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Week of October 12, 2009

News from Across the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Campuses

October 15^th - , Professor Scot T. Martin, Harvard University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Seminar is on Thursday from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Auditorium (Rm. 2400) on the second floor of the New Wing of the Computer and Space Science Building, on the University of Maryland, College Park campus. Coffee, tea and cookies are served in the adjoining Atrium at 3:00 p.m. For more information, contact Dan Kirk-Davidoff.  dankd@atmos.umd.edu.

(By Donald F. Boesch, The Washington Post, 10/10/09) [Dr. Donald Boesch is the President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

(By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 10/7/09)

(By James B. Hale, The Capital, 10/7/09) [Article quotes Heath Kelsey, of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

(By Annette Ipsan, The Herald-Mail, 10/5/09) [Article cites the University of Maryland Extension Master Gardener Program]

(By Donald F. Boesch, The Washington Post, 10/5/09) [Dr. Donald Boesch is the President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

(By Len Lazarick, Corridor, Inc., October 2009 Print Edition) [M Square is a University of Maryland Research Park]

This competition is focused on benefiting people, promoting prosperity, and protecting the planet through innovative designs to address challenges to sustainability in both the developed and developing world. Solicitations are accepted through January 5, 2010.

The University of Maryland, College Park has officially been selected to participate in the   The University of Maryland, College Park will be one of 64 schools to compete for a trip to Bentonville, Arkansas to present at Walmart headquarters, and a grand prize of $20,000. Currently Maryland has one team officially formed, but will need a few more school teams in order to participate.  If you would like to form or join a team, please email your interest or the names of your team members to Scott Zakheim at scott.zakheim@rhsmith.umd.edu ASAP.

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(By Meredith Cohn, The Baltimore Sun, 10/10/09)

(The Baltimore Sun, 10/9/09)

(By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 10/8/09)

(By Time Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 10/7/09)

(Sustainable Endowments Institute, 10/7/09)

(By Diane Stoneback, The Baltimore Sun, 10/7/09) [Video and article]

(By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 10/6/09)

(The Examiner, 10/6/09)

(By Eileen Ambrose, The Baltimore Sun, 10/5/09)

National and International News

(By Edward Cody, The Washington Post, 10/11/09)

(By Mead Gruver, The Associated Press as reported by The Washington Post, 10/11/09)

(By Elizabeth Razzi, The Washington Post, 10/10/09)

(By Reuters, 10/10/09)

(Science Daily, 10/9/09)

(By Morieka Johnson, McClatchy-Tribune as published in The Baltimore Sun, 10/8/09)

(By Sarah Mukherjee, BBC News, 10/8/09)

(By Jack Kadden, The New York Times, 10/7/09)

(By Dina Cappiello, The Associated Press, 10/7/09)

(By John Vidal, The [UK] Guardian, 10/7/09)

(By Sarah Avery, The News and Observer, 10/7/09)

(Bt David A. Fahrenthold, The Washington Post, 10/6/09)

(By Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post, 10/6/09)

(By Jordan Robertson, The Associated Press as reported on MSNBC.com, 10/6/09)

(The Associated Press as reported on MSNBC.com, 10/6/09)

(By Reuters, as reported on Yahoo News, 10/5/09)

 (By Charles J. Hanley, The Associated Press as reported by The Washington Post, 10/5/09)

(By Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post, 10/5/09)

(The Associated Press as reported by The Washington Post, 10/5/09)