Return to Campus_Provost Message_July 8, 2020

Screenshot of a webpage with a message from Faye W. Gilbert, Interim Executive Director for Academic Affairs and Provost and Dean of the Undergraduate School of Business with details of plans for the return to campus and teaching for the 2020 Fall Semester

Message from the Provost

Emails from Faye W. Gilbert, Interim Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost, and Dean of the Undergraduate School of Business, University of Maine regarding the return to campus for the 2020 Fall Semester

Return to Campus_Provost Message_July 30, 2020

Screenshot of a webpage with a message from Faye W. Gilbert, Interim Executive Director for Academic Affairs and Provost and Dean of the Undergraduate School of Business with responses to questions raised at the July 29, 2020 town hall meeting for University of Maine faculty regarding teaching

Academic Affairs Updates

Email updates from Faye W. Gilbert, Interim Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost, and Dean of the Undergraduate School of Business, University of Maine regarding various issues related to the academic affairs of the University of Maine during the COVID-19 pandemic

Student Life_Message from the Provost Email

Update on the return to campus for the 2020 Fall Semester sent by University of Maine Student Life to students on behalf of Faye W. Gilbert, Interim Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, and Dean of the Undergraduate School of Business, University of Maine

Define Tomorrow to Set Our Course Initiative_ Request for Ideas

A request for ideas for revenue enhancements, cost reductions, program revisions, and reorganization options as part of the University of Maine\u27s Define Tomorrow initiative created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The initiative was developed by the Define Tomorrow Steering Committee led by Faye Gilbert, Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, University of Maine. Includes a screenshot of the webpage regarding the Initiative and a copy of the call for ideas letter

Student Life_Helpful Updates Email

Update email sent by Student Life to students regarding the completion of the 2020 Spring Semester on behalf of Faye W. Gilbert, Interim Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, and Dean of the Undergraduate School of Business, University of Maine

Internships as clinical rotations in business: Enhancing access and options

Internships are high impact practices that offer work experiences and provide advantages for participating undergraduate students and for the talent acquisition efforts of firms. While research consistently documents the benefits of internships as a transformative experience, access and outcomes may vary for students and for underserved populations. Limitations of internships can include lack of access to enough positions as well as inadequate interactions between undergraduate students, firms, and faculty members in business programs. The purpose of this article is to describe an approach to enhancing access to internships on a larger scale with greater variety. Protocols found in clinical rotations in medicine and best practices for business internships guide development of the concept proposed in this paper. Steps associated with antecedents, process, and outcomes are summarized in a schematic and guide the development of the clinical internship framework. If high impact practices such as internships are to provide transformative experiences for all students, then the ideas developed to enhance academic efforts become critical components of future research and of continuous improvement efforts in business education over time

Virus genomes reveal factors that spread and sustained the Ebola epidemic.

The 2013-2016 West African epidemic caused by the Ebola virus was of unprecedented magnitude, duration and impact. Here we reconstruct the dispersal, proliferation and decline of Ebola virus throughout the region by analysing 1,610 Ebola virus genomes, which represent over 5% of the known cases. We test the association of geography, climate and demography with viral movement among administrative regions, inferring a classic 'gravity' model, with intense dispersal between larger and closer populations. Despite attenuation of international dispersal after border closures, cross-border transmission had already sown the seeds for an international epidemic, rendering these measures ineffective at curbing the epidemic. We address why the epidemic did not spread into neighbouring countries, showing that these countries were susceptible to substantial outbreaks but at lower risk of introductions. Finally, we reveal that this large epidemic was a heterogeneous and spatially dissociated collection of transmission clusters of varying size, duration and connectivity. These insights will help to inform interventions in future epidemics