Jared Entwistle, a graduate student studying ecology and environmental sciences and business administration at the University of Maine, calls for a shift in the public mindset regarding single-use and reusable packaging in a Bangor Daily News column.
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In a Centralmaine.com column about the labor market, Greg Kesich cites a Bangor Daily News opinion by Sandy Butler, a professor of social work at the University of Maine. Kesich and Butler note that enhanced unemployment benefits are not keeping low-wage earners from working, but they are taking advantage of the opportunity to find new […]
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The Bangor Daily News published an op-ed from Cody Porter, chair of the Maine College Republicans and treasurer of its UMaine chapter, titled “Young Republican voters support action on climate change.”
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In a Bangor Daily News column, Brie Berry, a Ph.D. candidate at Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine, advocates for donations of quality used furniture and home goods to help those in the community suffering from unexpected life changes such as homelessness, domestic violence or fire.
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Sandy Butler, director of the School of Social Work at the University of Maine, argued that unemployment benefits extended during the pandemic are not delaying economic recovery in a Bangor Daily News column.
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Michael Socolow, University of Maine associate professor of communication and journalism and director of the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center, has a column published in the Boston Globe titled “How to Save This Summer’s Olympics.” Socolow argues that with rising COVID-19 rates in Japan, the solution to staging the Olympics is removing the in-person audience.
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A Forbes column aimed at providing a basic understanding of sustainability cited the University of Maine Office of Sustainability’s definition of the word. According to the office’s website, as cited in the column, “Sustainability is not just about renewable energy and energy efficiency … We must strive to achieve a sustainability state of mind that […]
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The Bangor Daily News published an op-ed from Tausif Sanzum Karim, a graduate student of communication at the University of of Maine, titled “What ‘Pose’ did for a queer person of color.”
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The Daily Bulldog published a column from David Fuller, a non-timber agriculture professional with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, titled “When to plant the veggie garden.”
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The Bangor Daily News published a column by Bryan Pittman, a University of Maine assistant professor of sociology, and Jason Clough, a 2021 UMaine sociology graduate, advocating for transformative social change to reduce crime and interaction with law enforcement.
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