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Week of May 3, 2010

News from Across the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Campuses

May 7^th - , a multi-faceted performance from storyteller David Gonzalez. Performance is at 8:00pm, at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Inspired by the growing environmental crisis and David's life-long love of the outdoors, Wounded Splendor juxtaposes image and lyric, awe and fury, to spark a deeper contemplation of our suffering planet and our responsibility to it. David performs his poetry against a backdrop of powerful images, accompanied by an original score from pianist Daniel Kelly. For additional information, visit the web site for the .

May 7^th - ?Ms. Katherine Rinne -?Architecture Program, California College of the Arts,? Seminar will be held on Friday at 2pm in the Technology Research Center, Room 206, on the University of Maryland, Baltimore County campus. The seminar, which is a part of the CUERE Seminar Series, is free and open to the public. Registration is not required. Visitor parking passes for the TRC lot may be purchased for $4.00 in the CUERE office in TRC 102/105 on the UMBC campus shortly before the seminar.

(By Meredith Cohn, The Baltimore Sun, 5/3/10) [Article quotes Gary Coleman and Ganesh Sriram of the University of Maryland College of Agriculture and Natural Resources]

(By Donald F. Boesch, The Washington Post, 4/29/10) [Dr. Donald Boesch is President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

(By Shauna Stuart, UM Newsdesk, 4/29/10)

(Towson University Go Green Program , 4/28/10)

(By Kelley L. Allen, The Easton Star Democrat, 4/28/10) [Article features Mike Roman, of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

(By Leyla Korkut, The Diamondback Online, 4/26/10)

(By Matt Dernoga, The Diamondback Online, 4/26/10)

(By Meredith Cohn, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 4/26/10)

(By Andrew Koch, WMBT -TV News, 4/26/10)

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(By Arthur Hirsch, The Baltimore Sun, 5/1/10)

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(By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 4/29/10)

(By Mary Gail Hare, The Baltimore Sun, 4/28/10)

(By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 4/28/10)

National and International News

(By Paul Krugman, The New York Times - Op Ed, 5/2/10)

(By Dave Michaels, The Dallas Morning News, 5/2/10)

(By Alison Benjamin, The [UK] Guardian, 5/2/10)

(By Rachel Dornhelm, National Public Radio - Weekend Edition Sunday, 5/2/10)

(By Matthew L. Wald, The New York Times, 5/1/10)

(By Cain Burdeau and Holbrook Mohr, The Associated Press as reported by Yahoo News, 5/1/10)

(By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 4/30/10)

(By Jared A. Favole, Yochi J. Dreazen, and Elizabeth Williamson; The Wall Street Journal; 4/30/10)

(By Teryn Norris, Americans for Energy Leadership, 4/30/10)

(By Ira Flatow, National Public Radio - Science Friday, 4/30/10)

(By Joan Obra, McClatchy Newspapers as reported by The Kansas City Star, 4/29/10)

(By Richard Fausset, The Los Angeles Times as reported by The Baltimore Sun, 4/29/10)

(By Teryn Norris, Americans for Energy Leadership, 4/28/10)

(The Center for Climate Strategies, 4/27/10)

(By Chris Baltimore and Reuters staff, Reuters, 4/27/10)

(Derrick Z. Jackson, The Boston Globe, 4/27/10)

(By Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post, 4/26/10)

(Climate Progress Blog, 4/26/10)

(By Campbell Robertson and Clifford Krauss, The New York Times, 4/26/10)

(By Andrew C. Revkin, The New York Times, 4/26/10)

(By Michael Levi, Council on Foreign Relations, 4/26/10)

(By Kate Sheppard, Mother Jones, 4/26/10)