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SBE Seminar Series: Daniel Laughlin, University of Wyoming

Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions Norman Smith Hall, University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States

Daniel Laughlin, University of Wyoming. Plant strategies and the path to understanding in ecology. Plant strategies are phenotypes that evolved to increase demographic persistence in the environments to which their traits aremost adapted. Few topics have both captured the imagination and furrowed the brows of ecologists than plant strategies, yet notopic is more important for understanding […]

Totality: Explore the Wonder of Eclipses

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd., Orono, ME, United States

Explore the incredible phenomena of Eclipses, both Lunar and Solar. How and why do they occur?  What can we observe and learn from these spectacular displays of nature? Take a look at how eclipses helped prove the theory of general relativity and look forward to upcoming eclipses learning where to see them. From spectacular space […]

Event Series The Secrets of Gravity

The Secrets of Gravity

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd., Orono, ME, United States

Luke is interested in the universe and its secrets. He is fascinated by the stars, the universe, and the laws of nature. One night, he sneaks into the Albert Einstein Museum where he meets ALBYX3, a small, clever but rather quirky robot who knows all about Albert Einstein and his theories. ALBY takes Luke on a […]

Event Series The Wall – Pink Floyd

The Wall – Pink Floyd

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd., Orono, ME, United States

Pink Floyd’s progressive 8th album is put to stunning visuals that will send you to the moon. The album remained on Billboard charts for an amazing 741 weeks, longer than any other record in history. Experience “The Wall” like never before. The character Pink is the world-weary focus of this concept album as he slowly […]

CUGR Talk: Explore IMRC Center

IMRC Center Orono, ME, United States

The Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) is excited to bring back our first in-person CUGR Talk: “Explore IMRC Center.” Join CUGR staff as we visit and learn about all that the Innovative Media Research and Commercialization (IMRC) Center has to offer! From 3D, vinyl, and large format printing, laser cutting and woodworking,CNC machining, podcasting, music […]

Helping to Calm Strong Emotions with Resonant Language (online)

Online

If your employer is a compact member of the Harold Alfond Center for the Advancement of Maine’s Workforce, you may be eligible to take this program at a reduced cost. Click here to learn more. Do people seem more edgy and argumentative these days? Would you like your own inner voice to be nurturing and supportive […]

Totality: Explore the Wonder of Eclipses

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd., Orono, ME, United States

Explore the incredible phenomena of Eclipses, both Lunar and Solar. How and why do they occur?  What can we observe and learn from these spectacular displays of nature? Take a look at how eclipses helped prove the theory of general relativity and look forward to upcoming eclipses learning where to see them. From spectacular space […]

Event Series Halloween: Celestial Origins

Halloween: Celestial Origins

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd., Orono, ME, United States

Vampires, Witches, Goblins, and other spooky creatures.  What do you associate with Halloween? Trick-or-Treating, costumes, or something more…  Be it ghoulish or ghostly, Halloween is an astronomical holiday.  Experience the history of Halloween and how it fits into the seasons as a “cross-quarter day.”  From Celtic roots around the harvest and bonfires to modern celebrations, […]

Monster Mash: A Halloween Spooktacular

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd., Orono, ME, United States

You do not have to wait until 3 a.m. to experience the true terror of the witching hour. Take your "Spooky Scary Skeletons" out of the closet and join us at the Versant Power Astronomy Center for a month-long "Monster Mash". We will "Put a Spell on You" for the entire month of October with a menacing myriad […]

Talk – PFAS: A New Fish Tissue Issue

Norman Smith Hall, Room 107, and Online University of Maine, Orono, ME

Speaker: Tom Danielson, Aquatic Toxicology Unit, Maine Department of Environmental Protection Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as “forever chemicals”, is a group of man-made chemicals that can be toxic and remain in the for a very long time.  Some kinds of PFAS bioaccumulate in freshwater fish, often reaching hundreds to thousands times more […]

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