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Week of May 21, 2012

News from Across the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Campuses

May 23^rd - - Dr. Jim Cleorn is the UMCES Horn Point Laboratory's Ian Morris Scholar in Residence. Dr. Cleorn is a renown expert on the San Francisco Bay. He is with USGS Menlo Park. Come and hear his lecture, and learn what is known about coastal bays in San Francisco and how that can be applied to Chesapeake Bay. The lecture is at 4:00pm in the AREL auditorium at the UMCES Horn Point Laboratory.

Through June 10^th - This exhibit will be held at the Ward Museum of Wildfowl Arts located on Schumaker Pond in Salisbury, MD.

(By Carrie Samis, DelMarVaNow.com, 5/15/12) [Article cites upcoming "Lost Ladybug Project" at Salisbury University]

State of Maryland News

(By Mary Lauran Hall, America Bikes as reported by the League of American Bicyclists, 5/15/12) [Ben Cardin is a United States Senator from Maryland. The Cardin-Cochran agreement ensures that local governments and school systems are able to access much-needed funds to make bicycling and walking safer and more accessible]

(League of American Bicyclists Press Release, 5/14/12) [In Maryland, the cities of and Frederick were recognized as 2012 "Bicycle Friendly" communities]

(The Washington Post - Local, 5/14/12)

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(By Alyssa Battistoni, Salon.com, 5/18/12)

(By Jackie Weidman and Daniel J. Weiss, ClimateProgress.org, 5/18/12)

(By Common Dreams Staff, CommonDreams.org, 5/18/12)

(By Petula Dvorak, The Washington Post, 5/18/12)

(By Tyler Falk, The Atlantic Cities, 5/17/12)

(The Associated Press as reported by The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 5/16/12 updated 5/18/12)

(By Heather Pilatic, The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 5/16/12)

(By Tim McDonnell, Mother Jones Magazine - Blue Marble Blog, 5/16/12)

(By David Robinson, Buffalo News, 5/15/12 updated 5/16/12)

(By Common Dreams staff, CommonDreams.org, 5/15/12)

(By Matt Pearce, The Los Angeles Times - National, 5/15/12)

(By Jim Naureckas, FAIR.org, 5/15/12)

(By Reuters as reported by The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 5/15/12)

(By Andrew Zaleski, Grist.org, 5/14/12)

(By Brian Moench, CommonDreams.org, 5/14/12)