Jon Bomar, a doctoral candidate in biomedical engineering at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled “Confronting the graduate student mental health crisis.” Bomar is a member of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across the country to address public challenges […]
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University of Maine alumna Jessica Muhlin, an associate professor of marine biology at Maine Maritime Academy, and Susan Brawley, a UMaine professor of plant biology and marine sciences, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “Science should be heeded: Rockweed is not a plant.”
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The New York Times published a letter to the editor by Steven Barkan, a professor of sociology at the University of Maine. In the letter, Barkan responded to a Times article about the politics surrounding the death penalty.
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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 “Fox News isn’t the problem, it’s the media’s obsession with Fox News.” The San Francisco Chronicle carried The Conversation piece. The National Interest republished the piece with a different headline: […]
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Sandra Butler, a professor of social work at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled “Lawmakers said home health care was important. Now it’s time for them to do something about it.” Butler is a member of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, which brings […]
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The Bangor Daily News published an opinion piece by Paul Mayewski, Distinguished Maine Professor in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences and director of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine. The piece is titled, “Green New Deal offers a possible route to conquer climate change.”
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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 “The revolving door between media and government spins again with CNN’s hiring of Sarah Isgur Flores.” The Associated Press published The Conversation piece, and WTOP, Connecticut Post, Times Union, Beaumont […]
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Maine Business School faculty John Mahon, the John M. Murphy Chair of International Business Policy and Strategy and professor of management, and Nory Jones, a professor of management information systems, wrote an opinion piece for the Portland Press Herald’s “Maine Voices” column titled “Knowledge is power in the developing new world order.”
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Slate published an opinion piece by Michael Socolow, an associate professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine, about the story of former NFL star and Vietnam War veteran Willie Miller. The piece, titled “Why has Los Angeles Rams wide receiver and Vietnam veteran Willie Miller been forgotten by the NFL?”, explored how […]
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A Bangor Daily News editorial titled “Maine can change the debate on climate change” mentioned a report from the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine. The report by Sean Birkel and Paul Mayewski analyzed historical climate trends and potential impacts of climate change on coastal Maine, especially the agriculture and fishing industries. The […]
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