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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">For Immediate Release:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br>
<b>November 28, 2017</b><br>
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Contact: Nancy Bridges<br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="mailto:sjoslin@mbl.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">nbridges@mbl.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">; 508-289-7281<br>
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<b>Former U.S. Ambassador Robert Barber to Speak at MBL Falmouth Forum, December 1<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Woods Hole, MA</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> – Former U.S. Ambassador Robert Cushman Barber will share
personal anecdotes and reflections of his experience as Ambassador at the Marine Biological Laboratory’s
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%"><a href="http://www.mbl.edu/falmouth-forum" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Falmouth Forum</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">,
Friday, December 1. Barber’s lecture, titled “Iceland, An Ambassador’s Perspective,” will be held at 7:30 PM in the MBL’s Lillie Auditorium, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole. The free series is presented by the
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%"><a href="http://www.mbl.edu/associates" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">MBL Associates</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
and offered as a cultural connection between the Marine Biological Laboratory and the Cape Cod community. Free parking is available in any MBL lot.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Barber will describe the unique aspects of serving in Iceland, related in part to the country and its peoples’ focus upon ingenuity
and innovation in utilization of natural resources (renewable energy deep below the surface and fish/shellfish from the sea). He will detail Iceland’s special geostrategic significance to the U.S., historically and currently, and the resulting close bilateral
relationship and collaborations ranging from NATO, to the Arctic Council, to governmental organization of eight nations within the Arctic Circle.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Appointed by President Obama, Barber served as U.S. Ambassador to Iceland from 2015 to 2017. He recently resumed his commercial law practice with Prince Lobel Tye LLP as
a partner in the Corporate Practice Group. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">An avid musician, Barber will share his experiences with the people of Iceland, a progressive, modern society that continuously
ranks highly for quality of life, and how <i>beer</i> and the <i>Blues</i> got him into the “Club.”
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The MBLWHOI Library will offer open house of the
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%"><a href="http://www.mblwhoilibrary.org/collections/rare-books-and-mbl-archives" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Marine Biological Laboratory Rare Books Collection
</span></b></a></span><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue"> </span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">prior to the lecture from 5:45
to 7:15 PM in the Grass Reference Room, Lillie Building 2nd floor, located at 7 MBL Street. Library staff will display books and artifacts including
<i>An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere</i>, by John Hawkesworth and Captain James Cook (1773) as well as T.H. Morgan’s Nobel Prize. The Library will host another open house
on March 2, 2018 prior to the Falmouth Forum with Professor Loren Graham. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br>
The 2017-2018 season continues with the following presentations. Visit </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%"><a href="http://www.mbl.edu/falmouth-forum" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">mbl.edu/falmouth-forum</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
for details and updated information.<br>
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<b>March 2, 2018 </b><br>
<b><i>Visiting Russia over Half a Century</i></b><br>
Loren Graham, Professor Emeritus of the History of Science Program, MIT<br>
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<b>April 6, 2018 </b><br>
<b><i>Antarctica: Glacial History and the Future of Sea Level</i></b><br>
Mark Kurz, Senior Scientist and NOSAMS Director, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">May 4, 2018
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br>
Film Presentation - </span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Inspiration for Action -
<i>From Iraq and Afghanistan to Rwanda and our own Cape community, filmmaker Beth Murphy shares her powerful journey through storytelling and its impact. </i></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br>
Beth Murphy, </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Director/Producer and Founder of Principle Picture</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The
</span></i><a href="http://www.mbl.edu"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Marine Biological Laboratory</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> (MBL) is dedicated to scientific
discovery – exploring fundamental biology, understanding biodiversity and the environment, and informing the human condition through research and education. Founded in Woods Hole, Massachusetts in 1888, the MBL is a private, nonprofit institution and an affiliate
of the </span></i><a href="http://www.uchicago.edu"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">University of Chicago.</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br>
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The Falmouth Forum is sponsored by the MBL Associates who provide a vital connection between the MBL and the community. MBL Associates create and host local educational and cultural programs, sponsor promising students and early career investigators, and volunteer
their time to the MBL. Learn more at </span></i><a href="http://mbl.edu/associates" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">mbl.edu/associates</span></i></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Constituent Events and Visitor Engagement <br>
Marine Biological Laboratory<br>
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508-289-7281 (office)<br>
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