News and Events Latest News: January 11th, 2010 BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES UMAINE GLOBAL POLICY MASTER’S PROGRAM - UMaine News Release - Information about SPIA degree program Upcoming Events: March 31, 2010 – National Security Implications of Climate Change Speaker: Dr. William J Brennan, President Select, Maine Maritime Academy (MMA) Time: 3:30 pm Location: McIntire Room, Buchanan Alumni House April 6, 2010 – U.S. Nuclear Arms Policy and the NPT Speakers: Dr. Ira Helfand, MD, Co-Founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility, and Colonel Richard Klass (USAF, Ret.), Executive Director for the Veterans’ Alliance for Security and Democracy (VETPAC) Time: 3:00 pm Location: 120 Little Hall Recent Events: SPIA Seminar January 25, 2010 – “Two States, One State - Any Possibility for Peace in the Middle East?” Speaker: Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Ph.D., Founder and Chairman of the Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies and currently the Wallerstein Visiting Scholar at Drew University Time: 4:30pm Location: DPC 115

Request for Proposals:
- SPIA International Travel, Research and Collaboration Grants 2010 (pdf)
- SPIA International Curriculum Development Grants 2010 (pdf)

Welcome to the School of Policy & International Affairs (SPIA)

It gives us great pleasure to welcome you, whether you are a student, staff, faculty or visitor, and to invite you to browse our web site for programs and offerings of our School.  This website aims to give you an overview of activities sponsored and initiated by SPIA, including conference programs and special events.  SPIA also brings together faculty across campus in interdisciplinary mode to advance research and education on issues of critical importance in today’s global society.

We welcome comments, suggestions and feedback; please send your comments to spia@umit.maine.edu.

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