The Bangor Daily News published an opinion piece by Michael Howard, a professor of philosophy at the University of Maine, titled, “We have two years to avoid climate disaster. A carbon fee and dividend will help.” Howard is a member of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across […]
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The Bangor Daily News published an opinion piece by Kenneth Hillas, an adjunct professor of global politics and U.S. foreign policy at the University of Maine School of Policy and International Affairs. The piece is titled, “No president is perfect on foreign policy, but George H. W. Bush earned high marks.”
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Anna McGinn, a National Science Foundation graduate research fellow at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “The US is still in the Paris Agreement.” McGinn is the graduate fellow for the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across the country to […]
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The Washington Post published an opinion piece co-written by Michael Socolow, an associate professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine, about Orson Welles’ “War of the Worlds” broadcast. The piece, titled “Unraveling the myth of ‘War of the Worlds,’” challenged long-held conceptions that the broadcast caused mass panic and hysteria, arguing that […]
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The Boston Globe published an opinion piece by Michael Socolow, an associate professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine. The piece is titled, “What Elizabeth Warren can learn from George Foreman.”
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University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “Maine’s economic success tomorrow depends on investing in our students today.” MSN News also published the piece.
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Esperanza Stancioff, an extension professor with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Sea Grant, co-wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “Rising transportation emissions are a threat to Maine’s environment.”
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The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece “Immigrants help make America great,” by Steven Barkan, a sociology professor at the University of Maine and author of “Criminology: A Sociological Understanding.” Barkan also is a member of the Maine Regional Network, part of the Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across the country to […]
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The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece, “How a Maine university is addressing pressing social issues,” by Jules Hathaway, a mother of three who has just started her first year in UMaine’s higher education program. Hathaway, who works at UMaine’s Wells Dining Commons, wrote about the steps UMaine Dining services is taking to help […]
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The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece “Maine leadership in changing times” by Linda Silka, executive editor of Maine Policy Review at the University of Maine. Silka is a professor emerita of the School of Economics and retired director of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at UMaine. She is a member of the […]
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