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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A 2005 book on term limits written by three one-time University of Maine professors was cited in the Bangor Daily News editorial “Term limits have changed Maine Legislature — for the worse.” The book, “Changing Members: The Maine Legislature in the Era of Term Limits,” was written by Kenneth Palmer, a professor emeritus of political […]
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Danielle Walsh, who will soon graduate from the University of Maine with a master’s degree in social work, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled “Police need special tools to help people in mental health crisis.” Walsh of Morrill, Maine is a social worker practicing on the midcoast.
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The Bangor Daily News published an opinion piece by John Tjepkema, professor emeritus in the School of Biology and Ecology at the University of Maine. Tjepkema’s article is titled “We must reduce our carbon footprints, but that’s only the beginning.”
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Dollars & Sense: Real World Economics published, “Maine farmers and climate change: Reactive or proactive?” by three University of Maine professors. The article was written by Stephanie Welcomer, an associate professor of management and associate dean of the Maine Business School; Mark Haggerty, an associate professor of Honors and Rezendes Preceptorship of Civil Engagement; and […]
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Patrick Nason, an undergraduate student in social work at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled “How Upward Bound helps low-income, first-generation students succeed.” Nason participated in Upward Bound Math and Science at UMaine from 2012–2014. The article is one of several student pieces produced in an American […]
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