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Week of April 2, 2012

News from Across the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Campuses

- The pilot program will begin with 25 unisex bikes. Sign up begins at noon on Burdick Field on March 30^th, and any student will have the opportunity to sign up for the pilot program on a first come, first served basis.  The Office of Civic Engagement and Campus Recreation Services are responsible for the coordination of the program. To participate, a student must first sign a registration form and liability waiver. Any student who fails to sign both forms will be ineligible to participate in the pilot program. Each student is responsible for any personal injury to themselves, as well as damage done to the bicycle. A student will rent the bike for the entirety of the semester and will be responsible to return the bike at the end the term/the specified date of the agreement. Semester dates will be set each year based on the academic calendar. 

April 6^th - Dr. Sacoby Wilson, University of Maryland, School of Public Health?- Seminar will be held on Friday at 2 PM in the Technology Research Center, Room 206, on the campus of University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 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 the seminar.

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(University of Maryland, Eastern Shore, Office of Public Relations, 3/28/12)

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(By Michael Dresser, The Baltimore Sun, 3/29/12)

(By Pamela Wood, The Annapolis Capital, 3/29/12)

(Maryland Department of the Environment Press Release, 3/28/12)

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