Students in the Spotlight
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Jamie Young, a PhD student in Biomedical Sciences, received a Greater Research Opportunities Fellowship from the U.S. EPA
November 20, 2008
Jamie Young, a PhD student in Biomedical Science has received a Greater Research Opportunities Fellowship from the U.S. EPA for her work in Cancer Research. Her research focuses on the potential exposure of environmental pollutants; hexavalent chromium and arsenic to the general public. Young is one of only two recipients of the award granted in
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Dan Flannery, a MFA Intermedia student, awarded two Children's Music Web Awards for 2008
Posted November 20, 2008
Dan Flannery, a MFA Intermedia student has been awarded two Children's Music Web Awards for 2008. Dan is currently pursuing his Intermedia degree with a focus on exploring new ways to present abstract concepts, stories, and information to children through a variety of interactive media.
Dan has worked in the field of children's media since 2001 when he began writing and producing music for a children's hip-hop project called MeeWee. MeeWee is designed to provide children of the hip-hop generation with positive, educational music. To date, it has been successfully integrated into hundreds of school programs across the country. The album, "MeeWee: Hip Hop for Kids" was recently released and just won Best Album for School Aged Children in the 2008 Children's Music Web Awards.
His latest record, "Show Me How You Dance" is a collection of animal inspired dance songs, and aims to help kids develop a strong sense of self while having fun and enjoying music. After learning a wide array of animal dances, listeners demonstrate how a person dances by performing their own unique moves. A track from this album, "The Crab Walk" won Best Song for School Aged Children in the 2008 Children's Music Web Awards.
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UMaine doctoral student, Nancy Forster-Holt, elected to the Institution of Management Accountants' Small Business and Regulatory Affairs Committee
Posted November 3, 2008
UMaine doctoral student Nancy Forster-Holt, a UMaine business lecturer who is also a business owner, has been elected to the Institution of Management Accountants' Small Business and Regulatory Affairs Committee. According to John Mahon, Dean of the College of Business, Public Policy, and Health, "Nancy Forster-Holt is an incredibly talented colleague, teacher and student at Maine Business School. In addition to running her own small business she teaches classes for us in several areas and is a very popular instructor. Bright, engaging and creative in her teaching style and approach she is a credit to us."
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Jeffrey Marsh, doctoral student in Earth Sciences, receives multiple research awards in 2008
Posted September 15, 2008
Jeffrey H. Marsh is a PhD student in the Department of Earth Sciences. His dissertation research addresses how the strength of large faults (and their deeper shear zones) in Earth’s crust evolves with time and progressive tectonic plate motions. This question is at the core of cutting-edge research in fault mechanics, and has important societal implications owing to the hazards posed by seismogenic faults like the San Andreas Fault in
