Finance Education

Business students to compete in CFA Challenge regional April 15

The University of Maine team that won the state’s Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute Research Challenge title in February will advance to the national competition April 15 as sub-regional champions competing with Canisius College and the University of Pittsburgh in the Eastern U.S. division.  The CFA Institute Research Challenge is an annual global competition that offers students […]

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UMaine students defend CFA research challenge state title

A team of students from the Maine Business School (MBS) at the University of Maine has claimed the top prize at the state’s 2021 Chartered Financial Analyst Institute Research Challenge, successfully defending the title won last year by another team of UMaine students. Pank Agrrawal, the team’s advisor, says that the students’ hard work has […]

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Financial markets

The human costs of financial crises: linking market sentiment to human capital loss

Global financial crises and the severe economic hardships they impose on millions of people worldwide can sometimes lead to violent and fatal outcomes, according to a new study from the University of Maine. The research, which links periods of economic turmoil to increased rates of suicide and murder-suicide, illuminates the often overlooked and understudied loss […]

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MeiWa Li

MeiWa Li: Using accounting knowledge to tackle health care challenges

MeiWa Li has her sights set on a career in health care services. The University of Maine junior from Hong Kong is an accounting major who interned at athenahealth last summer in Belfast. The fast-growing company, which provides cloud-based services for managing electronic medical records, medical billing, patient engagement and care coordination, assigned Li to […]

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Stevens Hall

Fifteen UMaine faculty members receive tenure and/or promotion

Tenure and/or promotion for 15 University of Maine faculty members has been approved by the University of Maine System Board of Trustees. The faculty were nominated by UMaine President Susan J. Hunter based on a peer and administrative review of their successful work in teaching, research and public service. “The caliber of these faculty members […]

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Media report on application increase, waitlist at UMaine

A number of media outlets reported the number of first-year student applications to the University of Maine is up 17 percent over last year and the university has instituted a waitlist for the first time in recent history. About 14,000 qualified students applied for admission and the projected incoming class will be about 2,150. Maine […]

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