Happy Birthday Margaret Chase Smith
This year on Margaret Chase Smith’s birthday, supersisters wishes her a happy birthday by including Sen. Smith in their trading card collection.
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S4E7 Impactful Research: Discussions with Award-Winning Student Researchers
On this episode, we interview Mikayla Reynolds, Tamra Benson, Santiago Tijerina, and Caroline Paras, winners of UMaine’s 2023 Student Symposium. The mission of the UMaine Student Symposium is to give graduate and undergraduate student researchers the opportunity to showcase their work, research, and creative activities to the greater community, fostering conversations and collaborations that will […]
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S4E6 Democracy: Margaret Chase Smith and the League of Women Voters
On this episode, we discuss the Maine League of Women Voters, and this organization’s ties to the Margaret Chase Smith Library and most notably, Margaret Chase Smith herself. First is an introduction by Dr. David Richards, the director of the Margaret Chase Smith Library on Margaret Chase Smith’s lifelong connection to the League of Women Voters, […]
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Maine Govt. Internship Program Featured in Maine Municipal Association’s Journal
The Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center’s Maine Government Internship Program, directed by Peggy McKee, was featured in Vol. 89 Iss. 9 (p. 23) of the Maine Municipal Association’s Journal Maine Town & City. The story covers what the program is, the learning experiences it offers, its results, and how to get involved.
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S4E5 The Future of Our Planet: Maine’s Youth Perspectives on Climate Change
In this episode, we talk with Edgelynn Venuti and Victoria Leavitt about their winning essays in the Margaret Chase Smith Library Essay Contest on the government’s role in combating climate change. You can find the essays discussed in this episode in Volume 32, Issue 1 (2023) of Maine Policy Review. [00:00:00] Eric Miller: Hello and welcome back to Maine Policy Matters, […]
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The Center Welcomes Dominic Piacentini – Research Associate
In August, Piacentini graduated with a PhD in Anthropology and Environmental Policy. Before beginning his graduate studies at the University of Maine, his research investigated the ways in which conservation policies of protected areas — like national parks and wildlife management areas — impacted rural communities’ access to culturally important medicinal plants. At the University […]
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S4E4 PFAS: The Forever Chemicals We Need to Know About
On this episode, we talk with Caroline Noblet, Jean MacRae, Dianne Kopec, and Caleb Goossen about PFAS (Per- and Polyfluorinated Substances) and their effects on the environment, Maine’s efforts to combat it, the public’s understanding of the issue, and how PFAS affects agricultural systems and interstate commerce. [00:00:00] Eric Miller: Hello and welcome back to Maine Policy […]
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S4E3 Maine’s Clean Water Act: A Celebration of Progress
On this episode, we talk with Rebecca Schaffner, Chris O. Yoder, Brian Kavanah, and David L. Courtemanch about the Clean Water Act, in celebration of Maine Policy Review’s special section titled “50 Years of the Clean Water Act.” To commemorate this significant milestone of half a century since the passage of the Clean Water Act, we brought in a panel […]
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Maine Policy Review Volume 32, Number 1, Available Now
Maine Policy Review, a leading publication focusing on policy analysis and research in Maine, is excited to announce the availability of Vol. 32, No. 1, on MPR’s Digital Commons site. Print copies have been mailed to subscribers. Vol. 32, No. 1, starts off with the Margaret Chase Smith essay by Richard Judd, which offers a history of Maine’s conservation […]
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S4E2 AI: A New Paradigm for Research and Higher Education
On this episode of Maine Policy Matters, we talk with Ali Abedi, Salimeh Sekeh, and Peter Schilling about navigating AI in research and education. [00:00:00] Eric Miller: Hello and welcome back to Maine Policy Matters, the official podcast of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine, where we discuss the policy matters that […]
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