The Portland Press Herald on Nov. 5, 2009 ran a feature story on an innovative project designed to partner University of New England researchers and graduate students with the local K-12 community in inquiry-based learning in science, technology, engineering and mathematics-related disciplines. The program is made possible through a $2.87 million five-year National Science Foundation (NSF) grant. The Press Herald story focuses on UNE marine sciences graduate student Caitlyn Little and the sixth-graders she is working with at Lincoln Middle School in Portland. Little is one of three graduate students who received fellowships this year: Jay Williams, at Bonny Eagle High School in Standish, and Michelle Bozeman, at Massabesic Middle School in Waterboro. Charles Tilburg, Ph.D., assistant professor of marine sciences, is also interviewed for the story. The program was also featured in earlier stories in the Waterboro Reporter and the Journal Tribune.