Students in the Spotlight

  • Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Communication Student Karen Hutchins Receives Judges' Pick Runner-Up Prize from NSF

    Posted November 2, 2011

    Karen Hutchins, an Interdisciplinary Doctor of Philosphy candidate in Communication, was recognized by the National Science Foundation at the National EPSCoR Conference in October for her research poster "Linking Knowledge with Action Through Municipality-University Partnerships: Predicting Interest in and Preference for Partnerships."  Hutchins won the Judges' Pick Runner-Up Prize for her poster which presents her preliminary results of a new statewide survey of 1,176 Maine municipal officials.  Her participation in this activity was supported by the National Science Foundation award to Maine EPSCoR at the University of Maine.  For the full press release, please click here. 
     

  • Computer Engineering Students Place 1st & 2nd of Northeast USA Region in IEEE International Programming Contest

    Posted November 3, 2011

    Team Megaflops, which included two graduate students, Jason Monk and Aaron McCollough, both Master of Science in Computer Engineering students, and Forrest Flagg won first place in the Northeastern Region of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) International Programming Competition.  UMaine's Team ShortCircuts won second prize and consisted of undergraduate students Gabriel Noblesmith, Alexander Arseneau and Corey Birdsall.  For the full press release, please click here.  Pictured at left (from left to right) is Forrest Flatt, Jason Monk and Aaron McCollough.

  • Master of Arts in English Student, Rebecca Czlapinski Publishes New Edition of Gothic Novel

    Rebecca Czlapinski, a Master of Arts student in the English Department, recently published a new edition of an an early Gothic novel.  Pyrenean Banditti by Eleanor Sleath was originally published in 1811; the book recounts the trials and tribulations of Adelaide, possibly the daughter of a chevalier or possibly of a peasant.  This 200th Anniversary Edition of Pyrenean Banditti reprints the unabridged text of the first edition of this engaging Gothic novel, which survives in only three known copies worldwide.  Also included in this special edition is a new introduction by Czlapinski in which the details of the life of the mysterious author, Eleanor Sleath, are revealed for the first time.

  • Master of Arts in History Student, Joseph Miller Named Cadet Command Instructor of the Year

    Posted September 27, 2011

    Joseph Miller, a Master of Arts in History student who is intending to continue on to the History Ph.D. program here at UMaine, has been awarded the 2011 Cadet Command Instructor of the Year by the U.S. Army Cadet Command.  For the full press release from the Bangor Daily News, please click here.  Photo courtesy of Brian Swartz.

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