UMaine professor of mathematics Henry Pogorzelski, who taught at UMaine for 30 years, contributed an opinion piece about the state of Maine’s high schools to the Bangor Daily News. Pogorzelski argued that UMaine could best serve Maine high school teachers by offering after-hours courses to teachers. He also said Maine high schools should be teaching […]
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Comments from University of Maine political scientist Amy Fried were included in a Bangor Daily News opinion piece about the trend of more Maine voters casting absentee ballots. Fried said early voting gives the advantage to those party organizations that can bank their votes early. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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The Bangor Daily News has published an opinion column by UMaine history professor Howard Segal originally published in the British literary journal The Times Higher Education. Segal observed an irony in Penn State University’s Paterno Library housing the world’s foremost assemblage of utopian materials. The library was named for Penn State head football coach Joe […]
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A photo of UMaine students celebrating a past Martin Luther King Jr. Day was used on the Bangor Daily News website Monday to illustrate an editorial about diversity in Maine. The photo showed UMaine students doing a “human knot” activity with children at the Bangor Mall. Contact: Jessica Bloch, (207) 581-3777
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An opinion column by University of Maine President Paul Ferguson in the Portland Press Herald addressed the university’s mission as a land grant institution of preparing UMaine graduates for successful careers and contributions to the state in fields like nanotechnology, climate change, sensor development, sustainability, public policy and offshore wind technologies. The president cited the […]
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University of Maine political science professor and department chair Jim Warhola published a commentary on the e-International Relations website for students of international politics about constitutional change in Turkey under the Islamic-oriented Justice and Development Party over the last 10 years. Warhola contends that the new direction is a step forward for Turkey. Contact: George […]
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An opinion column on Turkey’s economic develop efforts, by UMaine political science professor James Warhola and Egemen Bezci, an independent political analyst in Istanbul, Turkey, was published by Asia Times Online. The authors discuss Turkey’s reliance on the Istanbul Forum for Economic Cooperation Between Turkey, Afghanistan and Pakistan as a platform for advocating increased integration […]
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In her Bangor Daily News opinion blog, Pollways, University of Maine political scientist Amy Fried discussed possible scenarios about how Gov. Paul LePage could have been so wrong in his assertion recently that Maine college-bound students are held to different standards when applying to out of state colleges and universities. The governor has said Maine […]
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In an opinion piece about bridging the gaps in Maine’s economic development that was published in the Bangor Daily News, Charles Hastings, a second-year MBA student at UMaine, noted UMaine’s Knowledge Transfer Alliance (KTA) and the contributions it makes to businesses. KTA, Hastings wrote, has worked to help businesses create business plans, conduct general business […]
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In her Pollways blog on the Bangor Daily News website, UMaine political science professor Amy Fried took issue with Gov. Paul LePage’s recent assertions that Maine school students are “looked down upon” nationally. Fried said the governor misrepresented the findings of a recent Harvard University study on how much progress the nation’s school students are […]
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