Sandra Butler, a UMaine social work professor, was noted in a Bangor Daily News op-ed about childless adults on MaineCare for her research into the population served by the MaineCare Childless Adults Waiver program. Butler did the research, which included interviewing a small subset of people who receive MaineCare through the program, for a report […]
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In a Bangor Daily News column, UMaine political scientist Amy Fried argues against requiring a photo ID at the voting booth. Fried says Maine would have to provide free IDs for an estimated 100,000 residents who do not have ID, which would be costly for the state. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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An opinion column in a recent edition of the Bangor Daily News by UMaine political science professor Amy Fried discusses the personal and economic consequences of reducing the state budget by reducing health care insurance coverage for Maine residents. Untreated illnesses sap strength and limit lives, Fried writes, and doesn’t save money in the long […]
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A recent column in the Bangor Daily News by Ivan Manev, dean of the Maine Business School, discusses the importance of access to sound business and marketing expertise to entrepreneurs trying to move forward with new ideas or inventions. Evaluating entrepreneurial opportunity is critical to the entrepreneurial process, he says. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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The Columbia Journalism Review has a column by Justin Martin, a UMaine journalism faculty member and Honors College preceptor, who related his attempts to reach rock singer Pink about an idea he had to raise funds to help rape and torture victims in the Congo. A video Martin made about his idea, which included him […]
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In his latest column in the Columbia Journalism Review, Justin Martin, a UMaine College of Liberal Arts and Sciences-Honors College Preceptor of Journalism writes about his decision to rent rather than buy a house, despite low mortgage rates and affordable real estate. Martin writes that there is too much risk due to the bad job […]
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In a Bangor Daily News business column, Michael Aube, the president of Eastern Maine Development Corporation in Bangor included as a notable business development in 2011 UMaine’s partnership with Southern Maine Community College to create a pre-engineering program at the former Brunswick Naval Air facility. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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An editorial in The Anniston Star newspaper of Anniston, Ala., noted a 2008 study of hazing by UMaine researchers Elizabeth Allan and Mary Madden. The editorial called for stopping the tradition of hazing and cited statistics from the report, which found more than half of U.S. college students involved in clubs, teams or organizations have […]
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In his latest column in the Columbia Journalism Review, Justin Martin, a UMaine College of Liberal Arts and Sciences-Honors preceptor of journalism, argues that one of the upcoming U.S. presidential election debates, particularly the one that focuses on foreign policy, should be held outside the U.S. The gesture of holding a presidential debate abroad, Martin […]
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In an op-ed column in the Portland Press Herald, Bill Beardsley, the commissioner of the Maine Department of Conservation, said the State of Maine is well-positioned in the area of natural-resource economies thanks in part to research at UMaine. Beardsley cited UMaine research programs that are examining composite wood, liquid fuel, and sugar from trees. […]
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