Liam Riordan, a University of Maine history professor, board member of the Maine Humanities Council and director of the UMaine Humanities Center, co-wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News. In the article, “What we can learn from Ancient Greece on Veterans Day,” Riordan and Darryl Lyon, president of the Maine Infantry Foundation, cite […]
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Jennifer Crittenden, assistant director of the University of Maine Center on Aging, wrote an article for the Bangor Daily News titled “Senior housing funding is a ‘drop in the bucket.’ Here’s how you can plan ahead to age in place.” Maine residents recently voted in favor of a $15 million affordable senior housing bond, according […]
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The London-based Times Higher Education published a review by University of Maine history professor Howard Segal on Ann Larabee’s “The Wrong Hands: Popular Weapons Manuals and Their Historic Challenges to a Democratic Society.”
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The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece “A harm reduction strategy for guns makes the most sense,” by Steve Barkan, a sociology professor at the University of Maine and author of “Criminology: A Sociological Understanding (6th Edition).” Barkan also is a member of the Maine Regional Network, part of the Scholars Strategy Network, which […]
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The Portland Press Herald published a review of the current exhibitions at the University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor. “The suite of exhibitions offers a provocative consideration of contemporary photography,” according to the article. The three separate exhibits are “Celebrating Photography in Maine: Selections from the Bruce Brown Collection;” “Natural History,” photographs […]
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The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece “‘Complete streets’ make Maine communities more walkable, bikeable, livable” by Susan Buzzell, an independent blogger and cyclist living in Orono, and Sandra Butler, a professor of social work at the University of Maine. Butler also is a member of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy […]
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In the article, “Maine has found a stunning way to keep the poor in poverty,” the Washington Post cited a Bangor Daily News blog post by University of Maine political science professor Amy Fried. Starting as early as Nov. 1, the state will place a $5,000 cap on the savings and other assets of residents […]
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Bangor Metro reported Waldo County resident Bob MacGregor was inspired to start a wood bank after reading a Bangor Daily News editorial last November by Jessica Leahy, a professor of human dimensions of natural resources at the University of Maine. “In the first paragraph she described a wood bank as, essentially, a food bank, just […]
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Elizabeth Nieman, an assistant professor of English and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at the University of Maine, and Elisa Sanse, a UMaine Ph.D. student in history, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “The Bangor school dress code controversy proves girls are still judged by their appearance.” Sanse is taking a […]
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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 “GOP presidential candidates dig their own electoral graves on immigration.” Glover is a member of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across the […]
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