2015 Graduate Academic Exposition Winners

More than 120 presentations were made during the 2015 Graduate Academic Exposition in separate categories of four areas of competition — posters, oral presentations, intermedia and fine arts exhibits, and a PechaKucha, or rapid-fire slide show event — as well as a photo contest.

About $12,000 in prize money was awarded at this year’s expo, including the $2,000 President’s Research Impact Award given to the graduate student and adviser who best exemplify the UMaine mission of teaching, research and outreach.

Courtney Pacholski of China, Maine, a Ph.D. candidate in education, and her adviser, James Artesani, associate professor of special education, won this year’s President’s Research Impact Award for “The Effects of Check-In/Check-Out on the Behaviors of Elementary and Middle School Students.”

A complete list of winners is online.