JOHN MUTHYALA, chair and associate professor of English, talked about “America in a Global World” during a March 13 presentation that marked the beginning of a daylong event hosted by Community Cultural Celebration at Lake Region High School in Naples. See CCC for more information.
DOUGLAS T. OWENS, associate professor of music, co-presented “Understanding the Music School” and “Impacting Music Sub-Disciplines: Entrepreneurship Education for Performance and Non-Performance Students” at the College Music Society Inaugural Summit on Music Entrepreneurship Education on January 15-17, 2010 in Nashville, Tenn.
JUDY SHEPARD-KEGL, professor of linguistics, was the featured commentator for a presentation of Francois Truffaut’s classic film “The Wild Child,” which was part of the Science on Screen series at The Coolidge Corner Theatre in Boston, Mass.
FRANCESCA VASSALLO, associate professor of political science, co-presented “The Global Financial Crisis in the Newer EU Member States: Eastern Europe and the Balkans” in Portland on November 19.
JOHN WISE, professor and director of Maine Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health, HONG XIE, assistant research professor of applied medical sciences, W. DOUGLAS THOMPSON, chair and professor of epidemiology, and students SANDRA WISE, AMIE HOLMES, and QIN QIN, co-authored “Comparative Genotoxicity and Cytotoxicity of Four Hexavalent Chromium Compounds in Human Bronchial Cells” in Chemical Research in Toxicology (Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 365-372). Also, Wise, Xie, and Thompson with student CAROLYNE LaCERTE co-authored “Depleted Uranium Induces Neoplastic Transformation in Human Lung Epithelial Cells” in Chemical Research in Toxicology (Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 373-378). Wise, ABOU EL-MAKARIM ABOUEISSA, assistant professor of mathematics and statistics, STEPHEN PELSUE, associate professor of immunology and molecular biology, and students Amie Holmes and Sandra Wise co-authored “Chronic Exposure to Zinc Chromate Induces Centrosome Amplification and Spindle Assembly Checkpoint Bypass in Human Lung Fibroblasts” in Chemical Research Toxicology (Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 386-395).
It’s the time of the year when USM officially recognizes the outstanding work of students with the presentation of scholarships and other special awards.
The following USM schools and colleges are hosting events to recognize our best and brightest. Please feel free to attend.
The Portland Jazz Orchestra was featured on MPBN’s “Friday Night Jazz” with Rich Tozier” on April 2. PJO is directed by Director of Jazz Studies Chris Oberholtzer, who was is joined by his USM colleagues Doug Owens, Mark Manduca, and Craig Skeffington, and alumni Sean Potter, Kyle Hardy, Tom Michaud, and Larry Williams. Listen to the performance recorded live at Husson University on MPBN’s Web page.
Muskie students attended East Bayside workshops sponsored by Portland using grant funding from the American Institute of Architects designed help provide technical assistance for neighborhood revitalization. Read more in the March 31 Portland Press Herald.
On March 31, Professor of Political Science Ron Schmidt’s comments on the new Health Care Reform Bill aired on WMTW-TV, Channel 8.
Schmidt was also interviewed by the Boston Globe (no link available).
Coordinator of Multicultural Student Affairs Reza Jalali’s editorial on misconceptions about Islam was published in the March 30 Portland Press Herald.
