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Six years after graduating from Westbrook High School, 2017 Mitchell Scholar JD Ndayishimiye has received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences — and a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in clinical pharmacogenomics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, which he will start in August 2023. Along the way,… Read more »

As she finishes her degree in Medical Biology/Pre-med and Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities, University of New England senior Emily Birdsall is grateful to the Mitchell Institute for several things, including events like MILE II that give Scholars a “safe space” to explore career options and the opportunity to apply for a supplemental fellowship of… Read more »

In the latest episode of the Scholars Speak podcast, host Michele Martin, the 1999 Mitchell Scholar from Scarborough High School, catches up with Wendy Gibbs, the 2012 Mitchell Scholar from Mount View High School. Listen up as Gibbs, who earned bachelor’s degrees in Business Management and Political Science at the University of Maine and later… Read more »

In the latest episode of the Scholars Speak podcast, host Michele Martin, the 1999 Mitchell Scholar from Scarborough High School, catches up with Adam Fortier-Brown, the 2015 Mitchell Scholar from Gardiner Area High School. Listen up as Fortier-Brown, who graduated from the University of Maine with a degree in Economics and Political Science, shares insights… Read more »

Estimated reading time: 1 minute, 22 seconds As reported by local, national, and international media outlets (see links below), Senator George Mitchell, chair of the negotiations that led to Northern Ireland’s historic 1998 accord and an end to decades of sectarian bloodshed, was overseas in early April to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good… Read more »