In this issue: USM student among Portland's Global Shapers, Sloth Action hits video game market, buoy art welcomes new Mainers, and more.
 
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  Muna Adan  
Meet a Portland "Global Shaper"
 
Maine's first Global Shapers' Hub includes Ethiopian-born Muna Adan, a first-year communications major with aspirations to change the world. She's among a group of 20 people under 30 chosen to tackle a "hub project" in Portland.
 
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  Leah Dell  
Double Win for USM Student
 
Junior Leah Dell scored two victories at a recent Eastern Athletic Trainers' Association (EATA) conference. She came away with a scholarship and captured the student quiz bowl title — a University of Southern Maine (USM) first. Next stop: the nationals.
 
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  Sloth Action  
Video Games Made Here
 
Collaboration is the name of the game at USM's Ci2 tech studio. Recently, a diverse team of arts and sciences students launched the video game Sloth Action. Now they're planning a start-up company to reach wider audiences.
 
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  Ira Levine  
USM Professor Earns Fulbright Honor
 
Aquaculture expert Ira Levine is off to India as a Fulbright Distinguished Chair. He'll share his expertise in algae cultivation, his research focus in the Natural and Applied Sciences program at USM's Lewiston-Auburn College.
 
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  Buoy Art Project  
Unique Art Project Buoys Awareness
 
USM artist-in-residence Natasha Mayers and USM students worked with immigrant and refugee teens to create a "buoy art" project welcoming new Mainers. The buoys depict the flags of 70 countries represented by Portland's newest residents.
 
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  Justin Levesque  
On the Green Line: Maine to Iceland
 
Justin Levesque '10 spent nine days aboard the MV Selfoss, documenting its voyage from Portland to Reykjavik. Through his podcast and striking images, he offers a fascinating glimpse into the emerging Maine-Iceland connection.
 
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