Cynthia Cushing, a graduate student pursuing a master’s degree in social work from the University of Maine, wrote an op-ed for the Portland Press Herald arguing the importance of the state allowing emergency shelters in cities with populations greater than 20,000. Cushing also is a community case management team leader with Summit Support Services, is […]
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CentralMaine.com published an op-ed co-authored by Sandy Butler, professor and director of the University of Maine School of Social Work, and Luisa S. Deprez, professor emerita at the University of Southern Maine, titled “Maine families are meeting their goals. Legislators must support them.” Butler and Deprez are members of the Maine chapter of the National […]
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The Bangor Daily News published a column from Hope Carroll, fourth-year communications undergraduate student in the Honors College at the University of Maine, titled “Wabanaki studies should be taught at all Maine schools.” Carroll submitted the piece at the invitation of the Maine chapter of the Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across the […]
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The Bangor Daily News published an op-ed from Sofia Langlois, news editor of the University of Maine student newspaper, The Maine Campus, titled “The hypocrisy of female safety measures.”
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The Bangor Daily News published an op-ed by Robert Glover, University of Maine associate professor of political science and honors, and Karyn Sporer, associate professor of sociology, titled “Mainers support decriminalization and public health approaches to overdose crisis.” Sporer and Glover are co-leaders and members of the Maine chapter of the Scholars Strategy Network, which […]
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The Sports Business Journal published an op-ed co-authored by Norm O’Reilly, dean of the University of Maine Graduate School of Business, titled “The wagering way: As gambling matures in U.S., what pitfalls are coming?”
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The Bangor Daily News published an op-ed from Braden Collard, president of the University of Maine Birding Club, titled “Black-throated blue warbler was the best bird find of the day.”
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The Bangor Daily News published an opinion piece by Nicholas MacDonald, lecturer of small business management at the University of Maine at Machias, titled “Universal connectivity must be for all of Maine.”
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Len Kaye, director of the University of Maine Center on Aging; Patricia Oh, senior program manager for the center; and Karen Campbell, coordinator for the center’s Lifelong Communities Program, wrote an op-ed for the Bangor Daily News titled “Keeping Maine an age-friendly state.” Kaye is a member of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars […]
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The University of Maine College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will present the 2023 Maine Heritage Lecture at 3 p.m. on Oct. 12 in the Bodwell Area at the Collins Center for the Arts, with a reception to follow at the Hudson Museum. This year’s lecture, titled “50 Years of Advocacy in Maine: Exploring the […]
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