On Thursday, February 20, 2020, Dr. Jeanne Lambrew the Commissioner of the Maine Department of Health and Human Services will visit campus as a Distinguished Maine Policy Fellow. Distinguished Maine Policy Fellows are individuals with past or current careers as policy makers in Maine – people of distinguished status and extensive experience. Each fellow comes to […]
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Center director Jonathan Rubin was interviewed on WGME CBS 13 for a feature titled ‘Can we get away with a little less?’ Road salt harming environment, infrastructure. The Maine DOT uses 16 tons of rock salt to keep 8,300 lane miles safe for traveling. This salt use comes not only a great economic cost to […]
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This past Wednesday, Megan Bailey, Research Associate at the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center presented her research on Maine’s marine economy at the Social Coast Forum in Charleston, South Carolina. Her co-presenter, Kristen Grant, works as a Marine Extension Associate at Maine Sea Grant. Their presentation is entitled, “Valuing the Marine Economy in Maine” and […]
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Apply for Summer Internships in Maine Applications are open for the Maine Government Summer Internship Program for summer 2020. Positions will be available in town and city governments and in agencies of the Maine state government. Full time, paid internships will run May 26 through August 14, for a total of 12 weeks. Job areas range from […]
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Director of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, Jonathan Rubin presented economic research he conducted alongside Adam Daigneault of the School of Forest Resources at the University of Maine regarding Maine’s economy and climate change at the Maine Climate Council on Wednesday, January 29 at the Augusta Civic Center. Their presentation discussed how climate change […]
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A report by Dr. Marcella Sorg, Research Professor at the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, shows that fatalities due to drug overdoses increased by 4% compared to 2018. A preponderance of the drug overdoses were accidental and caused by illicit non-pharmaceutical substances. A NewsCenter Maine report highlighted the work of Dr. Sorg and noted that […]
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Research Associate at the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, Megan Bailey, will be presenting at the Maine Aquaculture Research, Development and Education Summit on Friday, January 17. Part of her research at the Center focuses on the economic impact of Maine’s aquaculture industry and she will be discussing her preliminary findings at the conference. The […]
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Director of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, Jonathan Rubin, will be the presiding officer for Lectern Session 1764 at the 99th annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine on Wednesday, January 15. The session, entitled “Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Transportation: State Best Practices and […]
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by Gail Dana-Sacco Indigenous languages reflect an understanding of the Universe that recognizes the dynamic energy fundamental to all our relationships. We realize, for instance, that dawn does not happen in an instant, but rather through chqoo-wubg,1 a rhythmic daily process that brings us into light. Chqoo-waban-a-kee-hq, the Indigenous peoples of this area, now known as the state […]
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