The Bangor Daily News and Penobscot Bay Pilot promoted the STEAM Team Ocean Xplorers program, a new interactive multi-session STEAM ocean-focused adventure series for children 8–12 years of age from University of Cooperative Extension Waldo County’s 4-H program, the Belfast Free Library and the UMaine MARINE Initiative. Visit the program webpage or Belfast Free Library […]
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Registration is now open for a new, interactive multi-session STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) ocean-focused adventure series starting Oct. 19 at the Belfast Free Library, 106 High Street. STEAM Team Ocean Xplorers is a collaborative effort between the University of Maine’s Cooperative Extension Waldo County 4-H, the Belfast Free Library and the UMaine […]
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The University of Maine announced today that through a competitive process, it has been selected to join the National Aspire Institutional Change Network (IChange Network), a nationwide coalition of colleges and universities striving to improve how they recruit, support and retain STEM faculty members from all different backgrounds. As a member of the IChange Network, […]
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A new collaborative research project led by the University of Maine called STORM: Data-Driven Approaches for Secure Electric Grids in Communities Disproportionately Impacted by Climate Change, has been awarded $6 million from the National Science Foundation. Over the next five years, the project team will conduct studies and create new tools that will grow research […]
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Sarah Sparks, 4-H youth development professional at University of Maine Cooperative Extension, has been named the 2023 Outstanding Professional Employee by the University of Maine Professional Employees Advisory Council. The award is based on a professional employee’s demonstrated dedication to serving others, maintaining the highest level of professional services, creating a better campus environment and […]
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Jooyoung Lee, postdoctoral research associate with the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, has been selected for the 2023–24 National Science Foundation Quantitative Research Methods for STEM Education Scholars Program. The annual program offered through the University of Maryland pairs 20 early-career education researchers with mentors to help them develop skills in […]
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In an article about Regional School Unit 74 in North Anson, Maine launching a high altitude balloon for a school-wide STEAM project, the Daily Bulldog noted that the University of Maine High Altitude Ballooning program assisted in the effort. The program supports teachers by launching payloads for experiments aboard a high altitude balloon up to […]
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News Center Maine, Bangor Daily News, Morning Ag Clips, the Advertiser Democrat and the Daily Bulldog featured University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s 4-H Tick Project, a community science program open to K–12 students to learn about the life cycle of ticks, habitats, species, the pathogens they transmit and how tick migration is tied to climate […]
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WFVX-TV (Fox 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) featured the 20th annual Maine Learning Technology Initiative student conference, which involved more than a thousand students and included over 40 sessions centered around engaging them in essential computer science skills and knowledge.
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The Bangor Daily News noted that Shawn Laatsch, director of the Versant Power Astronomy Center at the University of Maine, will assist with the Maine Discovery Museum’s pilot of the Science Teacher Academy, a federally funded pilot program for kindergarten through fifth grade teachers. In the introductory conference on Monday, Laatsch gave teachers ideas on […]
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