The Maine Elementary Sciences Partnership (MaineESP) received the 2015 Philip Marcoux Award from the Maine Science Teachers Association (MSTA) at its annual conference in Gardiner on Oct. 9. The award recognizes a science education professional or partnership that makes continuous and enduring contributions to science education; demonstrates capacity for creating and implementing successful science education-related […]
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The White House will provide a live stream of the 2015 Champions of Change awards ceremony starting at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13. The event will focus on “Innovators in Transportation for the Future,” and will recognize Habib Dagher, founding director of the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center. Dagher is among 11 […]
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Three scientific divers with ties to the University of Maine received awards at the 2015 American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS) Symposium in Florida. Marissa McMahan, a Ph.D. candidate at Northwestern University in Illinois, is a former UMaine student and assistant instructor for an introduction to research diving course. She was the recipient of the […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H in Hancock County is holding a 4-H Awareness Day 10 a.m.– 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17 at Tractor Supply Co., 461 High St., Ellsworth. The day will include science activities, horse and pony rides, and displays with food for sale from area 4-H clubs and groups. For more information […]
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The Maine IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) was recognized as a Champion of Innovation at the Maine Development Foundation’s 37th annual meeting in September. Maine INBRE is a collaborative network of Maine educational and research institutions led by the MDI Biological Laboratory and sponsored by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) […]
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The connection between fire, people, soil and extinct foxes is part of a University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H Science Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 24 at Sawyer Environmental Research Center on the UMaine campus in Orono. Youth in grades six through eight will learn to use a coring device to collect […]
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Michael Wittmann, chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, professor of physics, and cooperating professor of education, has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society. Fellowship in the American Physical Society is limited to no more than one half of 1 percent of the membership and is a recognition by peers of […]
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Nineteen participants of 4-H, an educational youth program of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, and their project animals traveled to Springfield, Massachusetts in September to represent Maine at the Eastern States Exposition. They competed against more than 150 youth from around New England in a variety of dairy competitions. In the first contest, the […]
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Eight University of Maine undergraduate engineering students will join peers from eight universities for a three-day Engineering Ambassador Northeast Regional Workshop at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Oct. 8–11. The Engineering Ambassadors Network (EAN) trains university engineering students in effectively communicating with middle and high school students about the discipline. EAN empowers future leaders in engineering and […]
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More than 90 companies will be represented at the University of Maine’s 2015 Engineering Job Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15 at the New Balance Student Recreation Center. Co-sponsored by the UMaine College of Engineering and Career Center, the event is an opportunity for students to learn about some of the […]
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