The online editor of Physics Today magazine cited a pedagogy survey about physics and astronomy misconceptions held by students as a guide for how and when to offer sequential class segments in complex or abstract subject areas, including the distribution and identification of galaxies. The research allowed University of Maine physics and astronomy professors Andrej […]
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University of Maine football coach Jack Cosgrove will host “Coach Cos’s Football 101 For Women” from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 2 in the Alfond Lounge inside Alfond Arena. The interactive workshop is designed to teach women basic football such as offensive and defensive strategies as well as what to look for […]
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Dan DenDanto, a UMaine researcher in the School of Marine Sciences, is involved in the investigation into what may have killed a 6-month-old humpback whale calf that washed up on Little Cranberry Island last week, according to the Bangor Daily News. DenDanto, who is a research associate of Allied Whale, a mammal research group that […]
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Frank Wertheim, a home horticulture specialist with the University of Maine extension in York County, was interviewed for a Portland Press Herald gardening column about tomatoes. Wertheim said there isn’t really too much gardeners can do at this point to help the tomatoes recover from the recent rainy weather, but he did share the good […]
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An opinion column appearing in the Ellsworth American newspaper written by University of Maine Peace and Reconciliation Studies faculty member Hugh Curran challenged assertions in a New York Daily Sun editorial, published in the Ellsworth American, which discussed former Washington Post editor J. Russell Wiggins’ early support for the Vietnam War and his disdain for […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on a marine research project by scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, University of Washington and University of Maine oceanographer Mary Jane Perry that identified a new trigger of the seasonal North Atlantic algae bloom, which plays a major role in reducing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The scientists […]
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In an advance of Monday’s meeting of the University of Maine System Board of Trustees, the Bangor Daily News noted that agenda items included a discussion of UMaine President Paul Ferguson’s Blue Sky Project, a five-year plan outlining ways to strengthen UMaine and the state. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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The New England Cable News website posted an Associated Press article about a University of Maine School of Economics study that found about 60 percent of household trash thrown out in 17 sampled communities across the state could have been diverted from the waste stream at significant cost savings through composting or recycling. The Natural […]
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Invasive aquatic plants are a huge threat in Maine, but a water quality scientist shares tips for keeping lakes clear.
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The Science Codex website posted a report about a marine research project by scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, University of Washington and University of Maine oceanographer Mary Jane Perry. The scientists published this week an article in the journal Science about the discovery of a new trigger of the North Atlantic phytoplankton bloom, […]
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