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

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.