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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.


Student Internship Blog:
For updates from students participating in internships or traveling abroad, please check out their blog, SPIA ABROAD.

This summer, SPIA students will intern, among other places, in:

 

View locations of recent SPIA Internships:

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SPIA Abroad Blog

For updates from students participating in internships or traveling abroad, please check out their blog, SPIA ABROAD.

This summer, SPIA students will intern, among other places, in:
- New Brunswick, Canada
- Kochi, India
- Portland, Maine
- Kathmandu, Nepal
- Portland, Oregon
- Washington, DC

Latest News

The A2C2 IGERT is seeking new trainees for Fall of 2013. See How To Apply for more information.

Bangor Daily News Interviews Bruce Riedel, Member of SPIA’s Advisory Board
- “CIA officer, al-Qaida expert to discuss hunt for bin Laden, violence overseas at UMaine”
Article Here

Handling the Effects of Abrupt Climate Change
- SPIA, in collaboration with UMaine’s Climate Change Institute, is Awarded $3 Million NSF IGERT Award For An Adaptation To Abrupt Climate Change Program
News Release