Spring/Summer 2019
ARTS AND HUMANITIES
Professional course prepares students to curate art – and a successful career
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Maine wild blueberry growers and university experts are united in the stewardship of the state’s native crop
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Courses, internships and incubators foster student innovation in Maine and beyond
EDUCATION
Unique research-practice partnership affirms synergy of schools and community well-being
Also in this issue
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Partnerships accelerate UMaine’s research, creativity, achievement and learner success
FLAGSHIP DIFFERENCE
International research team to study effects of ocean acidification in North Pacifica
FLAGSHIP DIFFERENCE
Researchers awarded $1.5 million to examine mosquito-borne diseases
FLAGSHIP DIFFERENCE
Protein, lipid connection could help lead to new influenza therapies
FLAGSHIP DIFFERENCE
Role of food in politics, public life the focus of research collaborative
STUDENTS FIRST
Students gain a worldview while providing nursing treatment in Costa Rica
STUDENTS FIRST
Two English majors named inaugural McGillicuddy Humanities Center Fellows
UMAINE ENGAGED
‘She makes sure
everyone is loved’
Hazel Goodwin has given her hands to larger service since 1954
INSIGHTS
Research, innovation and scholarship in spatial informatics, sociology, new media, forestry, history and more
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE FOUNDATION
University of Maine Foundation has a transformational 85-year tradition