{"id":42890,"date":"2019-06-03T16:33:18","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T20:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research\/?p=42890"},"modified":"2019-09-26T14:34:36","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T18:34:36","slug":"conversations-on-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research\/2019\/06\/03\/conversations-on-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Conversations on Research with Chancellor Page and President Ferrini-Mundy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>University of Maine System Chancellor James Page and President Joan Ferrini-Mundy discuss how UMaine research and development have evolved during his seven-year tenure. The Chancellor, who will retire June 30, and the President share their perspectives on the impact of research and development on the future of the University of Maine, the state, and beyond.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Maine\u2019s Research University at Work<\/h3>\n<p>Research and development in University of Maine System has rapidly evolved with the changing times, directly impacting communities, helping shape economies, and making a difference locally and globally, says Chancellor James Page. That\u2019s why it\u2019s more important than ever that stakeholders \u2014 including the public \u2014 are aware of and support research at Maine\u2019s public university system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe world is changing rapidly \u2014 the economy, the nature of research, how it&#8217;s funded, how it integrates with a local and a national economy,\u201d says Chancellor Page, who will retire in July after a seven-year tenure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow are we adapting to that rapidly evolving reality? I think the answer to that is: very, very well \u2014 terrifically.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Joan Ferrini-Mundy agrees. She sees the future of research and development at UMaine and in the System continuing to adapt to the needs of Maine communities, while increasing global impact.<\/p>\n<p>She believes it is important for the people in Maine to know how their tax dollars are helping to support their research university that is committed to addressing locally relevant problems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(That commitment) is fundamental to the land grant mission of our university,\u201d says President Ferrini-Mundy.<\/p>\n<p>The UMaine student experience is informed by the breadth and depth of a research university. Students have opportunities to collaborate with active researchers and scholars whose work involves discovery, better understanding and problem solving. Those students then join the workforce with skills and knowledge gained through coursework, research and scholarship, and engagement to make a difference in their communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a very broad kind of impact we can have,\u201d says President Ferrini-Mundy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u201cConversations on Research\u201d. Part 1: Global Impact. Local Relevance\" width=\"1268\" height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vw5Z05lrhB8?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3>Global Impact. Local Relevance.<\/h3>\n<p>Shortly after she took office last July, Chancellor Page and the System Board of Trustees charged President Ferrini-Mundy with the task of producing a multi-stage, multi-year strategic research and development plan to advance the seven campuses and Maine.<\/p>\n<p>President Ferrini-Mundy met with colleagues across the University of Maine System to discuss ways to improve the research and development. Among the many findings: Researchers need more infrastructure and resources to facilitate collaborations statewide, including cross-disciplinary partnerships, to tackle hard problems.<\/p>\n<p>Interdisciplinary teamwork, integration of research with instruction in the classroom, and ways to become an even greater asset to incoming industry are keys to advancing R&amp;D statewide, problem solving to meet Maine\u2019s needs, and preparing tomorrow\u2019s workforce.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe could be the place that has a very robust opportunity to provide R&amp;D capacity and support for companies that wish to locate here,\u201d says President Ferrini-Mundy. \u201cThey can partner with the university and the University System to figure out a way to keep improving their products and their productivity through our people, our labs, our scientists, and our students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The plan, approved by the Board of Trustees in May, provides optimism about the future of the university system and the economic future of the state of Maine, Chancellor Page says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat optimism is based on the fact that the public, our communities and our business communities will have the full support of the research institution and the entire System driving that forward,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Conversations on Research Part 2: The Future of UMaine Research and Development\" width=\"1268\" height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oWcN2YxTHJM?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3>Integrating Arts and Humanities with STEM<\/h3>\n<p>President Ferrini-Mundy says she sees data science, big data and artificial intelligence at the core of more scholarly work and research across multiple fields \u2014 from the STEM disciplines to digital humanities. And she is confident that student engagement in research, and the integration of research and instruction in the classroom, will continue to grow.<\/p>\n<p>Her goal is to have this educational experience available to every UMaine undergraduate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to be very clear that this will be beyond the STEM fields,\u201d she says. \u201cThis is for all of our creative and scholarly work \u2014 in the arts and humanities, work across everything that a university needs to include to be a comprehensive place of learning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s serving our student mission, which makes it very, very valuable to the state, to the university and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Media Contact: <a href=\"mailto:christel.peters@maine.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Christel Peters (christel.peters@maine.edu)<\/a>, 207.581.3571<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University of Maine System Chancellor James Page and President Joan Ferrini-Mundy discuss how UMaine research and development have evolved during his seven-year tenure. 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