Centers and Institutes

Collaborating Across ³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ Centers and Institutes

The ³ÉÈËÖ±²¥â€™s institutes and centers advance discovery, education, and public impact across health, science, teaching, innovation, and environmental leadership. Together, they serve as hubs for interdisciplinary research, applied learning, community engagement, and collaboration — connecting students, faculty, and partners to address complex local, national, and global challenges.

Two U N E students discuss a Makerspace project
Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
The Portland working waterfront
The Center For North Atlantic Studies
Community members attend a C G H lecture
Center for Global Humanities

Research Centers

A U N E student looks into a microscope in the center for cell signaling research
Center for Cell Signaling Research
A U N E student helps a child participant at the brain fair event
Center for Excellence in the Neurosciences
A U N E student works in the center for pain research
Center for Pain Research
A U N E student and faculty member perform research in the marine science center
Girard Marine Science Center

Public Health Centers

A speaker presents at a ³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ podium before a seated audience of older adults during a Legacy Scholars event.
Center for Healthy Aging
A U N E employee gives a SNAP_ed demonstration
Center for Public Health Practice

Teaching and Clinical Innovation Centers

A faculty member stands in front of a chalkboard
Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
A group of students from different health programs discuss a diagnosis over a patient simulator
Center to Advance Interprofessional Education and Practice
Two osteopathic medicine students in the simulation lab
Interprofessional Simulation and Innovation Center
A U N E student works in the clinical performance center
Clinical Performance Center