Elizabeth Allan, professor of higher education at the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, wrote an opinion piece for MSNBC about sexual assault and hazing in light of allegations at Northwestern University. “Hazing prevention is not only about eliminating harm and senseless suffering, but it’s also about gaining something. In the absence […]
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Kelsi Hobbs, assistant professor of economics at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News about rent control and affordable housing. Hobbs 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 their policy implications. […]
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Amy Frankel, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News about bringing parole back to Maine. Frankel is a member of the Maine chapter of the Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across the country to address public challenges and their policy implications.
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In an op-ed about the potential for offshore wind energy generation in Maine, the South Portland Sentry noted that new offshore wind technology is still in development at the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures & Composites Center.
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The Bangor Daily News published an op-ed by Michael Haedicke, associate professor of sociology at the University of Maine and a faculty fellow at the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, and Jean MacRae, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and a Mitchell Center faculty fellow, titled “Producers and regulators must […]
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Michael Howard, emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Maine, co-wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News about COVID prevention and policy in the post-pandemic period. Howard is also a member of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across the country to address public challenges […]
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The Concord Monitor published an opinion piece expressing appreciation of Ngo Vinh Long, a former professor of history at the University of Maine who died October 2022 after a brief illness.
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Michael Socolow, associate professor at the University of Maine Department of Communication and Journalism, wrote an article for The Conversation about the importance of archiving media history. “Recognizing the need to preserve radio and TV’s past marks an essential first step, so that the future will be properly informed about how we lived and communicated […]
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Stacey Duran, MacKayla Faloon, Mariah Lockhart, Angela Rothwell and Emily White — all University of Maine seniors graduating with degrees in social work — wrote an opinion piece for CentralMaine.com about paid family and medical leave for Mainers.
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Brian Pitman, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Maine and a member of the Maine Chapter of the Scholars Strategy Network, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News about why Mainers should care about Georgia’s “Cop City,” a proposed $90 million training ground for police and firefighters that includes a mock […]
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