Opinion

BDN publishes op-ed by doctoral student

Andrea Mercado, a doctoral student in the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled “Childhood trauma can slow academic development. Here’s one way to fix it.” Mercado is a member of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together […]

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Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center launches online forum

The University of Maine’s Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center and its publication Maine Policy Review have created a new digital publication series titled “Maine Policy Perspectives.”  The online forum consists of a roundtable discussion of pressing policy issues that are under debate by policymakers at the local, regional, national and international levels.  Adhering to the […]

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President Ferrini-Mundy quoted in BDN editorial on postsecondary education

Joan Ferrini-Mundy, president of the University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias, was quoted in the Bangor Daily News editorial “There is value in education beyond high school, no matter where you go to school.” “We need people to be lifelong learners,” said Ferrini-Mundy. The goal is for higher education “to suit a […]

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Socolow tackles TikTok in Politico piece

Politico published Michael Socolow’s piece “The Trouble with TikTok: Journalists should not be promoting a platform with a documented history of political censorship.” While the quirky videos may seem relatively harmless, the University of Maine associate professor wrote that TikTok “relies on its users’ ignorance of its origins and practices. How many teens, or journalists, […]

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Grad student writes BDN op-ed on expanding financial literacy 

Robyn Young, a graduate student at the University of Maine and research assistant at Dartmouth College, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled “Expanded financial literacy will boost policies aimed at helping working Maine families.” Young is a member of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together […]

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Journalism, political science student writes BDN op-ed

Liz Theriault, a fourth-year journalism and political science student at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled “Student activism is imperative for societal and political change.” Theriault is the communications intern for the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across the country […]

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The Conversation publishes Socolow piece about live TV interviews 

The Conversation published an opinion piece by Michael Socolow, an associate professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine. The piece is titled “Misinformation, evasion and the informational problem of live TV interviews.” Houston Chronicle and The Telegraph of Illinois also carried the article.

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