The Boston Globe published the editorial, “What UMaine can teach UMass,” about the University of Maine’s Flagship Match, a competitive scholarship program that guarantees academically qualified, first-year students from several states will pay the same tuition and fee rate as their home state’s flagship institution. According to the editorial, some Massachusetts students could save about […]
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Sharon Tisher, a lecturer in the University of Maine’s School of Economics and Honors College, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “How Collins, King, Pingree, Poliquin scored on climate change in 2015.” Tisher is a member of the Maine chapter of the Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across the […]
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Paul Mayewski, director of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Bangor Daily News editorial, “Why we should be hopeful about the Paris climate pact.” The climate accord reached this month in Paris sets an international goal of limiting the increase of the global average temperature, but the accord […]
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The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece, “We’ve viewed nature as something to dominate. Now, we live with consequences,” by Doug Allen, a philosophy professor at the University of Maine.
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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 “Leadership should guide American response to refugee crisis.” Glover is a member of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across the country to […]
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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, “Now is the time for Maine communities to step up, become age-friendly.” Kaye is a member of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy […]
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Stefano Tijerina, an adjunct assistant professor in history and political science at the University of Maine; and Howard Cody, a professor emeritus of political science and Canadian studies at UMaine, co-wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “Under Trudeau, will nationalism or business as usual reign in Canada?”
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The Portland Press Herald published the opinion piece “Is a graduation speaker’s wisdom really worth an outlandish fee?” by Howard Segal, a history professor at the University of Maine.
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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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