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ETurbo News (Wed 24 Aug, 2011)
Oceans of Opportunity: Free educators day at OCEANS '11 MTS/IEEE Kona
Staff quoted: Laura Murray
KAILUA-KONA, Hawai'i - The international OCEANS '11 MTS/IEEE Kona conference sponsored by the Marine Technology Society (MTS) and the Oceanic Engineering Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE/OES) will host a FREE Education Symposium called "Oceans of Opportunity" on Saturday, September 17, 2011, from 8:30 am until 4:00 pm. The event, held at the Hilton Waikoloa Village in Kona, will offer full- and half-day professional development programs designed for elementary to high school educators. Lunch is included with the program. Advance registration is required.
The Easton Star Democrat (Fri 25 Mar, 2011)
Horn Point Lab offers weekly lectures on Bay science
Staff quoted: Laura Murray, Roger Newell, Court Stevenson, Mutt Meritt, Bill Boicourt
Learn more about the science of Chesapeake Bay during a free lecture series offered by Horn Point Laboratory Thursdays at 3:30 p.m. through April 28 in the Aquaculture and Restoration Ecology Laboratory (AREL) Lecture Hall at Horn Point.
The Easton Star Democrat (Thu 3 Mar, 2011)
Horn Point sets Bay lectures
Staff quoted: Mike Roman, Tom Fisher, Laura Murray, Roger Newell, Court Stevenson, Mutt Meritt, Bill Boicourt
CAMBRIDGE - Horn Point Laboratory is launching a new community program designed to make the science of the Chesapeake Bay as accessible as its beauty.
The Easton Star Democrat (Fri 20 Nov, 2009)
STEM students get first-hand experience at Horn Point: Daylong trip featured lesson on ocean currents
Staff quoted: Laura Murray, Cassie Gurbisz
CAMBRIDGE - Twenty-two ninth-grade students from the North Dorchester High School STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) program got some science research experience as they spent Tuesday at University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science-Horn Point Laboratory learning about ocean currents.
The Easton Star Democrat (Fri 30 Oct, 2009)
NDHS students to take part in STEM program at Horn Point lab
Staff quoted: Laura Murray
CAMBRIDGE - Twenty-six students from the North Dorchester High School STEM program are to spend Nov. 10 at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science-Horn Point Laboratory using scientific research procedures to learn about ocean circulation.
The Easton Star Democrat (Sun 13 Sep, 2009)
Chesapeake Bay Sleuths: Science for Solutions - Laura Murray
Staff quoted: Laura Murray
CAMBRIDGE - Hurricane Katrina devastated the homes, schools and businesses along the coastline of my hometown in Pass Christian, Miss. Just as natural disasters require us to be smarter in building anew in our coastal areas, so are educators required to be smarter about rebuilding curriculum to meet the needs of the 21st century classroom.
The Easton Star Democrat (Sun 21 Jun, 2009)
Country School students study terrapins at Horn Pt.
Staff quoted: Andy Lazur, Erin Markin, Laura Murray, Donna Stotts
EASTON - A research-based science project on the diamondback terrapin connected Country School seventh-grade students with scientists from Horn Point Laboratory.
The Easton Star Democrat (Fri 17 Apr, 2009)
Talbot students to work with Horn Point scientists
Staff quoted: Laura Murray, Byron Crump
CAMBRIDGE - On April 15 and 16, eighth-grade students from Talbot County Public Schools worked alongside University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Horn Point Laboratory scientists to learn about genetic techniques and microbial ecology research taking place at the Cambridge-based lab.
The Easton Star Democrat (Mon 30 Mar, 2009)
Grasmick views Horn Point-Dorchester school program
Staff quoted: Laura Murray
CAMBRIDGE - Maryland State Superintendent of Schools Dr. Nancy Grasmick met with Dorchester County School officials and University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science professors for about an hour at the Horn Point Laboratory in Cambridge Friday morning to discuss funding for the laboratory's Environmental Science Education programs for local students.
The Maryland Gazette Newspapers (Wed 4 Mar, 2009)
Signs of Spring
Staff quoted: Laura Murray
Spring is coming. Really.