SOE graduate student McK Mollner won the graduate student research award at the 2023 Maine Economics Conference. The Maine Economics Conference, organized by Bates College, Bowdoin College, Colby College, and University of Maine, was held at Bates College on Saturday, April 15th. Mollner shared their research done in collaboration with Devin Rowe, Angela Mech, and […]
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SOE undergraduate student Molly Shea will share her research done in collaboration with PFAS Research Initiative members Dr. Caroline Noblet and Dr. Dianne Kopec at the 2023 UMaine Student Symposium (UMSS23). The team will present their work, Landfills, and Overlooked Cost to the PFAS Global Crisis. We invite the SOE Community to attend the symposium […]
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SOE undergraduate student Kjersti Conway will share her research done in collaboration with Dr. Kelsi Hobbs at the 2023 UMaine Student Symposium (UMSS23). She will present her work, Food Insecurity and Food Allergies, in the student poster session. We invite the SOE Community to attend the symposium and visit her research poster (# 815). Advanced […]
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SOE undergraduate student Bruce Wyatt will share his Honor’s Thesis research done in collaboration with his advisor Dr. Caroline Noblet at the 2023 UMaine Student Symposium (UMSS23). Bruce will share his work Citizen Perceptions of the Sustainability of Marine Aquaculture. We invite the SOE Community to attend the symposium and visit this research poster (# […]
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SOE graduate student Charity Zimmerman and undergraduate student Molly Shea will share their research done in collaboration with Dr. Caroline Noblet at the 2023 UMaine Student Symposium (UMSS23). The team will present their work, Citizen Preferences for Addressing PFAS: Factors Affecting Willingness to Contribute. We invite the SOE Community to attend the symposium and visit […]
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SOE is excited to be hosting Dr. Kuhelika De from Grand Valley State University for a research seminar. Her talk, Business Cycles and Healthcare Employment, will take place via Zoom from Noon 1 to 1 PM on Friday, April 7th. To learn more more about Dr. De, click here.
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Associate Professor Sharon Klein presented her research in the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions Seminar Series on Monday, April 3rd. Her talk, LEAN In: Building and researching a statewide Local Energy & climate Action Network in Maine, provided an overview of her past research accomplishments and her vision for future collaborative research […]
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SOE faculty and students helped contribute to the 2023 Maine Sustainability and Water Conference held in Augusta, Maine on March 30th. Dr. Sharon Klein hosted the Maine Community Resilience Partnership: Supporting Local Climate and Energy Action session, which welcomed Maine community leaders (municipal & tribal government officials and citizens), Service Providers, and Regional Coordinators who […]
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Professor Kathleen Bell, Associate Professor Sharon Klein, and Graduate Student Researcher Ben Cotton recently represented the School of Economics (SOE) and College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, & Agriculture (NSFA) at the Maine State House in Augusta. The Hall of Flags Event, which took place on Thursday, March 23rd, celebrated the contributions of NSFA, the Maine […]
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Dr. Caroline Noblet, Graduate Student Charity Zimmerman and Undergraduate Researcher Molly Shea are part of the Mitchell Center’s interdisciplinary PFAS Research Initiative which recently received the Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions Award for Outstanding contribution toward the development of a solution by a research team. Noblet, Zimmerman, and Shea collaborated on research examining Maine residents’ baseline […]
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