BDN publishes op-ed by Peterson
The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece “A ticket into the shrinking middle class,” by Mick Peterson, a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Maine.
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Seymour Quoted in BDN Editorial on Logging, Politics
Robert Seymour, the Curtis Hutchins Professor of Forest Resources at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Bangor Daily News editorial, “Maine can’t cut more trees from its public forests on a whim.” As lawmakers left Augusta last month, they left a debate unsettled about how much wood to cut from Maine’s public forests, […]
Read moreHoward Writes Op-Ed for BDN
The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece “We should prepare for the worst consequences of climate change,” 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 to address public challenges and […]
Read moreMahon Writes Op-Ed for Press Herald
John Mahon, the John M. Murphy Chair of International Business Policy and Strategy at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Portland Press Herald on the University of Maine System’s finances.
Read moreCrittenden Writes BDN Article on Advantages of Dating Later in Life
Jennifer Crittenden, assistant director of the University of Maine Center on Aging, wrote an article for the Bangor Daily News titled, “The advantages of being an older dater, and tips for finding romance.” Nearly 18 percent of adults age 57–64, and 14 percent of adults ages 65–74 are in a dating relationship, the article states. […]
Read moreBoston Globe cites UMaine’s cost of attendance in op-ed on rising UMass tuition
A breakdown of the University of Maine’s cost of attendance — tuition and fees — was featured in a Boston Globe opinion piece on rising tuition at the University of Massachusetts. At UMass, tuition is kept “ridiculously low while fees are piled high like pancakes on a freshman’s plate,” according to the article. At the […]
Read moreTimes Higher Education publishes op-ed by Segal
The London-based Times Higher Education published an opinion piece by University of Maine history professor Howard Segal titled “Celebrity speakers: Putting money where their mouths are.”
Read moreMaine Policy Review piece on democracy, humanities published in BDN
The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece, “Our democracy’s health depends on the health of humanities,” by William Adams, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities. The article was adapted from his essay in the humanities-themed issue of Maine Policy Review (Winter/Spring 2015), published by the University of Maine’s Margaret Chase Smith Policy […]
Read moreBrewer quoted in BDN editorial on political participation
Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Bangor Daily News editorial, “Maine: Where people speak, representatives hear them.” Maine is more open to public participation than most other states, according to the article. “The more open and level a political system is, the better chance an outsider […]
Read moreNeiman writes article on gender identity for BDN
Elizabeth Neiman, an assistant professor in both English and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Maine, wrote an article for the Bangor Daily News titled, “‘Cisgender’ is now in the dictionary. It reminds us to reflect on our gender identity.” Cisgender, or “someone whose sense of personal identity corresponds to the sex […]
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