STEM Education

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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BDN highlights Magic Lantern Innovation Lab and Learning Center

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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Penobscot Bay Pilot, Republican Journal report Hutchinson Center to offer tuition-free early college oceanography course

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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Maine Solar Sprint celebrating 25th year June 8 at UMaine

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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UMaine invites underserved students for STEM seminars, Lake News Online reports

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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UMaine celebrates research and creativity during Maine Impact Week

Maine Impact Week celebrates University of Maine faculty, students, community and their contributions to the social and economic advancement of the state and beyond. The public is invited to attend multiple events highlighting the impact of research and creative work produced by Maine’s research university the week of April 8–13. The featured event is the […]

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Science360 features UMaine Today video on STEM education, RiSE Center

A University of Maine video on the Maine Center for Research in STEM Education, or RiSE Center, was featured on the National Science Foundation’s Science360. The UMaine center connects with educators statewide, at all levels, to advance innovative and engaging hands-on teaching and learning. The video was produced with a UMaine Today magazine story on […]

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