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UMaine Economist Estimates Economic Impact of Proposed Oxford Resort Casino

Contact: Todd Gabe, 581-3307 ORONO — A resort-style casino such as the one proposed in Oxford with slot machines and table games could annually bring in $127 million in gaming revenue, according to research by University of Maine economist Todd Gabe. Gabe, a veteran at conducting economic analysis of large-scale proposed developments and tax initiatives […]

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Faces of Literacy Exhibit Set for Belfast

The Village Soup Web site features a preview of “Faces of Literacy: Voices of Courage,” a photo exhibit scheduled for UMaine’s Hutchinson Center in Belfast Sept. 8 – Dec. 17.  The photographs, to be displayed in the H. Allen and Sally Fernald Art Gallery, depict individuals who have “achieved literacy skills and met personal goals” […]

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UMaine-Albany Football Game Previews

Thursday’s Portland Press Herald and Bangor Daily News provide previews of Thursday night’s season-opening UMaine football game.  The Black Bears will host Albany at 7 p.m. at Morse Field.

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Experts Comment in Hurricane Earl Story

John Peckenham from UMaine’s Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research and Joe Kelley from the Dept. of Earth Sciences provided comment for a Wednesday WABI story previewing the potential impact of Hurricane Earl on Maine’s coast and inland waterways.

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UMaine Partnering With Public Schools On $12.3 Million Grant To Redesign Science Curriculum

Contacts: Susan McKay (207) 581-1019 or susan.mckay@umit.maine.edu Owen Maurais, executive director, Penobscot River Educational Partnership, (207)581-3651 or owen.maurais@umit.maine.edu ORONO– Almost 50 Maine middle and high schools will have a chance to redesign their physical science curricula thanks to a $12.3 million grant awarded to the University of Maine. The National Science Foundation grant, which is […]

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Fraternity Campout Fundraising for International AIDS Prevention

ORONO – Between 5 and 15 members of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity at the University of Maine are camping out this week in tents on the UMaine Mall as a fundraising project to benefit the Youth AIDS Foundation. “We got here Monday and we’ll be here until Friday,” says the fraternity’s vice president of […]

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Madden Comments in Florida Hazing Report

Comments from UMaine hazing researcher Mary Madden are included in a St. Petersburg Times story about the investigation into an alleged hazing incident involving the University of South Florida’s Omega Psi Phi fraternity chapter.  Madden and her College of Education and Human Development colleague Elizabeth Allan are leading experts in issues related to hazing activities […]

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