Project Database
Visiting Professor, Aarhus University International Summer School
This project aims to expand North Atlantic experiences to students and to create connections for students to learn, collaborate, and hopefully visit various countries and institutions in the North Atlantic region.
Hirotoshi Takeda
School of Business
Experiential New England Ocean Cluster and Student Collaboration
USM students working with area seafood businesses associated with the New England Ocean Cluster with connections in Iceland.
Robert Heiser
School of Business
Honors Study Abroad Program
Offering USM students scholarship-funded travel courses and international internships in Iceland.
Rebecca Nisetich
Honors Program
Research Partnerships for Rural Community Development
Researching a variety of challenges in rural communities in Norway and Scotland.
Matthew Hoffman
Food Studies Program
Culture, Commerce, and the Digital Humanities
Preparing USM students for the global marketplace by developing skills in information technology and gaining real-life applications in marketing, business communication, and humanities-centered entrepreneurship.
Libby Bischof
Department of History
Culture, Commerce, and the Digital Humanities
Preparing USM students for the global marketplace by developing skills in information technology and gaining real-life applications in marketing, business communication, and humanities-centered entrepreneurship.
John Muthyala
Department of English
Suds to Shrimp
Developing a feed to support an aquaponics based prawn polyculture in Maine.
Theodore Willis
Environmental Science and Policy
Regulatory Compliance and Ethics Student Exchange Program
Creating collaborative learning opportunities between USM and Reykjavik University students to successfully navigate ethics and regulatory compliance.
Robert Bruce Thompson
Department of Psychology
USM Visiting Artist Program
Nordal is a leading Icelandic Artist who has created significant public art projects in and around the city of Reykjavik. Additionally, her work includes sculpture, 3D animation, photography, installations and cross-disciplinary work with architects, composers and theatre productions. Her presence as a Visiting Artist will contribute to Icelandic cultural connections and the USM North Atlantic Initiative.
Ólöf Nordal
Iceland University of the Arts
North Atlantic Student Teacher Exchange
Educating student teachers in Maine and Iceland by providing opportunities to teach abroad.
Kelly Hrenko
Department of Art
Exploring Public Health Collaboration in the North Atlantic
Supporting public health and healthcare capacity in the areas of workforce training, healthcare research, and course development for students in Maine, Iceland, Norway, and Scotland.
Judy Tupper
Cutler Institute
Seaweed Farming in Maine and Iceland
Developing educational opportunities to strengthen workforce capabilities for farming seaweed in Maine and Iceland.
Ira Levine
Department of Natural and Applied Sciences
Maine Regulatory and Training Ethics Center (MeRTEC)
Meeting industry needs by creating an interdisciplinary educational program to provide guidance in regulatory training and ethics.
Ross Hickey
Office of Research Integrity and Outreach
Innovation and Creativity Summer Session
Offering USM students an intensive summer program to equip them with the strategies to cultivate creativity and understand entrepreneurial risk by solving real world business challenges in Maine and Iceland.
Richard Bilodeau
School of Business
Tourism in Maine and Iceland
Educating students in Maine and Iceland to advance tourism sustainably in a changing global context.
Tracy Michaud
Tourism & Hospitality
GIS and Dune Formation Research
Using GIS technology to study past weather events to develop a drastic weather-prediction model.
Matthew Bampton
Muskie School of Public Service
Culture, Commerce, and the Digital Humanities
Preparing USM students for the global marketplace by developing skills in information technology and gaining real-life applications in marketing, business communication, and humanities-centered entrepreneurship.
Jan Piribeck
Department of Art
Sustainable Adaptations to Climate and Landscape Change
Educating USM students in GIS technology, sustainable environmental and tourism development strategies to better understand maritime climate change.
Firooza Pavri
GIS Department