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The UMaine Graduate School solicits photo submissions for the first Graduate Student photo contest. The contest is open to all UMaine graduate students and will include prizes for 1st place ($100), 2nd place ($50), and 3rd place ($25) in each of three categories: grad student life, grad student research, and grad student teaching. Submissions are due on Monday, March 18, 2013. For more information, see the guidelines and submission information.
Guidelines & Submission Informatio...
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Join Dottie & Crystal from the Graduate School on Tuesday, October 23rd from 4-6pm or Wednesday, October 24th from 2-4pm in the Graduate Commons of Stodder Hall for an informative session about how to format your thesis or dissertation! They will be covering the same information on both days and will focus on common mistakes along with samples of what to do. Please email the "Thesis Workshop" folder in FirstClass or thesis.workshop@umit.maine.edu to register....
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Posted October 15, 2012
Forest Resources Doctoral student Alper Kiziltas received a scholarship from the Society of Plastics Engineers’ Automotive and Composites Division for his plans to study the potential use of natural fillers to make automotive plastics. Kiziltas plans to explore the use of fillers such as wood flour, hemp and flax as replacements for materials like glass and carbon fibers in thermoplastics. Kiziltas conducts his research at the University of Maine’s Advanced St...
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Posted October 9, 2012
Kara Janes, a Master of Social Work student, recently received the best “Reality Check” reward from Family Caregiver Alliance, a non-profit in San Francisco, for her experience spending 10 days at a nursing home in order to, “build empathy for her clients and enrich her clinical understanding of the long-term care environment.” The story of her time at the nursing home was also featured in the Bangor Daily News and in Silverwire, the newsletter of t...
