The School of Economics will host two events via Zoom at the UMaine Alumni Association’s Virtual Homecoming 2020. (1) Women in Economics virtual coffee hour on Friday, October 16th from 3 to 4 PM. Join SOE faculty & students and SOE Alumnae Dr. Ewa Kleczyk (Symphony Health), Danielle Jones (Office of Management & Budget), Jennifer […]
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SOE Faculty Member Jonathan Malacarne and SOE graduate student Shelby Francis are part of a new research project focused on value-added grains. Led by researchers at Cornell University and funded by a $2 million USDA Award, the multi-institutional project team will focus on developing infrastructure to establish markets for organic grains in the Northeast and […]
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Maine restaurants and lodging establishments are expected to generate between $2.7 billion and $3.3 billion in sales this year, according to new research by UMaine Professors Todd Gabe and Andrew Crawley of the School of Economics. “We’re expecting 2020 hospitality sales to decrease about 30 percent relative to sales from last year,” said Andrew Crawley, […]
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Associate Professor Sharon Klein is the star of a recent Maine Science Podcast. In her conversation with Kate Dickerson, Founder and Director of the Maine Science Festival, Sharon shares interesting insights about her research of renewable energy and community-based renewable energy projects and her enthusiasm for providing students with authentic research experiences. Sharon conducts cutting-edge […]
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SOE Associate Professor Keith Evans, Interim Dean Mario Teisl, and colleagues (Amy Lando and Sherry Liu) recently published research on risk perceptions and food-handling practices in the home. Using multiple years of FDA Food Safety Survey data, they assessed the link between behavior-specific risk perceptions and three food-handling practices: handwashing, avoiding cross-contamination, and proper refrigeration […]
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School of Economics graduate student Taylor Lange recently completed his masters of resource economics and policy degree. Taylor has been working with his advisor Dr. Tim Waring on a project exploring the evolution of consumer preferences, cooperative behavior and organizational stability in small scale food buying clubs. Drs. Caroline Noblet and Andrew Crawley also served […]
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SOE Professor Jonathan Rubin and and cooperating faculty member Adam Daigneault (SFR Assistant Professor) continue to provide scientific support to the Maine Climate Council. The Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the Maine Climate Council recently published a report entitled Scientific Assessment of Climate Change and Its Effects in Maine. Drs. Rubin and Daigneault Maine co-authored […]
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Jinhar Zahidi successfully earned her M.A. in Financial Economics degree in July 2020. Dr. Waring chaired Jinhar’s graduate committee on which Dr. Daley and Dr. Wiesen also served. During her time at UMaine, she worked at the Finance Office of the College of NSFA under the supervision of the Associate Dean of Finance, Susan Gallant. […]
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SOE Faculty Kathleen P. Bell and Keith Evans are part of an interdisciplinary research team that was awarded nearly $3 Million from the National Science Foundation to develop a new graduate program to train future Arctic scientists. Led by PI Jasmine Saros (Associated Director of CCI and EES Director), the interdisciplinary team will train 60+ […]
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SOE graduate Mariya (Marsha) Pominova (B.S. Economics 2018; M.S. Economics 2020) recently started a job as a research assistant at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington DC. Marsha successfully defended her thesis, Applications of Regional Agglomeration: Measures of Localization and Urbanization, and earned her graduate degree earlier this summer. The SOE Community is proud of […]
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