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Week of January 24, 2011

News from Across the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Campuses

Jan 26^th - Thomas Spiegelhalter Lecture: Lecture will be held from 6:15-8pm in the Architecture Building (Arch 0145), Room 0204. Thomas Spiegelhalter, Architect, Industrial Designer, Town Planner, R.A., E.U., ACE, ISES, LEED AP, will be lecturing on the topic of "Globally Benchmarked Buildings versus Green Washed Buildings: Taking a Critical Look at the Design, Resource Use, and Performance of Sustainable Buildings and Cities." The lecture is hosted by University of Maryland's .

Jan. 26^th - Dr. Michael Williams, UMCES - Chesapeake Biological Lab - "Trends in ecosystem health-related metrics of Chesapeake Bay (1986-2008)." The Distinguished Scholar Seminar Series is hosted by the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory. Seminar will be held on Wednesday at 3:30pm in Nice Hall at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory. For more information, contact .

Jan. 27^th  - , Pennsylvania State University?- "The Age of Water:  Time and Memory in Watershed Systems."?The Seminar Series is hosted by the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science's Appalachian Laboratory. Seminar will be held on Thursday at 3:30pm in Room 109 at the Appalachian Laboratory. For more information, contact .

(Reported by Ira Flatow, NPR - Talk of the Nation, 1/21/11) [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]

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(By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 1/21/11)

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(By Larry Carson, The Baltimore Sun, 1/19/11)

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(By Emmarie Huetteman, The Washington Post, 1/24/11)

(By Joanna Zelman, The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 1/23/11)

(By Michael T. Klare, TomDispatch.com as reported by Alternet.org, 1/23/11)

(By Pavol Stracansky, IPS News, 1/22/11)

(By Zoe Triska, The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 1/22/11)

(By Elisabeth Rosenthal, The New York Times - Environment, 1/21/11)

(By Lin Edwards. Physorg.com, 1/19/11)

(By Jeff Rubin, The [Canada] Globe and Mail, 1/19/11)

(By Clifford Krauss, The New York Times - Green Blog, 1/19/11)

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(By Alexandra Giese, Earth Policy Institute, 1/18/11)

(By Mario Osava, IPS News, 1/17/11)