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EDWARD F. CARR 1920-2007
Edward Carr, UMaine professor emeritus of physics, died on Monday at the age of 87. A Vermont native, Carr retired in 1991 after 34 years on the UMaine faculty. A service of remembrance will be held 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21, at Church of Universal Fellowship, Orono, with the Rev. Lorna Stuart, pastor, celebrant. The family invites relatives and friends to share conversation and refreshments in the church vestry immediately after the service. Spring interment will be at Danville Green Cemetery, Danville, Vt. Those who would like to remember Carr in a special way may make gifts in his memory to Old Town-Orono YMCA, 472 Stillwater Ave., Old Town, ME 04468 or Church of Universal Fellowship, 82 Main St., Orono, ME 04474, or a charity of one's choice. Condolences to the family may be expressed at www.BrookingsSmith.com. A Bangor Daily News obituary is online here.
AWARD WINNERS IN OUR MIDST
The College of Engineering Awards Banquet was held on Friday, November 2nd at the Penobscot Country Club this year. Please help us to congratulate David E.G. Sturm for winning the 2007 Leila C. Lowell Award, and Travis J. Gould for winning the 2007 Graduate Assistant Award. We are very proud of them both!
LOVE OF PHYSICS
UMaine Today - Student Focus
November/December 2007
Katie McCann was 5 when she fell in love with science. Inspired by each edition of Your Big Backyard, then Ranger Rick, she headed outdoors and "checked stuff out."
That thrill of discovery stayed with her through middle school, when astrophysics became her passion. But in high school, McCann hit a self-described rough patch. Classes in chemistry and physics were uninteresting, mostly because they didn't seem to have real-world applications. To read more, click here.
A BETTER VIEW OF THE MOLECULE: New method of microscopy using fluorescence photoactivation could help address biological questions
UMaine Today
July/August 2007
Science has limits. Defined by theories, laws and formulaic equations, these limits define the boundaries within which scientific discoveries are made.
In most cases, having boundaries that are clearly defined by justifiable rules is a good thing. In science, however, the existing limits often interfere with the overall quest: the search for a cure, the advancement of technology, the depth of our understanding of ourselves and our universe. For scientists, the goal is often to break through those limits to reveal the discoveries on the other side.
For University of Maine Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy Sam Hess, a breakthrough idea that would redefine the limits of scientific microscopy arrived late at night, accompanied by a heavy backbeat and a lot of yelling. To read more, click here.
