Michael Socolow, a professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine, and Christine Ehrick, a historian at the University of Louisville and communications director of the Radio Preservation Task Force, co-wrote an opinion piece for The Washington Post, titled “Voices on the radio are a crucial part of life, but they’re being lost. […]
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Vox published the opinion piece, “As a campaign manager faces charges, the Trump-Nixon parallel gets stronger,” by Amy Fried, a political science professor at the University of Maine.
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The scene might be intimidating to some people: A group of middle school boys literally climbing the walls where you work. Not for Colleen Hoffman at the Maine Bound Adventure Center on the University of Maine campus. Hoffman, who has worked at Maine Bound for two years, typically helps other college students or university faculty […]
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Valerie Carter, a research associate at the University of Maine’s Bureau of Labor Education, wrote the Bangor Daily News opinion piece, “Struggling to survive: The reality of living in a precarious economy.” Carter is a member of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across the country to address […]
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The University of Maine was mentioned in the Bangor Daily News editorial, “Maine should help give mass timber mass appeal.” The editorial argues the state could benefit greatly from turning the lumber from Maine woods into a variety of new products. Using any of the state’s vacant industrial spaces to manufacture mass timber products could […]
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Michael Socolow, a professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine, and Alex Kingsbury, deputy ideas editor at the Boston Globe, co-wrote a column for Inside Higher Ed. In “How to pitch journalists more successfully,” the authors outlined six ways academics can get on the same page with editors.
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Robert Glover, an assistant professor of honors and political science at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Bangor Daily News editorial, “LePage can’t impose immigration rules on sheriffs that violate law, Constitution.” Requiring state and local government agencies to carry out federal mandates violates the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, said Glover. […]
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Arthur Barry Adoff, a graduate student in the University of Maine School of Social Work, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “Medicaid expansion would be a ‘win-win’ for Maine.” Adoff also is a writer who lives in Veazie.
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Robert Glover, an associate professor of honors and political science at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled “Congress must fix Trump’s terrible mistake on DACA.” Glover also is the co-leader of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across the country […]
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The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece, “Labor activists resisted US internationalism a century ago. It’s time for them to step up again.” McKillen is a professor of history at the University of Maine and the author of “Making the World Safe for Workers: Labor, the Left and Wilsonian Internationalism” and “Chicago Labor and […]
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