Linda Silka, a senior fellow at the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “Change is a constant. Here’s what we should all know about it.” Silka is a social and community psychologist. She also is a member of […]
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The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece, “Trump’s climate denial doesn’t change the United States’ obligation to cut emissions,” by Michael Howard, a philosophy professor at the University of Maine. Howard is a member of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across the country to address public […]
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Julia Hathaway included the University of Maine Black Bear Exchange in her opinion piece in the Bangor Daily News about grassroots activism renewing a shared sense of community. “The Black Bear Exchange helps University of Maine students, many of whom are single parents, stretch their meager budgets by providing dietary staples,” she wrote, adding that […]
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Jonathan Rubin, a professor of resource economics and policy at the University of Maine, was cited in the Bangor Daily News editorial, “Trump should look beyond the past, stop promising to make coal great again.” Demand for coal in the U.S. has dropped because natural gas is a cheaper alternative. So, the only way President-elect […]
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The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece “Why talking politics on Thanksgiving could help us emerge from our political bubbles,” by Amy Blackstone, a sociology professor at the University of Maine. Blackstone 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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Robert Glover, an assistant professor of honors and political science at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News, titled “Here’s what Trump’s electoral ‘upset’ means for our major political parties.”
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Jacquelyn Gill, a paleoecologist at the University of Maine, was included in the Climate Central article, “Climate experts weigh in on Trump’s election win.” In response to Tuesday’s election, Climate Central reached out to climate, energy and policy researchers, including Gill, to see how they think a Trump presidency will impact climate research and efforts […]
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The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece “What could make a great nation greater: Medicare for all,” by Steven Barkan, a sociology professor at the University of Maine. Barkan is the author of “Health, Illness, and Society: An Introduction to Medical Sociology,” published in August 2016. He also is a member of the Maine […]
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Lenard Kaye, director of the University of Maine Center on Aging and professor in the UMaine School of Social Work, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “Making Bangor age-friendly will improve life for residents of all ages.” Kaye is a member of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, […]
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Tim Kaine, the Democratic nominee for vice president, mentioned the University of Maine in an opinion piece he wrote for the Bangor Daily News titled, “Working together, we can make an economy where prosperity is shared by all.” Kaine wrote the five-year $275 billion infrastructure plan he and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton have proposed will […]
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