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

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