http://webwpmu.ume.maine.edu/magazine http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Interning as Guardians During a social work internship last year, Mike King had to decide between what he considered two poor choices in a child custody case. He could recommend to a Maine District Court judge that a child continue living with one parent or change the primary residence to the ... http://webwpmu.ume.maine.edu/magazine/past-issues/volume-9-issue-4/online/interning-as-guardians/ Subscribe here and you'll receive email alerts to the newest online information at UMaine Today magazine. http://webwpmu.ume.maine.edu/magazine/join-our-mailing-list/ http://webwpmu.ume.maine.edu/magazine SPIFFY is a very successful extra-curricular activity that we have here at the University of Maine. That is a real money investment portfolio managed by any undergraduate student who chooses to participate here at the university. The money belongs to the University of Maine Foundation. The students act as one ... http://webwpmu.ume.maine.edu/magazine/past-issues/marchapril-2009/a-wild-ride/video/text-only-version/ The New Media program at the University of Maine is an exciting opportunity for students throughout the state and increasingly for students around the country. Recently, we are very excited that we had an external review and the external reviewers said that the New Media program was one of the ... http://webwpmu.ume.maine.edu/magazine/past-issues/marchapril-2009/new-media-savvy/videos/text-only-version/ Susan Devine: Sea slugs are invertebrate molluscs. They are soft-bodied and the sea slugs we are studying are able to photosynthesize. That is, they eat the algae and take up chloroplast and photosynthesize like a plant even though they are animals. Helen Mattsson: We are investigating this animal because it has ... http://webwpmu.ume.maine.edu/magazine/past-issues/marchapril-2009/the-big-switcheroo/videos/text-only-version/ This lab is Maine's first biomedical engineering lab. In this lab, the students basically learn how to design engineering systems that could benefit the medicine and hospitals and patients and doctors. In particular, we are concentrating our initial research on robotic surgery. In robotic surgery, basically, it is a non-invasive ... http://webwpmu.ume.maine.edu/magazine/past-issues/marchapril-2009/operation-robot/videos/text-only-version/ Jonathan Gormley, Volunteer Coordinator, Acadia National Park:  “I think the Carriage Roads here are one of the major reasons that many people come to Acadia. When the Carriage Roads were designed, they were designed with overlooks and vistas that provide views of oceans, of mountains, of these beautiful bridges and ... http://webwpmu.ume.maine.edu/magazine/past-issues/volume-9-issue-4/online/video/text-only-version/ Sen. George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research Climate Change Institute Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Molecular Biology School of Marine Sciences Department of Physics and Astronomy Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Department of Earth Sciences Department of Plant, Soil and Environmental Sciences Department of Psychology Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders College of Engineering College of Liberal ... http://webwpmu.ume.maine.edu/magazine/past-issues/volume-9-issue-4/insights/links/ [flashvideo file=files/2009/07/Forestry-Camp.f4v image=files/2009/07/forestry1.jpg /] http://webwpmu.ume.maine.edu/magazine/past-issues/volume-9-issue-4/online/video/