Muskie School of Public Service

At a time when health experts in every state struggle to protect their rural populations — where COVID-19 is taking so many lives — a University of Southern Maine researcher is leading the National Rural Health Association. On January 1, John Gale began a year-long term as the association’s elected president.

The 10-page report, “Breaking the Cycle: Interrupting Generational Incarceration in Maine,” calls for more evidence-based community programming that supports families, prevents incarceration, and facilitates parent-child relationships when parents are incarcerated. The report is the latest report to be released by the Place Matters project, which is housed at the Cutler Institute.

The Muskie School's very own Joseph W. McDonnell, a professor of public policy and management, examined Dr. Martin Luther King's past works in the context of current events in a recent special published by the Portland Press Herald.

Students in PPM 613 PPM Workshop class in Fall 2020 semester worked with Portland Society of Architects to develop an equitable vision of the city.

The new partnership — the Arctic Education Alliance — will build vocational education programs that support training in sustainable tourism, hospitality, and land and fisheries management in Greenland. The project will foster collaboration between U.S. and Greenlandic education communities and expand educational and economic opportunities.

The Muskie School’s Policy, Planning, and Management program will now offer the Certificate of Graduate Study in Public and Nonprofit Management online starting spring 2021.

Muskie's Public Health Programs Highlighted in the Bangor Daily News

Faculty and staff from the University of Southern Maine contributed to a new analysis and narrative being used by the U.S. Centers of Disease Control to better understand the spread of COVID-19.

Raegan Young ’20 MPPM Recognized with Dr. Edward F. Dow Award by the City of Auburn for her work during internship

In addition to receiving the state’s top principal and superintendent honors, Andrew Dolloff received Maine’s School Superintendents Association Outstanding Leadership Award in 2017 and the New England League of Middle Schools Outstanding Superintendent Award in 2020.