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JOAN M. ATKINSON, project specialist, Muskie School
Institute for Public Sector Innovation, and intern Matthew
Litalien were part of a team that submitted an abstract of
the "Nutrition Risk Surveillance of Elderly in Maine" project
to the International Academy on Nutrition and Aging. The abstract
was accepted and will be part of the poster session at Academy's
meeting taking place in New Mexico this coming July.
E. MICHAEL BRADY, professor of adult education and
senior research fellow, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute,
and KALI LIGHTFOOT, director, Osher Lifelong Learning
Institute, presented "Making Maine a Great Place to Grow Old,"
in conjunction with Brandeis University at the American Society
on Aging/National Coalition on Aging Joint National Conference
held in Chicago last March. They also hosted a round table
on the Maine Senior College Network. In addition, Brady presented
the results of the recent research on "Journal Writing and
Aging," that he conducted with HARRY Z. SKY, senior
consultant, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
COURTNEY JACKSON, evaluation coordinator II, Muskie
School Institute for Public Sector Innovation, will present
her work on the "Maine School Oral Health Initiative" and
the "Expanded Vision Screening Pilot Evaluation" at the Academy
of Health annual research meeting this June in Nashville,
Tenn. In August, she will present the paper "Maine School
Oral Health Initiative Evaluation" at the American Sociological
Association annual meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.
BILL GAYTON, chair and professor of psychology, and
ROBIN AUDESSE, associate director, Office of Graduate
Admissions, co-authored the paper "Psychological Rehabilitation
of the Injured Athlete," that appeared in the March/April
2003 issue of The American Journal of Medicine & Sports.
REBECCA GOODALE, lecturer in art, was one of the artists
in the show, "10 x 10 Again," that was on exhibit in the Jameson
Gallery on Commercial St., Portland, this April.
COLLEEN KHOURY, dean, School of Law, was named one
of the five recipients of the American Bar Association's Margaret
Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award.
SAT GUPTA, director, graduate program in statistics,
and professor of mathematics, is the recipient of the 2002
Thomas L. Saaty Prize for Applied Advances in the Mathematical
and Management Sciences for the paper he co-authored, "A Two-Step
Approach to Estimating Fractionally Differenced ARIMA Models."
ROBERT LEHMANN, assistant professor of music, conducted
the California All State Festival Orchestra in Pasadena in
March, and will conduct the Maine All State Orchestra, hosted
by the USM School of Music in May.
CARTER MANNY, associate professor of business law,
had a two-part article, "European and American Privacy: Commerce,
Rights and Justice," published in the European journal, The
Computer Law and Security Report (Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 4-10,
and Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 92-100). He presented the paper, "Privacy
and Health Information: Transatlantic Perspectives," at the
annual meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Academy of Legal Studies
in Business at the University of Maryland last March. In April
he presented the paper, "Privacy and Transfers of Health Information
Between the European Union and the U.S.," at the annual meeting
of the North Atlantic Regional Business Law Association in
Boston.
JAYNE D. B. MARSH, assistant professor, Social and
Behavioral Sciences Program, Early Childhood Studies, Lewiston-Auburn
College, presented a workshop, "Attachment in Early Childhood:
Connecting and Communicating with Your Child," at the Advocates
for Children'sæAnnual Parenting Matters Conference in April
at Central Maine Technical College.
ABRAHAM PECK, special assistant to the dean for religious
studies, was a recipient of a Jefferson Award for his commitment
to promoting cultural diversity.
BARBARA RICH, associate professor of social welfare,
was awarded one of the Maine Campus Compact Donald Harward
Awards for Service-Learning Excellence. DESI LARSON,
assistant professor of adult education, and MICHELLE VAZQUEZ
JACOBUS, assistant professor of social and behavioral
sciences, Lewiston-Auburn College, received honorable mentions.
DAVID WAGNER, professor of social work, signed a contract
with the Rowman-Littlefield Company for a book titled "The
Poor Farm: A Forgotten American Institution" that will trace
the history of five New England areas, including Portland
and Lewiston, Maine, and explore how institutions for the
poor have transformed over the centuries.
MARTY ZANGHI, manager of Youth Development Projects,
Muskie School Institute for Public Sector Innovation, conducted
a workshop on an IPSI study, "Promising Practices: How Foster
Parents Can Support the Successful Transition of Youth From
Foster Care to Self-Sufficiency" for the National Independent
Living/Transitional Living conference held in April, and sponsored
by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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