November 07, 2009
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In This Week's News -- October 31 to Nov. 6

•  Madieu Williams Gift to UM: Honoring His Mother, and Alma Mater (Washington Post, Cocorioko-Sierra Leone)

•  Trevor Young: Cab-Driving Senior Wins Competition to Light Up Sierra Leone (Washington Post)

•  Kalnay: Study Shows Climate Significance Of Land Cover Change (Red Orbit)

•  Pick: Scientists Create Diabetic Fruit Flies (United Press International)


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Travel by Train

    Metrorail from Washington, D.C.
    • Take the Red Line train (toward Glenmont); transfer at the Fort Totten station to the Green Line train (toward Greenbelt); get off at the College Park/U of MD station.
    • Or take the Green Line train (toward Greenbelt); get off at the College Park/U of MD station.
    • The university's Shuttle-UM buses pick up university-bound passengers on the EAST side of the station.
    • Get off the Shuttle-UM at the first stop. Proceed south on Route 1 to Turner Hall (Visitor Center), which is marked by a Block M on its facade.

    MARC from Baltimore (Inner Harbor)

    MARC from Baltimore (Penn Station/West Baltimore/BWI Airport)

    Amtrak
    • To Washington, D.C. (Union Station): Transfer to Metrorail system. Follow directions above.
    • To New Carrollton, MD: Transfer to Metrorail system, taking the Orange Line to the Green Line, and following directions above.


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