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A Note on Continuity of InstructionWith the University of Maine transitioning to online and remote learning because of the covid-19 pandemic, students in Physics and Astronomy should consult Blackboard or their instructors for information on online lecture, laboratory, and recitation instructor office hours.The DepartmentWelcome to the website of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Maine.We are comprised of 17 faculty members, ~35 graduate students, ~97 undergraduate majors, 3 support staff members and a planetarium director.  The faculty are dedicated to teaching and research in areas including, but not limited to, biophysics, nanophysics/surface science, physics education, statistical physics, spiral galaxies and galaxy clusters, astronomy education, and environmental/health physics.  On the undergraduate side, we offer BA and BS degrees in physics and an ABET accredited engineering physics (EPS) degree, one of the first in the country.  We also offer minors in both physics and astronomy.  For graduate programs, we have masters programs in physics and engineering physics, and a doctoral program in physics.Our department is characterized by active participation by students in the learning process.  Our faculty use state-of-the-art pedagogical methods and materials developed from research on learning and teaching of physics.  Students are actively engaged in building conceptual understanding as well as solving traditional problems – from introductory mechanics to quantum mechanics.  Students have opportunities to be peer instructors as Maine Learning Assistants in the very classes they completed the previous year.  And our faculty have a long tradition of including undergraduates in research, either as part of senior capstone projects or just because they can.  The UniversityLocated in the town of Orono, along the banks of the Stillwater River, the University offers a strong education at an affordable price.The state’s land grant and sea grant university and the flagship institution in the University of Maine System, UMaine is one of New England’s premier universities. Our students create success stories — with a wide variety of programs and opportunities — and we do so with world-class faculty members; internationally recognized research; first-rate facilities; a friendly, safe atmosphere; and easy access to some of the best year-round recreation sites in the nation.

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