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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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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WABI (channel 5) covered the ribbon-cutting at the Lafayette and Rawcliffe 4-H Science and Engineering Learning Center, established by University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine 4-H Foundation. “We’re fully connected via technology… if we need the ability to bring youth here in this area and connect them with other folks around the state […]
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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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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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News Center Maine reported that University of Maine students helped Madison middle school youth learn to fly drones and use innovation to solve real-world problems. A Maine Department of Education EMBRACE (Enabling Maine students to Benefit from Regional and Coordinated approaches to Education) grant funds the SAD 59 STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics) […]
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The Bangor Daily News wrote about the Maine 4-H Foundation raising $4 million to buy the Magic Lantern theater and pub in Bridgton to create the Magic Lantern Innovation Lab and Learning Center. University of Maine Cooperative Extension instructors will lead learning programs for youth ages 5–18 in the western Maine Lakes Region, according to […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot and Republican Journal reported the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast will offer a tuition-free early college course, Concepts of Oceanography, to qualified high school students this summer. The course is offered through a partnership with the Maine Department of Education and the University of Maine System, and will meet 3–8:15 […]
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The Maine Solar Sprint race is celebrating its 25th year on June 8 at the University of Maine. The event, which runs 10:30 a.m.–3 p.m., is free and open to the public. Solar Sprint, a UMaine Cooperative Extension 4-H program, challenges students statewide to create solar-powered model cars as an interactive way to learn principles […]
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Lake News Online reported the University of Maine is inviting underserved students to take part in STEM seminars, primarily engineering, from a water quality perspective. Researchers will spend a day with students teaching water chemistry and biology of streams before the students are taken into the field to learn to identify and address the problem, […]
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