Are you a UMS student with an interest in public policy? The Maine Policy Scholars program may be for you. In this scholarship program students carry out independent policy research, participate in colloquia, and present their research ideas and findings. Each student chooses a public policy topic and works with a faculty advisor and a […]
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The Margaret Chase Smith Public Affairs Scholarship for the 2019-2020 academic year has been awarded to UMaine undergraduate students Cole Butler and Abby Despres. Butler, a Mathematics major from Orono, ME, will work alongside Dr. Peter Stechlinski to develop a mathematical model of the opioid epidemic in the United States. Despres, a Political Science major […]
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One of the Policy Center’s public affairs scholars, Katelyn Manzo, of Etna, Maine, has been named the Outstanding Graduating Student in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Manzo, who majored in computer science, is both a Margaret Chase Smith Public Affairs Scholar and a UMaine Presidential Scholar. Since 2016, Manzo has been a Maine Learning […]
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The 2017-18 Margaret Chase Smith Public Affairs Scholarship recipients, Katie Manzo and Julianna Ferguson, gave poster presentations of their research this week at the University of Maine Student Symposium held at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. A graduating senior in the School of Computing and Information Science, Manzo’s research focused on developing a website […]
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Sierra Kuun, 2016-17 recipient of the Margaret Chase Smith Public Affairs Scholarship, presented her research on April 24th at the University of Maine Student Research Symposium. Kuun is a fourth-year chemical engineering major at UMaine. Her project was entitled A Study of Undergraduate Perception and Behavior Toward On-Campus Composting. Kuun carried out her research through the Mitchell […]
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