Â鶹ÊÓƵ National Green Campus
News Archive
Week of May 4, 2009
News From Across the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Campuses
May 7, 2009 - - Professor Eric DeWeaver, University of Maryland, College
Park. This talk gives an
overview of the USGS reports, and shows how data from climate models,
satellites, radio telemetry, and field studies were combined to assess the
future status of polar bears. In addition, the extent to which polar bear
habitat can be conserved through reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions is
examined in simulations produced from climate change mitigation scenarios (). Contact: For
more information, email Sumant Nigam. Event will be held in the Computer and Space Sciences (CSS) Building,
Auditorium (Room 2400)?. Refreshments will be served at 3:00pm in the
adjoining Atrium.
. On Saturday, May 9, Maryland
Cooperative Extension is hosting the Woodland and Farm
Owner Field Tour to educate woodland owners and farmers about forest resource
management and conservation programs available from state
and government agencies. For more information, contact Maryland Cooperative
Extension at 410- 651-6206. Pre-register online at .
Come out and see how you can benefit from these featured programs. (University of Maryland, Eastern
Shore; Press Release, 5/2009)
2009 Colvin Institute Symposium -
, at the University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning and
Preservation. Saturday, May 9,
2009, 9:00am-3:30pm?- Architecture Building Auditorium, University of Maryland, College Park. The
symposium is free and open to the public. Registration is required. RSVP
for the complimentary luncheon by May 4: kpriya@umd.edu (University of Maryland, College Park - Architecture, Planning and Preservation, News and Events, 5/5/09)
UMBC will
host Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.) on Monday, May 11, for a discussion asking
"Can We Save the Environment and the Economy?" The discussion,
sponsored by the Public Policy Graduate Student Association, will take place at
2 p.m. in the Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery, on the University of Maryland, Baltimore County campus. For
more information, contact Anne Roland (anne@umbc.edu)
(UMBC Insights, 4/28/09)
(By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 4/30/09) [William Denison, Vice President of the University of Maryland Center
for Environmental Science is quoted in the article]
State of Maryland
News
(By David A. Fahrenthold, The Washington Post, 5/4/09)
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(The Baltimore Sun, Op-Ed,
5/3/09)
(WJZ-TV, 5/3/09)
(By Joe Burris, The
Baltimore Sun, 5/3/09)
National and International News
(By Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post, 5/4/09)
(By Bruce Nilles, The Washington Post, 5/3/09)
(By Juliet Eilperin,
The Washington Post, 5/3/09)
(By Peter Applebome, The New York Times, 4/29/09)
(By Alister Doyle, Reuters, 4/28/09)
(By Alister Doyle, Reuters,
4/28/09)
(CNN, 4/27/09)
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