The Huffington Post published an article by Amy Fried, a political science professor at the University of Maine. The article, “Looks like email non-indictment was a polling non-event,” focused on the recent announcement that the FBI would not be filing an indictment against Hillary Clinton for the way she handled State Department emails.
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The Sun Journal published the opinion piece, “What is the ‘typical’ addict like?” by University of Maine student Thomas Elie. Elie, who lives in Lewiston, is a second-year student working to achieve his master of social work degree.
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The London-based Times Higher Education published an opinion piece by University of Maine history professor Howard Segal titled “A tale of two campuses: US public universities recruiting more out-of-state students.”
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Knox VillageSoup carried a press release from Maine Congressional delegation members who applauded the European Union’s consideration of scientific findings by University of Maine professor Bob Steneck and others in response to a Swedish request to ban the import of American lobsters into the EU. Steneck was one of several experts from U.S. and Canadian […]
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The Portland Press Herald published an editorial on a University of Maine-led offshore wind power pilot project. Last month, the New England Aqua Ventus project was selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to participate in the Offshore Wind Advanced Technology Demonstration program, making it one of three projects that are each eligible for up […]
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The Bangor Daily News published the op-ed, “Community gardens reap good for us all — and not just vegetables,” written by recent University of Maine graduate Sarah Mullis. Mullis graduated magna cum laude in May with a bachelor’s degree in sociology and a minor in Earth sciences. She was a fellow in the Honors College’s […]
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Recent research conducted by Merrill “Pete” Elias, a University of Maine professor of psychology and cooperating professor in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, was the focus of the Bangor Daily News editorial, “Why you should just eat that chocolate.” A recent study conducted by a team including Elias and researchers from the […]
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The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece, “Maine’s forest products industry is in freefall, but there’s another use for these woods,” by Richard Jagels, an emeritus professor of forest resources at the University of Maine.
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The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece “How a welfare fraud crowd pleaser actually inflicts real damage” by University of Maine professors Sandra Butler and Holly Schreiber. Butler, a professor of social work, and Schreiber, a professor of communication, are members of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together […]
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The Bangor Daily News published the editorial, “Flagship Match gives UMaine a leg up, solves a piece of Maine’s workforce problem,” which praises one of the University of Maine’s latest admissions initiatives. The Flagship Match program allows qualified students from Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and New Jersey to pay the same tuition and […]
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