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Three of the four Mitchell awards are: a SOE faculty, a PhD student and an external partner

The Mitchell Center has recognized the outstanding contributions of teams, mentors, students, and partners via annual awards. This year’s award nominations were among the strongest ever submitted, which made the review committee’s decisions harder than ever. Congratulations to this year’s award recipients!  Outstanding mentorship of students in sustainability research Caroline Noblet, Associate Professor, School of […]

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Top 25 Women Leaders in Biotechnology of 2023 – SOE alum Ewa Kleczyk

With two decades of dedicated service in healthcare analytics and operations, Ewa J. Kleczyk, PhD, stands as a beacon of excellence and innovation. As the Senior Vice President of Commercial Analytics & Data Curation at Target RWE, Dr. Kleczyk has helped pioneer cutting-edge real-world data solutions that are pivotal for drug development and commercialization in […]

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Adekoya and Oliyide presented research at International Atlantic Economic Conference

SOE graduate students, Oluwasegun Adekoya and Johnson Oliyide, presented their research titled “Urban Influence of America’s Largest Metropolitan Areas on US Counties: Evidence from Econometric Connectedness” at the International Atlantic Economic Society Conference.  The conference was held October 6-7, 2023 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Using time series methods, their research investigates how economic activity shocks of […]

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Klein and Noblet in UMaine Today

Dr. Sharon Klein and Dr. Caroline Noblet are featured in UMaine News regarding their grant from the U.S. EPA in the story: UMaine economists developing new resource to help tribal and underserved communities in Maine implement renewable energy Read all about it!   

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Congratulations to SOE Graduate Student Ana María Ospina Tobar

The School of Economics (SOE) congratulates M.S. student Ana María Ospina Tobar on her successful completion of graduate studies in Resource Economics and Policy. Ana María engaged in multiple activities during her time at UMaine. She excelled academically, participated in extracurricular activities with UMaine’s International Programs, and attended multiple seminars and talks organized by the […]

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Gabe, Wiesen, and alumnus Bharadwaj research urban influence in Maine

How do the economies of urban areas affect the economies of rural areas?  This is one of the key questions surrounding the regional sciences topic of urban influence.  In a recently published article, SOE professors Todd Gabe and Thomas Wiesen and recent alumnus Lakshya Bharadwaj (MS in Financial Economics) propose a novel measure of urban […]

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