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Press Herald runs front-page photo of middle school students in Â鶹´«Ã½'s SPARTACUS program

The on May 26, 2011 ran a large front-page photo of Massabesic Middle School students hurling oranges into the mouth of the Saco River from Freddy's Beach at the Â鶹´«Ã½ Biddeford Campus. 

The students were taking part in a series of activities at Â鶹´«Ã½ on May 25th as part of Â鶹´«Ã½'s SPARTACUS Graduate Fellowship Program, which is funded by the National Science Foundation. The orange throwing was part of a river flow experiment to learn about environmental conditions such as winds and currents.

During their visit to Â鶹´«Ã½ the 90 eighth-grade students also visited the Â鶹´«Ã½ Marine Science Center to learn about marine research and marine mammal rehabilitation.  The students also spent time in the labs with Â鶹´«Ã½'s researchers.

The SPARTACUS program connects university researchers and their graduate students with the K-12 community.

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