Orono, Maine — Two years ago, the Maine 4-H Foundation launched a fund development campaign to purchase the Magic Lantern, a theater and restaurant on Depot Street in Bridgton, and expand the community engagement it offers with the development and creation of a 4-H innovation lab and learning center for youth. On Oct. 14, the […]
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The County reported on Richard Brzozowski’s Agricultural Technology, Operations and Safety course offered to University of Maine at Presque Isle students. Brzozowski, a program administrator with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, brought his students to Theriault Equipment in Presque Isle to learn about GPS-equipped tractors.
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The Bangor Daily News cited the Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) at the University of Maine in a story about efforts to build a science museum in Bangor. Niles Parker, executive director of the Maine Discovery Museum and leader of this project, referred to the ASCC as a world-class facility that is driving the […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported that the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) at the University of Maine is actively supporting women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics careers and encouraging youth to envision employment in STEM fields. More information about the group is online.
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The Mount Desert Islander and the Ellsworth American cited a middle school science outreach program initiated by Rick Wahle, the director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, using public grant funds. When grant funds were expended, public companies Ready Seafood and Red Lobster partnered with the Cranberry Isles Fishermen’s Co-op to continue the study […]
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Brian Sanchez, a first-generation college student at the University of Maine, 3,000 miles from his home in Soledad, California, became a top performer in the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) and in the Department of Mechanical Engineering through grit and a determination to succeed. Sanchez, now a junior and midshipman third class, joined UMaine […]
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India Education Diary reported that Erin Vinson, a University of Maine STEM professional development coordinator, will serve as a co-principal investigator of a project designed to assess the effectiveness of open educational resources in teaching core biology concepts to facilitate student-centered learning and support diversity, equity and inclusion. Vinson has partnered with the University of […]
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The Bangor Daily News, WAGM, WVII and WABI reported on the renaming of the astronomy center at the University of Maine as the Versant Power Astronomy Center. MSN shared the WABI story.
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The scientific community’s push to improve undergraduate biology education over the past decade prompted the creation of numerous open educational resources. A group of researchers, including one from the University of Maine, will evaluate how well these materials have met this demand and deliver positive learning outcomes. The National Science Foundation awarded a nearly $2 […]
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Sean Birkel, a research assistant professor with the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, spoke with the Bangor Daily News about the impact of fluctuations in solar activity on climate change. According to Birkel, who is Maine’s state climatologist, solar irradiance has a very small impact on global temperatures particularly in comparison to […]
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