John Volin, executive vice president for Academic Affairs and provost at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Hechinger Report about how Maine is addressing the decline in higher education enrollment. “Making sure college remains affordable is vital, but so are keeping a deliberative focus on a students’ overall well-being and expanding […]
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In honor of National 4-H Week, Kristy Ouellette and Mitch Mason, University of Maine Cooperative Extension professors, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News about how 4-H and other groups help young Mainers find purpose. Ouellette and Mason outlined what Maine needs to do to support the state’s young talent through investment of […]
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Hope Carroll, an undergraduate communications student at the University of Maine, wrote an op-ed for the Bangor Daily News about how UMaine needs more state funding to attract prospective undergraduate students. “It is essential that high school students are provided better education surrounding student loan debt. In turn, the state of Maine must invest more […]
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Brian Pitman, professor of sociology at UMaine, wrote a column for centralmaine.com which critically analyzes “The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.” Pitman examines key parts of the bill and their connections to a history of racism. He is a member of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across the […]
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Kristy Ouellette, University of Maine Cooperative Extension professor of 4-H youth development at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News about how the youth mental health crisis is impacting schools and teachers. “In the midst of a national youth mental health crisis, instead of claiming the kids are OK, […]
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Robert Glover, associate professor of political science and honors at the University of Maine, wrote an op-ed for the Bangor Daily News about the prevalence of gun violence in Maine. “Gun violence is here. It is costly. It is devastating. There is no cultural or social protective bubble rendering us immune from the grisly murder […]
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Brad Pitman, assistant professor of sociology, wrote an op-ed for the Bangor Daily News examining the implementation of a law requiring police agencies to have homelessness crisis response protocols in Maine. Pitman writes that the new law may be well-intentioned, but might have the unintended consequence of increasing police surveillance of the growing number of […]
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Nicholas Micinski, Libra Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the University of Maine, wrote an article for the Washington Post about the European Union granting Ukrainian refugees temporary protection in a departure from their response to past migrant crises. Micinski wrote, “The Ukraine crisis shows that the E.U. can and does cooperate […]
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Kessie Silas, Jamie Kane, Andy Bradley and Alli O’Neil, social work graduate students at the University of Maine, wrote an op-ed for the Bangor Daily News arguing that the state of Maine has the power to decrease the number of deaths from overdoses by expanding the Good Samaritan Law, which prevents a person who seeks […]
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The Bangor Daily News published a column co-written by Michelle de Leon, graduate student in ecology and environmental sciences at the University of Maine. De Leon argues that listening to and sharing the stories of Indigenous peoples in Maine can influence change in tribal and nontribal communities.
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