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Trevor Corson

Crustacean Fascination

Acclaimed author Trevor Corson, whose bestseller The Secret Life of Lobsters was named ‘Best Nature Book of the Year’ by USA Today and Discover, will be the 2nd speaker in the 2010 Sea Secrets series on Wednesday, Feb. 17. Corson spent two years working as a commercial lobster fisherman in Maine before chasing a team of renegade scientists around New England for a year to write his book. Reception at 5:30, lecture at 6 p.m. in the Rosenstiel School Auditorium. Books will be available for sale after the lecture. Read more…

MTLSS

$15M NIST Grant Funds Study of Hurricane Impacts on Structures, Ecosystems

The Nationall Institute for Standards and Technology announced that UM has been awarded a $15 million grant, funded by the ARRA, to support the construction of a building. The new facility is part of an integrated seawater laboratory building that will also house a Marine Life Science Center. Read more…