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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The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece, “Government is what made America great. Poliquin should take his fear of it elsewhere,” by David Labrecque, an engineering physicist at the University of Maine.
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The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece, “Vote as you must to minimize evil in November, then work for a better world,” 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 […]
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The University of Maine’s College of Engineering was mentioned in two opinion pieces that focused on the critical roles engineers and engineering jobs play in the future of the state’s economy. The Bangor Daily News op-ed, “Maine’s economy needs engineers, and Maine’s young people need great engineering jobs,” states UMaine engineering graduates enjoy a 99 […]
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The Portland Press Herald published the editorial, “Gender gap in engineering narrows at UMaine.” Of all the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields, engineering is one where women have long been underrepresented, and that remains true today, with just 20 percent of bachelor’s degrees in engineering going to women in 2015, according to the […]
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University of Maine President Susan J. Hunter and Jeffrey Hecker, UMaine’s executive vice president for academic affairs and provost, co-wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “Why recruiting more UMaine students from away builds a stronger Maine.” The article cited a new study by UMaine economics professor Todd Gabe that evaluates the […]
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University of Maine history professors Nathan Godfried and Elizabeth McKillen co-wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “Kids today have grown up on the War on Terror.” Godfried has taught U.S. history at UMaine for 21 years and has written many books and articles dealing with American politics, labor and the mass […]
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