electrical engineering technology, has been named a 2019 Fellow of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). The Fellow of ABET Award recognizes individuals who have given sustained, quality service to their fields and to the board’s accredited disciplines. […]

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5-Minute Genius presentation by Giudice now online

The Maine Science Festival has compiled a 2019 playlist of its 5-Minute Genius presentations. This year, those presenters included Nicholas Giudice, University of Maine professor of spatial informatics and executive director of the VEMI Lab. His presentation was titled “Blinded by Vision: What the Brain Tells us About Technology Development.”

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