WABI (Channel 5) spoke with Pankaj Agrrawal, a professor of finance at the University of Maine, for the report “Should your business be preparing for the coronavirus?” On Tuesday, the Federal Reserve cut its interest rate by a half percentage point in an effort to slow the stock market slide that has resulted from the […]
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Students are invited to apply for a Maine Government Summer Internship for summer 2020. Positions are available in town and city governments as well as in state government agencies. Full-time, paid internships run from May 26 through Aug. 14. Internship areas include engineering, social media, conservation, transportation, land use planning, data analysis and education. All […]
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The University of Maine will offer its Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) in Management degree fully online beginning in fall 2020. The program, developed as a collaboration between the Maine Business School and UMaineOnline, is the first online undergraduate business degree from Maine’s flagship university. “We are excited to offer our BSBA in […]
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Artificial intelligence (AI) — the development of computer systems that perform tasks that normally require human intelligence; including visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making and language translation — once was considered to be a concept for science-fiction writing or a vision for the future of computing. The University of Maine Artificial Intelligence Initiative (UMaine AI) is […]
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Students in the University of Maine chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma will join the Founders Week celebration of the international business honor society with an information table in the atrium of D. P. Corbett Business Building on Feb. 19. Throughout its 107-year history, Beta Gamma Sigma has established more than 600 collegiate chapters in over […]
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The County, which includes the Aroostook Republican, the Houlton Pioneer Times, and The Star Herald, posted the University of Maine at Presque Isle media release announcing UMPI has developed another opportunity for the business community in northern Maine. Central Aroostook Chamber of Commerce members and their employees, as well as members of Momentum Aroostook, will […]
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The University of Maine at Presque Isle has helped develop another opportunity for the business community in northern Maine. Central Aroostook Chamber of Commerce members and their employees, as well as members of Momentum Aroostook, will receive a 12% tuition discount on MaineMBA courses at the University of Maine Graduate School of Business. The discount […]
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The University of Maine recognized 2,572 students for achieving Dean’s List honors in the fall 2019 semester. Of the students who made the Dean’s List, 1,754 are from Maine, 743 are from 30 other states and 75 are from 31 countries other than the U.S. Listed below are students who received Dean’s List honors for […]
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AACSB International has extended accreditation for the Maine Business School at the University of Maine through the 2023–24 academic year. The Maine Business School has been accredited by AACSB since 1974. “It is exciting to see this extension of the gold standard of business education accreditation,” says Faye Gilbert, dean of the Undergraduate School of […]
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The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release announcing the MaineMBA program was named No. 47 in online master of business administration programs by U.S. News & World Report. “We are excited that our online MBA has broken into the top 50 best programs, as this is an incredible affirmation of the high-quality […]
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