The Bangor Daily News published the editorial, “Yes on Question 2: Why it’s worth it to have a lab that tests ticks, moose and more,” about a bond that asks voters to support giving $8 million to the University of Maine Cooperative Extension to build a new animal and plant disease and insect control laboratory. […]
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The Portland Press Herald published the opinion piece, “The University of Maine System could learn from Henry Ford” by Howard Segal, a history professor at the University of Maine.
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The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece “The compassion divide and why it should worry all of us — not just the poor” by Sandra Butler, a professor of social work at the University of Maine. Butler also is a member of the Maine Regional Network, part of the Scholars Strategy Network, which brings […]
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The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece, “The Kon-Tiki man at 100 — and his kindred spirits in Maine,” by Dan Sandweiss, a professor of anthropology and quaternary and climate studies at the University of Maine.
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Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel published an opinion piece by Howard Segal, a history professor at the University of Maine. “Rest assured, traditional liberal arts education is alive and well at Colby,” was posted on centralmaine.com.
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The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece, “A promise to grow jobs, shrink government that no Maine politician is making” by Alison Mitchell, a research assistant at the University of Maine Center on Aging. Mitchell also is a member of the Maine Regional Network, part of the Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars […]
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University of Maine programs were mentioned in an opinion piece by Sen. Angus King that was posted on Fosters.com, a service of Sanford News. In the column, titled “Education must be dynamic to keep pace with changing world,” King wrote about partnerships between UMaine and state high schools, including the Bridge Year Program and the […]
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The Sun Journal published the opinion piece, “‘Get with the system!’ The larger implications of calendar controversies” by Howard Segal, a history professor at the University of Maine.
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Jeff Hecker, executive vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled “No quick fixes for keeping students in college.” Hecker cited his newly released 2014 Action Plan for Retention and Graduation to kickstart the university’s renewed commitment to student success. The […]
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The Washington Post published an opinion piece by Michael Socolow, an associate professor in the Department of Communication and Journalism at the University of Maine, titled “Five myths about the Sunday television talk shows.” The article is part of The Washington Post’s “Five Myths” series; a weekly feature “challenging everything you think you know.”
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