The spring 2020 issue of Maine Policy Review (Volume 29, No. 1), presenting articles on a range of issues affecting Maine, is now available on MPR’s Digital Commons site. A brief look at this issue is available on MPR’s website. The new issue includes commentaries on the social safety net and inequality in Maine and Maine’s connections to the Arctic. […]
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The Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center is excited to announce its podcast series, Maine Policy Matters. The focus of this podcast is the exploration of policy matters at the local, regional, and national levels as well as to highlight how policy decisions in Maine matter at the local, regional, and national levels. The double play […]
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Apply now for the Margaret Chase Smith Public Affairs Scholarship In honor of Senator Margaret Chase Smith’s many years of service to the citizens of Maine and the nation this scholarship provides assistance to undergraduates who have demonstrated an active interest in public affairs and who show promise for future leadership in, and contribution to, public affairs. Senator […]
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Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center affiliated faculty member, Dr. Amber Tierney published an op-ed in the Bangor Daily News this month titled, “Want to Win an Election? Think More Like an Activist”. In it, she argues that we cannot dismiss Joe Biden’s reversal of fortune in the Democrat presidential primaries by saying “well, that’s politics” […]
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Maine’s Office of Behavioral Health, in collaboration with the University of Maine, has released a free mobile app that provides key information to help reduce deaths from opioid overdoses. The app, OD-ME, contains naloxone administration instructions for both intranasal Narcan and intramuscular naloxone, and step-by-step audio and visual guidance on how to perform rescue breathing. […]
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In our first episode, instead of focusing on one particular aspect of Maine policy, we sat down with executive editor of Maine Policy Review, Dr. Linda Silka, to discuss its role as an invaluable resource for policymakers, business leaders, researchers, and educators. Since its inception in 1991, MPR has published over 800 articles and has well over 2,000 […]
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Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center director, Jonathan Rubin, is presenting at the Smart Prosperity Institute at the University of Ottawa. The Smart Prosperity Institute is hosting the annual symposium of Greening Growth Partnerships & Economic and Environmental Policy Research Network where Rubin is highlighting his research titled “Reducing GHG Emissions in Transport: State Best Practices […]
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Cole Butler, a mathematics major at the University of Maine, is working alongside Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center Faculty Fellow Dr. Peter Stechlinski to develop a mathematical model for understanding the opioid crisis in the state of Maine. Butler, who received a Margaret Chase Smith Public Affairs scholarship from the Center, contends that the opioid […]
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Apply now for the Margaret Chase Smith Public Affairs Scholarship The MCS Public Affairs Scholarship is an academic-year scholarship awarded in the amount of $3500 to support an independent research project focused on a public policy topic. Students from all disciplines are encouraged to apply. The deadline for applications is noon on Friday, April 10, 2020. Eligibility criteria: • a […]
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On Thursday, February 20, 2020 Maine Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Jeanne Lambrew Ph.D. was the guest of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine. Commissioner Lambrew was chosen as one of this year’s Distinguished Maine Policy Fellows. Distinguished Maine Policy Fellows are individuals with past or current careers […]
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