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BIDDEFORD, Maine

UNE professor organizes 'Science Night' for Feb. 8th at Massabesic Middle School

More than 20 University of New England faculty and students will participate in "Science Night: See, Do and Learn" to be held on Monday, Feb. 8 from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. at Massabesic Middle School for Waterboro Elementary School students. 

The free event is sponsored by the Waterboro Elementary School Parent-Teacher Committee and was organized by UNE professor, Jane O'Brien, Ph.D., OTR/L along with Kara Beal, an education technician in the Waterboro school system.  Last year more than 300 children and their families participated.  

Presentations will include demonstrations from students in UNE's Chemistry and Pharmacy clubs, and UNE graduate students in biology and occupational therapy will address subjects including the human brain, fishes from Maine and coordination and motor planning.

The event will also feature scientists from Massabesic Middle and High schools, and community scientists including Cryptozoologist Loren Coleman who will talk about "Big Foot and friends," Dr. Frank Goudreau from Goodall Orthopaedics, David Glenn of the National Weather Station, Deputy Vachon from the Maine Sheriff's Department, and Gordon Corbett, a "Teacher in Space" finalist who trained with NASA - he will talk about lighthouses of Maine and how they work.  

The event is free and open to the public.  

About the University of New England

The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible, accredited online degrees. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.