The University of Maine The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine DigitalCommons@UMaine Publications Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions Spring 2020 Rebuilding the Ivory Tower: A Bottom-Up Experiment in Aligning Rebuilding the Ivory Tower: A Bottom-Up Experiment in Aligning Research With Societal Needs Research With Societal Needs David Hart Linda Silka Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mitchellcenter_pubs Part of the Environmental Studies Commons This Article is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@UMaine. It has been accepted for inclusion in Publications by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UMaine. For more information, please contact um.library.technical.services@maine.edu.