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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UMaine fisheries research was cited in an editorial in the Journal Tribune newspaper of Biddeford about rising levels of acidity in the world’s oceans, which is threatening the existence of some fish. The editorial noted UMaine research that showed commercial fishing off the coast of Maine supports 26,000 jobs and generates nearly a billion dollars […]
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In an opinion piece in the Portland Press Herald, a public information officer for the Maine Department of Transportation defended the state’s response to the news that the Bridge-in-a-Backpack technology developed at UMaine had received a key approval from a national group of transportation officials. Responding to a column in Wednesday’s Press Herald, the officer […]
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The news that the Bridge-in-a-Backpack technology developed at UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center has won national approval from a group of transportation officials as the subject of a column in the Portland Press Herald. The column argued that the technology, which is a composite bridge that can be built faster, lighter and stronger than […]
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A column in the Bangor Daily News noted that former UMaine assistant men’s hockey coach has been inducted into the Manitoba Hall of Fame. Standbrook served as UMaine’s recruiting coordinator for 18 years, helping the Black Bears to two NCAA Championships and 11 Frozen Four appearances. Contact: Jessica Bloch, (207) 581-3777
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An op-ed in the Bangor Daily News by Amy Blackstone, chair of the UMaine Department of Sociology, about adults and couples who choose not to have children offers perspectives on those decisions. Blackstone said her research has shown that most so-called child-free adults in fact do like children and many maintain meaningful relationships that make […]
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An opinion column in the Bangor Daily News by University of Maine professor of philosophy Michael Howard used analogies to characterize the needs and wants of the poor in the context of the economics principal of declining marginal utility. He discusses differences between items or experiences considered “pleasers” or “relievers,” and the balance based upon […]
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