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Week of November 1, 2010

News from Across the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Campuses

Nov. 4^th - The University of Baltimore School of Law's fourth annual symposium, will seek to answer questions about the bay's use as an energy source by both traditional and alternative energy producers. The event will take place on Thursday, Nov. 4 beginning at 10 a.m. in the School of Law, 1415 Maryland Ave. Admittance is free and open to the public, but advance is strongly suggested as seating is limited. Location, directions and parking information can be found on the School of Law's . For more information, contact the Office of External Relations at lawevents@ubalt.edu or 410.837.5648.

Nov. 4^th - This film, sponsored by Campus Sustainability, will be held from 4pm-6pm, 1102 South Campus Commons, Building 1, on the University of Maryland, College Park campus.

(By msnbc.com staff and news service reports, MSNBC.com, updated 10/29/10) [Dr. Donald F. Boesch, President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science is a member of President Obama's Gulf oil spill commission]

(By Claire Saravia, The Diamondback Online, 10/29/10)

(By Emily Mullin, Baltimore Business Journal, 10/28/10)

(By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 10/27/10) [Article cites report by University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

(By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 10/26/10)

(National Geographic - Daily News - Video, 10/25/10) [Video features James Pierson and Michael Roman of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

(By Liz Skinner, Bethesda Magazine, November/December 2010 issue) [The Universities at Shady Grove campus is featured as a Green Giant award winner]

State of Maryland News

(By Jay Hancock, The Baltimore Sun - Jay Hancock's Blog, 10/29/10)

(By Hanah Cho, The Baltimore Sun, 10/29/10)

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(By Jamie Smith Hopkins, The Baltimore Sun, 10/28/10)

(By Michael Dresser, The Baltimore Sun - Getting There Blog, 10/27/10)

National and International News

(AFP as reported by The [UK] Independent, 11/1/10)

(By Dina Cappiello, The Associated Press as reported by WTOC News, 10/29/10 updated 10/31/10)

(By Jerome Taylor, The [UK] Independent, 10/29/10)

(By Matthew O. Berger, IPS - North America, 10/28/10)

(By Michael Dresser, The Baltimore Sun, 10/28/10)

(By Claire Snegaroff AFP as reported by Yahoo News, 10/28/10)

(AFP as reported by The Los Angeles Times, 10/28/10)

(By Liz Alderman, The New York Times, 10/27/10)

(By John Collins Rudolf, The New York Times - Green Blog, 10/27/10)

(Press Association as reported by Yahoo News - UK and Ireland, 10/26/10)

(AFP as reported by Yahoo News, 10/26/10)

(The Stuart Smith Blog, 10/25/10)

(By Secretary Ray LaHood, The White House Blog, 10/25/10)

(By Kevin Bullis, MIT Technology Review, 10/25/10)

 oil fields to Japan's Marubeni as part of its moves to pay for the oil spill there (BBC Business News, 10/25/10)

(By  Jacob Gronholt-Pederson, Dow Jones Newswires as reported by E&P News - Rigzone, 10/25/10)

(CAN-Europe, 10/25/10)