About 300 students at 13 Maine high schools are collecting data on Maine’s snowpack to feed into a national database tapped by scientists. The project is part of the Acadia Learning Program, a joint venture of the University of Maine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, UMaine’s School of Forest Resources and the […]
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The Weekly published a University of Maine news release about research on teaching methods by Michelle Smith, an assistant professor in the School of Biology and Ecology. Aleszu Bajak penned “Lectures Aren’t Just Boring, They’re Ineffective, Too, Study Finds,” for ScienceInsider about the research that Smith and others conducted with lead author Scott Freeman of […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H invites alumni to take part in a national contest to help it win a $10,000 “Innovation Incubator” Science Sponsorship. The contest is part of the 4-H GROWN Alumni Campaign, sponsored by the National 4-H Council and HughesNet. The goal is to share hands-on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) […]
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Top 10 lists are compiled annually — last year there were lists for best books, Seinfeld characters, movies and restaurants. In 2014, an article about a University of Maine professor’s research made a best-read list. Michelle Smith, assistant professor in the School of Biology and Ecology, co-authored a paper about teaching approaches. Aleszu Bajak penned […]
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Sheila Pendse, a project development associate in the Dean’s Office of the University of Maine College of Engineering, is leading a project that aims to engage female middle school students from rural Maine communities in forest bioproducts research programs and STEM careers. The Engineering Information Foundation recently awarded Pendse $12,540 to create a Sustainable Energy […]
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The University of Maine is one of 240 colleges and universities in the United States selected to receive the 2015 Community Engagement Classification of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. UMaine and 156 other institutions received reclassification; 83 colleges and universities received first-time classification. In 2008, UMaine and Bates College were the first […]
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The research of Michelle Smith, assistant professor in the School of Biology and Ecology, is the focus of a National Science Foundation Discovery feature, “Rules of engagement: Transforming the teaching of college-level science.” Smith is the principal investigator on four projects and a co-principal investor on another, all aimed at improving nationwide science instruction and […]
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In celebration of the national Upward Bound program’s 50th anniversary, three students from the University of Maine Upward Bound Math Science (UBMS) program were selected to attend the Council for Opportunity in Education’s 33rd annual conference, “Achieving College Success through Vision and Action,” and second annual student poster presentation exhibition in Washington, D.C. Justin Chan, […]
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All five of the Upward Bound Math Science student groups will present their final videos for the summer program’s Group Sustainability Design Project from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Friday, July 25, in the Foster Center for Student Innovation. The Upward Bound Math Science Program is affiliated with the UMaine College of Education and Human Development […]
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Participants of the Upward Bound Math Science program at the University of Maine are recognizing the 50th anniversary of the national Upward Bound program by contributing to a regional video project. The video will feature students in Upward Bound programs across New England singing a song dedicated to the program and written by Craig Werth, […]
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