{"id":46180,"date":"2024-06-25T09:12:48","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T13:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-development\/?page_id=46180"},"modified":"2026-02-13T11:03:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T16:03:15","slug":"broader-impacts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-development\/broader-impacts\/","title":{"rendered":"Broader Impacts"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kt-sc46180_486c16-11 .kt-sc-imgcol, .kt-sc46180_486c16-11 .kt-sc-textcol{min-height:450px;}.kt-sc46180_486c16-11 .kt-sc-textcol{padding-top:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:24px;padding-left:24px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kt-sc46180_486c16-11 .kt-sc-imgcol, .kt-sc46180_486c16-11 .kt-sc-textcol{min-height:450px;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"aligncenter kt-sc46180_486c16-11 wp-block-kadence-splitcontent\"><div class=\"kt-split-content-wrap kt-sc-media-side-left\" style=\"grid-template-columns:50% auto\"><div class=\"kt-sc-imgcol kt-sc-imgcol-bg-auto kt-sc-img-side-left\"><figure class=\"kt-split-content-media-image wp-image-container-45724\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-development\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/446\/2024\/02\/teach.jpg\" alt=\"STEM ambassador teaching a group of 10 elementary students an interactive STEM lesson.\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"kt-split-content-img wp-image-45724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-development\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/446\/2024\/02\/teach.jpg 500w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-development\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/446\/2024\/02\/teach-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-development\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/446\/2024\/02\/teach-105x70.jpg 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-development\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/446\/2024\/02\/teach-317x210.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-development\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/446\/2024\/02\/teach-423x281.jpg 423w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"kt-sc-textcol kt-sc-text-valign-center kt-sc-text-halign-center\"><div class=\"kt-sc-innter-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading46180_d869bd-b8, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading46180_d869bd-b8[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading46180_d869bd-b8\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading46180_d869bd-b8 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading46180_d869bd-b8[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading46180_d869bd-b8\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading46180_d869bd-b8 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Ambassadors Program<\/a><\/strong><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/risecenter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RiSE Center<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1690,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-46180","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"doneill","author_link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-development\/author\/doneill\/"},"comment_info":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1690"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46180"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47542,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46180\/revisions\/47542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}