WCSH story on GrowSmart report cites Â鶹´«Ã½as successful public investment

The Â鶹´«Ã½ was cited as an example of the success of public investment in an innovation-focused economy in a WCSH6 news story on a new report released by GrowSmart Maine.

In the story GrowSmart Board member Bonita Pothier offers examples like the Jackson Laboratory and the Â鶹´«Ã½, in which community investment has made a world of a difference.  She says, "I look at the work they're doing and at how maine people supported their efforts and provided funding for them, and we lead internationally in some efforts, and it's happening here in Maine; to me that's extraordinary."

About the Â鶹´«Ã½

The Â鶹´«Ã½ is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of . In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.