Handling the Effects of Abrupt Climate Change
A new graduate program funded by NSF will focus on the need to adapt policies and strategies to meet social and environmental needs.
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Newspaper Interviews Student About Egypt Election Aftermath
University of Maine School of Policy and International Affairs graduate student Ian Henderson of Hampden, who is currently serving a research internship in Cairo, Egypt, was interviewed by the Bangor Daily News about what he’s been seeing firsthand as Egypt held its first democratic election last week. Henderson called the atmosphere over the weekend “electric” […]
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World Affairs Through The Eyes of Interns
School of Policy and International Affairs degree program transports and transforms UMaine graduate students.
Read moreSPIA’s Settele on Morning Radio Talk Show
Jim Settele, assistant director of the University of Maine School of International Policy and Affairs and retired U.S. Navy captain and fighter pilot, was a guest on the Feb.7 WZON-FM “The Pulse” morning talk show, with Peter Van Buren, a former U.S. State Department Provincial Reconstruction Team leader in Iraq and author of “We Meant […]
Read moreGrad and professional school fair Nov. 30
Students interested in pursuing a University of Maine master’s or doctoral degree are invited to learn more at a Graduate and Professional School Fair on Wednesday, Nov. 30 from 4-6 p.m. at Stodder Hall. UMaine is home to the state’s largest graduate school and broadest array of graduate programs, including more than 70 master’s degrees, […]
Read moreAP Article Advances William Cohen Lecture November 17
The Boston.com website and other news publications carried an Associated Press report advancing the Nov. 17 William Cohen Lecture at the University of Maine, which will present speaker James Jones, retired U.S. Marine general, Vietnam veteran and President Obama’s first national security adviser. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
Read moreTuesday WVOM interview to feature Settele
Jim Settele, assistant director of UMaine’s School of Policy and International Affairs, will be interviewed live on WVOM’s Tuesday morning George Hale and Ric Tyler Show. In a discussion scheduled for just after 7:20 a.m., Settele, who is a recently retired Navy captain, will preview Thursday’s UMaine William S. Cohen Lecture. Scheduled for 10:30 a.m. […]
Read moreSandweiss comments in Science story
UMaine anthropologist Dan Sandweiss was quoted extensively in an Oct. 21 story in Science, looking at new evidence suggesting a human presence in the Americas 13,800 years ago. That date precedes the Clovis culture, long believed to be the New World’s first, by almost 1,000 years. The new findings, developed by a group led by […]
Read moreGrad student recognized for research project
Karen Hutchins, a University of Maine Ph.D. candidate in Communication and Journalism and a graduate research assistant for Maine’s Sustainability Solutions Initiative, was recognized by the National Science Foundation for her research poster on partnerships between universities and municipalities. That recognition came at NSF’s National EPSCoR Conference in October.
Read morePh.D. graduate wins dissertation award
Jonathan Paul, who recently completed a neuroscience Ph.D. in the UMaine Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, has received the outstanding dissertation award from the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology (ISDP). Paul, who finished his UMaine degree in August, is in an NIH postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Texas Medical Branch Maternal-Fetal Center. As the […]
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