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Week of January 31, 2011

News from Across the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Campuses

Feb. 1^st - - From 4-6pm in the Colony Ballroom, on the second floor of the Stamp Student Union. Faculty, staff, students and members of the community are invited to a town hall meeting, hosted by the President's Office, to discuss the Purple Line light rail system.  The proposed transit line would run between Bethesda and New Carrollton, passing through Silver Spring, Takoma Park, the College Park campus, and Riverdale. Following short formal presentations, questions, suggestions, and comments from the audience will be welcomed.  Because of limited time, questions and comments need to be kept to two minutes. Proceedings of this forum can also be viewed live via web stream (please check on Feb. 1 for the streaming link), and a videotape of the meeting will be posted on the University website.  Those who cannot attend the meeting can also submit their comments to president@umd.edu.

Feb. 1^st - Julie Gabrielli, NCARB, LEED-AP, founder GoforChange, green business consultants - - This event will be held at 5pm in the Lecture Hall of the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, on the University of Maryland, College Park campus. This lecture is a part of the Sustainable Tuesdays Lecture Series.

Feb. 4^th - Dr. Elie Bou-Zeid, Princeton University?- This seminar, sponsored by the Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education, will be held on Friday at 2:00pm in the Technology Research Center, Room 206, on the University of Maryland, Baltimore County campus, and 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 seminar.

Feb. 6^th - April 2^nd - -  Several Â鶹ÊÓƵ campuses are participating in this event: Bowie State University, Frostburg State University, Salisbury University, Towson University, University of Maryland Baltimore County, and University of Maryland College Park.

(By Gerard Shields, The Advocate, 1/25/11) [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]

(By Corrie Cotton, DelMarVaNow.com, 1/25/11)

(By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 1/24/11)[Article quotes Eric Schott of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

(By Paul Quinlan, Greenwire as reported by The New York Times - Energy and Environment, 1/24/11)[Article quotes Margaret Palmer of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]

State of Maryland News

(By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 1/30/11)

(By Joe Stephens, The Washington Post, 1/31/11)

(By Darryl Fears, The Washington Post, 1/25/11)

(WBALTV.com, 1/25/11)

(By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 1/24/11)

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(By Nelson D. Schwartz, The New York Times as reported by Yahoo News, 1/31/11)

(Reuters as reported by Huffington Post - Green Blog, 1/31/11)

(By Felicity Barrenger, The New York Times - Environment, 1/30/11)

(By Dmitry Zhdannikov, editing by Mike Peacock, Reuters, 1/29/11)

(By Harry R. Weber, The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 1/28/11)

(The Associated Press as reported by The [UK] Guardian - Environment, 1/28/11)

(By Stephen Leahy, IPS News, 1/28/11)

(By Tovia Smith, NPR - Morning Edition, 1/28/11)

(By David Roberts, Grist.org as reported by The [UK] Guardian, 1/28/11)

(Brian Skoloff and Harry R. Weber, The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 1/27/11)

(By Laura Snider, The Boulder Daily Camera, 1/27/11)

(By Tom Phillpot, Grist.org, 1/27/11)

(By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 1/26/11)

Gulf (By Renee Schoof, McClatchy Newspapers, 1/26/11)

(By Suzanne Goldenberg, The [UK] Guardian - Environment, 1/25/11)

(By Joanna Zelman, The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 1/25/11)

(By Scott Carlson, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 1/25/11)

(By Amy Lee, The Huffington Post - Business Blog, 1/25/11)

(By Scott Carlson, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 1/25/11)

(By Mike Glover, The Huffington Post - Politics Blog, 1/25/11)

(By Andrew Restuccia and Ben Geman, The Hill, 1/24/11)

(By Joanna Zelman, The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 1/24/11)

(By Michael T. Klare, Salon - News, 1/24/11)

(By John M. Broder, The New York Times - Politics, 1/24/11)