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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The Advertiser Democrat promoted a campaign to raise funds to create a University of Maine 4-H Innovation and Learning Lab at the Magic Lantern Theater in Bridgton. UMaine will utilize the space at the Magic Lantern for programs and events to support youth and the local communities with a focus on creative learning, career opportunities, […]
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The Bangor Daily News shared a University of Maine news release announcing the addition of an evidence-based physics curricula to the open-source online journal, “CourseSource.” Erin Vinson, a STEM professional development coordinator for UMaine’s School of Biology and Ecology and campus coordinator for the Maine Center for Research in STEM Education (RiSE Center), will serve […]
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Erin Vinson from the University of Maine serves as managing editor for an internationally recognized online journal that helps thousands of biology instructors in various undergraduate courses. The journal, CourseSource, will launch a new publication for physics curricula that Vinson, and others, will also help oversee. Recent Yidan Prize for Education Research recipient and 2001 […]
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VillageSoup advanced a STEM research and career exploration course for high school students offered by the University of Maine Hutchinson Center June 28–July 30. More information about the course is online.
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As the data science field continues to generate more jobs and create new research and economic development opportunities, educators have decided to teach it in high schools. Many of the materials and tools they use, however, are inaccessible and fail to meet the needs of students with disabilities, impeding their access to data science careers. […]
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