Forbes highilighted the $240 million allocation from the Harold Alfond Foundation to the University of Maine System in an opinion piece about a new trend in gifts to higher education institutions. The Alfond investment in the University of Maine System is the largest ever to a public institution of higher education in New England and […]
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In advance of national media literacy week Oct. 26–30, a Bangor Daily News opinion piece by Alan Berry, University of Maine instructor and member of the Maine chapter of the Scholars Strategy Network, promoted media literacy and advanced the virtual news literacy challenge sponsored by UMaine’s Fogler Library.
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Ryan LaRochelle, University of Maine lecturer at the Cohen Institute for Leadership and Public Service, Rob Glover, associate professor of political science, and Brieanne Berry, Ph.D. candidate in anthropology contributed to an opinion published by Centralmaine.com. In the column, “What’s at Stake in the November Election,” LaRochelle and Glover expressed perspectives from the Scholar Strategies […]
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Tora Johnson, who chairs the Division of Environmental and Biological Sciences at the University of Maine at Machias, spoke with The Maine Monitor about addressing equity issues in storm preparedness as climate change intensifies storms and flooding. Johnson, also director of the Geographic Information Systems Laboratory and Service Center and associate professor of GIS at […]
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Stephen Shaler, director of the School of Forest Resources and associate director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine, spoke with The Maine Monitor about comparing the carbon footprint of wood to other building materials. Shaler, also a professor of wood sciences, was featured in a “Sea Change” commentary piece […]
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Maine Farm and Seafood Products Directory was highlighted in a recent guest column published in the Portland Press Herald. UMaine Extension worked with Allison Lakin, owner of East Forty Farm and Dairy, and Lakin’s Gorges Cheese in Waldoboro, to develop the database of Maine farmers’ creative distribution strategies implemented […]
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A guest column by Allison Hepler in the Portland Press Herald recognized the University of Maine Cooperative Extension for connecting Maine’s agricultural producers directly with consumers during the pandemic, when restaurant and food service orders have significantly decreased.
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Ian Mette, associate professor of educational leadership, co-wrote an opinion piece for the Atlanta Journal Constitution’s Get Schooled education blog titled “A generation endured test-centric schooling? Did it help?” The piece was co-authored with Carl Glickman, professor emeritus of education at the University of Georgia. Mette and Glickman wrote that school reform efforts aimed at […]
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An opinion piece by Lenard Kaye, professor of social work and director of the Center on Aging at the University of Maine, was featured in CentralMaine.com as part of a series authored by members of the Maine Scholars Strategy Network to address public policy challenges in Maine. Kaye’s column identified the obvious and subtle impacts […]
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Talking Points Memo (TPM) published Amy Fried’s analysis of the impact of ranked-choice voting on the U.S. Senate contest. The professor and chair of the Political Science Department explained how instant runoff voting and a ballot with more than two candidates could impact the outcome of the U.S. Senate race in Maine. If no candidate […]
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