The Portland Press Herald published the opinion piece, “Views on transgender people like me disqualify federal court nominee,” by University of Maine student Nicole Maines of Portland. Maines was the plaintiff in a 2014 Maine Supreme Judicial Court case that found her school violated Maine’s Human Rights Act by prohibiting her from using the school’s […]
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The Hartford Courant published the opinion piece, “Protector of whales, dolphins threatened,” by Quinn Carey, a University of Maine senior majoring in marine sciences.
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The Portland Press Herald published the opinion piece, “What about free speech? Or, how I got banned by the Portland Press Herald,” by Jon Reisman, an associate professor of economics and public policy at the University of Maine at Machias.
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University of Maine student Jules Hathaway wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “Rising economic inequality should worry us.”
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Jessica Leahy, a professor of human dimensions of natural resources at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for The Piscataquis Observer titled, “Declining public access to private land is a key issue in 2018.” Leahy also is a sportswoman, landowner in Sebec and member of the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s Landowners […]
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Kelley Strout, an assistant professor of nursing at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “Want safer, healthier Maine schools? Hire more nurses.”
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Reason published the opinion piece, “The Olympics can’t transcend politics. Just ask the Nazis,” by Michael Socolow, an associate professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine.
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Jacquelyn Gill, an assistant professor of terrestrial paleoecology at the University of Maine, was quoted in a Gizmodo article, “Scientists react to new ruling requiring NSF-funded institutions to report sexual harassment.” The National Science Foundation will require the institutions it funds to report findings of sexual or any other kind of harassment involving a principal […]
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Kenneth Hillas, a retired U.S. diplomat and adjunct professor in the School of Policy and International Affairs at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “The Nunes memo has serious consequences for national security.” Hillas currently is teaching a course on the U.S. intelligence community and national security.
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The University of Maine System’s pledge to offer more local food was the focus of a Portland Press Herald editorial. When the University of Maine System signed a food-service contract in 2016 prioritizing local food, it sent a strong message about supporting Maine agriculture, according to the editorial. The 10-year contract set the goal of […]
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