Cooperative Extension: Follow a Researcher®

If you ever wanted to follow a scientist, now is your chance. A graduate student from the University of Maine is in Antarctica testing glaciers and bringing students along on the journey with her through social media. Read the whole story and watch the video report by reporter Shonna Narine.

Science Friday, a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the public’s access to science and scientific information, recently posted about a University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H program that connects youth with a graduate student conducting fieldwork in a remote location. This fall, the Follow a Researcher™ program will take place in Antarctica with Lynn Kaluzienski, […]

This fall, the University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H will again connect youth with a graduate student conducting fieldwork in a remote location as part of its Follow a Researcher® program. The program’s third expedition will take place in Antarctica with Lynn Kaluzienski, a Ph.D. student in UMaine’s Department of Earth and Climate Sciences and […]

Kit Hamley, a graduate student at the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, was a recent guest on Falkland Islands Television. She spoke about her research on an extinct species of fox called the warrah. Using field and laboratory techniques, Hamley hopes to learn how and when the animal arrived in the Falklands. “It’s been […]

WLBZ2.com interviewed Kit Hamley, a masters student at the University of Maine, who talked about her role in the UMaine Extension 4-H Follow a Researcher™ program. Hamley is leaving for the Falkland Islands on January 14.

WABI.TV interviewed Kit Hamley about her role in the UMaine Extension 4-H Follow a Researcher® program and her visit to Hudson Elementary School. While at the school, Hamley led the program’s first live Twitter chat for her expedition. Educators and students will be able to communicate with Hamley through live Twitter chats during her expedition, […]

The UMaine Extension 4-H Follow a Researcher® program gives students a chance to look into a scientist’s world by following her on a trip and communicating with her through social media. Reporter Kaitlyn Connolly of foxbangor.com went to welcome the researcher and talk to the students and their teacher.

This winter, University of Maine graduate student Kit Hamley will research an extinct species of fox called the warrah in the Falkland Islands. While on her expedition, the Bozeman, Montana native will connect with K–12 students in Maine and around the country through Twitter chats as part of UMaine’s Follow a Researcher™ (FAR) program. “When […]

For a second year, the University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H will connect K–12 students in Maine and around the country to UMaine researchers in the field as part of its Follow a Researcher™ program. The program aims to give students a glimpse into a scientist’s world by providing live expedition updates and facilitating communication […]