Sandy Butler, UMaine professor of social work and graduate program coordinator in the School of Social Work, contributed an Opinion article in the Bangor Daily News about the link between home care for the elderly and pulling individuals out of poverty. Butler is a member of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, […]
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As outlined in the Bangor Daily News editorial, three UMaine social work students — Mikala Thompson, Alaina Crowley and Daniel Cohen — were cited for conducting a phone survey earlier this year, in which they contacted 112 physicians who were included on the Maine State Opioid Treatment Authority list of Suboxone providers. The students wanted […]
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University of Maine student Jessica Henderson wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled “Financial literacy especially important for children in foster care.” Henderson of Bangor is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in social work and grew up in the state’s foster care system.
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Trey Stewart, a third-year student at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled “Thoughtful engagement the key to bridging college town divides.” Stewart conducted research this year along with Jacob Hatch, Cameron Marcotte, Jake Posik and Adam Thibodeau in professor Rob Glover’s practicum in engaged policy studies class. […]
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Roy Ulrickson III, a graduate student in his final year of the University of Maine’s Master of Social Work program, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled “Infrastructure to education: Ingredients for rural Maine’s economic resurgence.” Ulrickson of Dexter is a former member of the Dexter Planning Board.
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Four newly graduated students of the University of Maine wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “Work, internship experience, downtown exposure pay dividends for greater Bangor.” Cameron Huston, Sarah Nicols, Spencer Warmuth and Gareth Warr, who graduated Saturday, were students in professor Rob Glover’s practicum in engaged policy studies class. They were […]
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Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Bangor Daily News editorial, “Why the Legislature so often punts on crucial issues facing Maine.” Term limits have lessened expertise and forced lawmakers to more quickly try to make a name for themselves and rise through the leadership ranks, according […]
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Maxwell McCormack, a research professor emeritus of forest resources at the University of Maine, wrote “Here are the tools I use to maintain my woodlot,” for the new Homestead section of the Bangor Daily News. McCormack has been a forester for more than 60 years.
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Times Higher Education of London recently published the column, “Worker bees are doing more for less of the honey,” by Deborah Rogers, an English professor at the University of Maine.
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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 published by the Bangor Daily News about Maine’s older adults and their family caregivers. Kaye is a member of the Maine chapter of the Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars […]
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