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 read more Lowden wins P.E.O. Scholar Award