Bucky Owen, a professor emeritus of wildlife ecology at the University of Maine, wrote the opinion piece, “I used to oppose a big park in the North Woods. Now, I see a national monument can work,” for the Bangor Daily News. Owen also is a former commissioner of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and […]
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The Boston Globe published an opinion piece by Michael Socolow, an associate professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine, titled “Broadcast the Olympics live. History demands it.” Socolow’s book, “Six Minutes in Berlin: Broadcast Spectacle and Rowing Gold at the Nazi Olympics” will be published this fall. Daily Mail cited Socolow’s Boston […]
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Mindy Crandall, an assistant professor of forest management and economics at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News. The article is titled, “What the rest of us gain by investing in Maine’s forest economy.”
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The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece, “Skowhegan schools keep ‘Indians’ mascot and stand for what they should oppose,” by Andrew Tomer, a graduate student in psychology at the University of Maine, and Jordan LaBouff, an assistant professor of psychology and honors at UMaine.
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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 “The Republican convention’s race problem.” Glover is a member of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across the country to address public challenges […]
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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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