News Releases 2007-2008

September 1, 2007 to present

Below are news releases written and distributed by the Office of Public Affairs. For more info, please contact the Office of Public Affairs at 780-4200 or e-mail lmooney@usm.maine.edu.

July

• “People, Planet, Profit” Themes of USM On-Line Business Program
• USM Faculty Member Receives Fulbright Award

June

• Tips for the Incoming College Student
• Professor Evan Richert of the USM Muskie School Recognized with 2008 Visionary Award from the Gulf of Maine Council
• USM Life Story Center Launches Interactive Web Site
• Portland Freedom Trail to Commemorate First Year Anniversary with Two Events
• Middle School Engineering Campers Unveil Their Gizmo on Friday, June 27
• USM Southworth Planetarium Receives 2008 Best of Portland Award
• USM’s WMPG Sixth Annual Bluegrass Spectacular 6:30 p.m, Monday, June 30
• USM Wins International Artificial Intelligence Competition
• USM Hosts Sport Psychology Institute
• USM Professor named International Fellow in Behavior Analysis
• Vermont Playwrights Award Winner Announced
• USM Writer’s Conference Offers Free Public Readings
• Parents Beware:  Teens Entering U.S. Workforce Risk Exposure to Sexual Harassment on the Job
• USM’s Summer Music Offerings

May

• Awards Presented at 2008 Commencement of the University of Maine School of Law
• USM Students’ Artificial Intelligence Program to Compete at World Congress on Computational Intelligence
• University of Maine School of Law Graduates 71
• University of Maine School of Law Graduation Features Keynote Address by the Honorable Frank M. Coffin
• USM Makes Cuts to Balance FY ‘09 Budget, Invest in Future Growth
• Local Upward Bound at USM Scholar Named One of 254 Nationally to Receive $20,000 in Scholarships from the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation
• USM Evenings at Abromson Screens Documentary about Sports Fans
• USM Honors 10 Retired Faculty and Distinguished Staff Members at Recent Commencement Ceremonies
• USM Corporate Partners Host Angus King at Monthly Breakfast Meeting Wed. May 14
• Scholarship Helps Community College Students Seeking USM Degree
• USM Grads Told Active Citizenship Changed the Nation
• USM’s 128th Commencement
• Auburn’s Mark A. Coursey Named USM’s 2008 Student Commencement Speaker

April

• USM Presents an Evening of Storytelling
• One Thousand Graduates To March at USM Commencement
• USM’s OLLI Honors Members in Their 90s
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation “Cover the Uninsured Week” at USM April 30, 2008
• USM is looking for Women to Participate in a Weight-Loss Study
• USM Earth Day Fair Features Water Tasting
• USM’s Third Annual Knap-In A Fun Family Event in Gorham
• The University of Southern Maine SIFE Team Receives Recognition at Regional Competition
• USM Students Organize Earth Day Fair
• Homemaking & Snowbabies at the North Pole: The Peary Polar Quest Through a Women's Lens
• Policy Soundings Features Incoming USM President Selma Botman
• USM Thinking Matters: From Soccer to Urban Sprawl
• USM Professor’s Book Introduces Non-Lawyers to the U.S. Legal System
• Author of “Sundays in America: A Yearlong Road Trip in Search of Christian Faith” reading at USM
• USM Hosts Northern Ireland Mission to Explore Maine’s Creative Economy
• Expert Speaks on Role of Vice Presidency in Presidential Elections
  Senator Muskie’s 1968 Candidacy Viewed as Pivotal

March

• Informational Session on Educational Psychology M.S. that focuses on Applied Behavior Analysis to be held Tuesday, April 8, 2008
• Bring Maine Together For Children - Maine Celebrates National Week of the Young Child
• USM’s English Department Hosting Free Lectures about Shakespeare
• USM School of Business Students and Alumni Form Investment Club
• Board of Visitors Presents New Report on the Future of the University of Southern Maine
• USM Board of Visitors to present "A Southern Maine Imperative II"
• Muslim/Jewish Relations Experts Judea Pearl and Akbar Ahmed to Speak at USM April 7
• USM’s Community Radio Station WMPG Launches Spring Begathon on Monday, March 31
• USM Responds to Business Community with Creation of Insurance Track
• April Informational Session on "Teaching ALL Students"
• Media Invited to view Maine Artist Paint in USM Gallery
• USM Looking For Women to Participate in Weight-Loss Study

February

• Israeli Veteran to Speak at USM about Israeli Occupation of Palestine
• New Book on Who Participates in Politics and Why
• USM Hosts A Hysterical Maine Event
• Business Leaders Named To Head USM School of Business Advisory Council
• USM Site for National Entrepreneurship Week in Maine Events
• Women and Gender Studies Program Presents Annual International Women’s Day Dinner
• Master of Possibilities
• Academic Programs To Be Evaluated
• USM Students Staff Soup Kitchen on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
• Shakespeare Revises “Hamlet"

January

• Informational Session on “Teaching ALL Students”
• USM Exhibit Celebrates African American Life in Central Maine
• Public Invited to Focus the Nation Teach-in on Global Warming
• USM Professor Thinks College Isn't for Everyone
• USM Looking for Women to Participate in Weight-Loss Study
• WMPG's 13th Annual Fat Tuesday Celebration Slated for February 5
• Leonard W. and Mary Jane Hill Cummings Donate Archives of The Bridge to USM's African American Collection of Maine
• USM Presents Budget Plan to Trustees
• USM Presidential Search Finalists
• The Nation Columnist Katha Pollitt to Read at USM Stonecoast MFA Event in Freeport on January 11
• USM Corporate Partners Host "Breakfast With Charlie"

December

• USM's MCBER Wins Award for Excellence in Economic Development Research
• USM/ARAMARK Contribute to Toys for Tots
• Kwanzaa Exhibition Open in USM's Glickman Family Library through January 10

November

• Yale University Professor to Speak at USM about Jimi Hendrix
• Mumps Confirmed on USM Campus
• WMPG Presents Panel Discussion on Diversity and Discrimination
• USM Course About Shopping More Than a Trip to the Mall
• The Power of Art Inspires USM Professor
• USM Residential Life and ARAMARK Dining Services Support Toys for Tots
• USM Muskie School Appoints Barbara Hart To Domestic Violence Research Team
• USM LAC Leadership Gifts Announced
• USM Student Business Plan Competition Finalist Sets Up Shop in Portland
• University of Southern Maine Professor Busts New England Thanksgiving and Christmas Holiday Myths
• USM's '07-'08 Trustee Professor Writing New Book about Novel "Peyton Place"
• USM Professors Are Named Fulbright Scholars In ’07-’08 Fulbright Scholar Program
• National Guard Soldier Awarded First USM John S. Ricci Fellowship
• USM Research Finds High Chromium Levels in Right Whales

October

• USM Muskie School Researcher Wins National Achievement Award
• USM Muskie School Partners With Goodall Hospital On Patient Safety Research
• USM Panel Discussion Examines Artistic Expression and Free Speech Within the University
• USM’s WMPG Announces 12th Annual Record & CD Sale
• UMaine Law School Lecture Examines Race, American Law and Victim Compensation
• Academic Freedom and the War on Terrorism
• Participants Needed for USM Study on Adult Children Caring for Aged Parents
• University of Southern Maine Presents the Portland Playback Theatre Performing “Holidays from Heaven and Hell”
• Business Coalition Holds First Symposium To Address Employment For People With Disabilities
• USM’s School of Business Announces New Sport Management Concentration, Appoints New Associate Professor
• USM School of Business Hosts Executive Forum 2007
• Actress, Comedienne Appears At USM To Celebrate National Disability Employment Month
• Conforti Named USM Distinguished Professor
• USM Sampson Center Celebrates 10th Anniversary with Reception, Exhibition, and Conference
• Kenneth R. Feinberg, Esq. to give 15th Annual Coffin Lecture on 9/11 Funds

September

• USM Premiers Film About Cutting and Self-Injury
• USM’s Muskie School Professor Richard Barringer receives NASPAA award
• New Book About First African American Woman Author Edited by USM Professor
• USM Office of Undergraduate Admissions to host Fall Open House
• USM Osher Map Library Lecture Open to Public on October 2
• Author Michael White to read at USM Portland Book Store
• USM and Portland host Waterfront Development Conference
• USM's Sampson Center Celebrates 10th Anniversary with "Catalyst for Change Award"
• Community Radio WMPG at USM Announces Major Fund-Raiser, Fall Begathon
• Defender of Academic Freedom Opens USM Convocation
• USM Muskie Forum Examines Changes in Healthcare Workforce

 

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