Lowden wins P.E.O. Scholar Award

UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

May 4, 2021 Student Life

The P.E.O. (Philanthropic Educational Organization) Sisterhood awarded University of Maine Ph.D. student Sara Sophia Lowden the $20,000 P.E.O. Scholar award.

The P.E.O. Scholar Awards program, established in 1991, provides substantial merit-based awards for women of the U.S. and Canada who are pursuing a doctoral-level degree at an accredited college or university. Lowden, a Ph.D. candidate in the Anthropology and Environmental Policy program, was one of 100 doctoral students selected to receive an award from a pool of 847 candidates in the U.S. and Canada.

Lowden is a 2013 magna cum laude graduate of the University of Arizona. A top scholar, Lowden has numerous publications, and extensive fieldwork and teaching experience.

Her doctoral research documents relationships with human and non-human species in the Mexico-U.S. borderlands, namely conservation efforts focused on bats and agaves in northern Sonora, Mexico and southern Arizona. She has conducted research related to ecological sustainability and environmental justice in North and South America.

P.E.O. has been celebrating women helping women reach for the stars for more than 150 years. Since its inception in 1869, the nonprofit organization has supported more than 116,000 women in pursuing educational goals with more than $383 million in grants, scholarships, awards and loans.