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Narrating Lives: Creation of Comics by Heritage Learners

Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States

Interested parties are invited to attend the talk of Professor Sandra Bernal-Heredia about how the creation of. comics can be especially beneficial for heritage learners as students develop visual and narrative abilities but can also serve to reflect and transmit trauma, memory and emotions. Many studies have highlighted the prominence and appeal of using comics […]

SBE Seminar Series Spring 2023: Chaofan Chen

Norman Smith Hall University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States

Dr. Chaofan Chen, University of Maine School of Computing and Information Science: "Interpretable Case-based Deep Learning for DNA Classification" The use of deep neural networks has become increasingly popular, especially for computer vision and natural language processing tasks. In the genomics domain, deep learning has also received increasing attention, and has been used for classifying […]

Forward to the Moon

Forward to the Moon

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

Forward to the Moon engages audiences in NASA efforts to send both humans and robots to the Moon and Mars. NASA's 21st century Artemis program, named after the Greek moon Goddess and twin of Apollo, is the next step in our mission to explore the universe and land the first woman on the surface of […]

Magic Tree House: Space Mission

Magic Tree House: Space Mission

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

Travel with the brother-sister duo, Jack and Annie, in their Magic Treehouse as they discover a note that asks them to answer a series of six questions about space. With […]

Foo Fighters in February

Foo Fighters in February

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

Foo Fighters in February lines up the Foo Fighters' greatest and most spacey hits such as Everlong, The Pretender, Learn to Fly, The Sky is a Neighborhood, and so many […]

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K-12 February Break Programs: Polaris: Mystery of the Polar Night

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

A traveling penguin from the South Pole and a funny polar bear from the North pole meet on arctic sea ice. They become friends observing the night sky together and […]

K-12 February Break Programs: Astronaut

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

The exploration of space is the greatest endeavor that humankind has ever undertaken. What does it take to be part of this incredible journey? What does it take to become […]

‘Personalized nutrition and the human gut microbiome’ (online)

Speaker: Dr. Merilee Brockway, Ph.D. RN IBCLC, University of Calgary About the Speaker: Brockway is a Ph.D prepared nurse and International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) with expertise in maternal-child health, infant feeding and patient engagement. She completed her Ph.D. in nursing at the University of Calgary, examining maternal breastfeeding self-efficacy and infant feeding outcomes in moderate […]

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