UMaine Business Experts Available for Holiday Shopping Forecast
Business experts weigh in on shopping trends and implications for Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
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Computing, Information Science School Hosting Barbecue
The UMaine School of Computing and Information Science is inviting the campus community to join students at 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7 on the plaza in front of Boardman Hall for an informal barbecue, open house and to learn about the activities of the Cyber Defense Club, the Association for Computing Machinery, the Computing Honor […]
Read moreMarkowsky Noted in Cybersecurity Article
University of Maine professor of computer science and expert in cybersecurity, was interviewed for an article in the Portland Press Herald about the vulnerability of the nation’s cyber infrastructure. The article included comments from U.S. Congresswoman Susan Collins, a co-sponsor of a bill designed to strengthen the country’s defense against computer-borne attacks that threaten economic […]
Read moreMarkowsky Cybersecurity Tutorial To be Featured at Conference
University of Maine Professor and Chair of the Department of Computer Science George Markowsky’s tutorial on cybersecurity tools is one of the featured tutorials at WorldComp’12, an international conference held in Las Vegas for computer science, computer engineering and applied computing that is expected to attract more than 2,000 participants from all around the world. […]
Read moreLiberal Arts and Sciences Announces Faculty Awards
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Maine has announced the recipients of its Outstanding Faculty Awards in the areas of teaching and advising, research and creative achievement, and service and outreach.
Read moreUMaine Cybersecurity Team Takes Third Place in Regional Competition
UMaine’s student cyber defense team finished third at the Northeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (NECCDC) hosted by Northeastern University March 9-11. The competition is one of nine regional events held across the country. The 12 teams in the competition were tasked with creating a company data center that had to continue functioning while fending off […]
Read moreExperts Comment In Reports On Holiday Sales
UMaine economist James McConnon was quoted in a Maine Public Broadcasting Radio story about reports of stronger-than-expected Black Friday sales in Maine. McConnon said strong sales could be the result of consumers with less personal debt and a decline in personal savings rates. Nory Jones, a UMaine associate professor in the Maine Business School and […]
Read moreDigital Humanities Week at UMaine Sept. 26-29
A series of late-September University of Maine presentations, with an accompanying online discussion forum, will enhance community dialogue related to the impact of evolving communications technologies on humanities scholarship.
Read moreSegee Featured in Mainebiz Computing Story
Comments from Bruce Segee of the UMaine electrical and computer engineering faculty are included in a front-page Mainebiz story about efforts to leverage cyberinfrastructure and supercomputing resources to assist in statewide economic development efforts. The story notes that a University of Maine System-led initiative, Cyberinfrastructure Investment for Development, Economic Growth and Research (CIDER) recently received […]
Read moreMarch 25-26 Performance Takes Up Sexual Assault Awareness, Bystander Intervention
Contact: Carey Nason, (207) 581-2515 In observation of April being Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the Safe Campus Project at the University of Maine and graduate student Molly Schenck will offer an original theater and dance performance of “It’s Not That Simple” March 25-26 at 7:30 p.m. in the Black Box Theater, Class of 1944 Hall. […]
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