In the News

July 27, 2017
Island Institute hosts panel on women's views and voices Aug. 2
By Dagney Ernest / Village Soup

On Wednesday, August 2 at 10:30 a.m., the Island Institute will host a panel discussion on women’s views and voices in Maine’s island communities.
July 20, 2017
Island Institute receives national recognition for Island Fellows Program
By Staff / Penobscot Bay Pilot

The Island Institute's Island Fellows Program was recently recognized as the 2017 Outstanding Program by the Community Development Society, a national professional society for practitioners of community development.
Community Engagement
July 19, 2017
To Preserve Rustic Way Of Life, Maine Islanders Clamor For Modern Internet Access
By Fred Bever / Maine Public

Maine is the most rural state in the nation and, also, one with some of the poorest internet access. Out on the coastal islands, internet service ranges from lousy to nonexistent.
Economic Development
July 13, 2017
Talk on ‘Our Unsettled Shores’
By Dagney Ernest / Village Soup

Historian and author John R. Gillis will speak on human movement and its importance to evolution on the coasts of Maine and elsewhere during the Island Institute’s Summer Lecture Series Wednesday, July 19, at 10:30 a.m.
July 9, 2017
Midcoast Leadership Academy graduates 18
By Staff / Village Soup

Midcoast Leadership Academy and the University of Maine Hutchinson Center have announced completion of the academy’s seventh program year and the July 2 graduation of 18 current and prospective community leaders.
July 6, 2017
Island Institute awards scholarships to island students
By Staff / Village Soup

The Island Institute recently awarded scholarships to 71 island students pursuing post-secondary education at colleges, universities and technical schools across the United States and Canada.
Community Engagement
June 23, 2017
Island Institute hosts free summer lecture series
By Staff / Penobscot Bay Pilot

The Island Institute will host a free lecture series this summer that will feature authors, artists, and experts sharing insights into life on the Maine coast, as well as their perspectives and reflections on the challenges of making it here.
Media
June 1, 2017
Pingree reintroduces bipartisan bill to study impact of ocean acidification on coastal communities
Office of Congresswoman Chellie Pingree
Aquaculture & Marine
June 1, 2017
Bowdoin’s Eileen Johnson Joins Project to Help Coastal Towns Withstand a Rising Sea
By Rebecca Goldfine / Bowdoin News

Bowdoin College’s Eileen Johnson will be collaborating with the Rockland-based Island Institute to help Maine’s 120 coastal and island communities cope with battering storm surges and rising sea levels.
Community Engagement, Data and Research, Aquaculture & Marine

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