This episode of Maryland State of Mind includes segments on the Australian bower bird ("Bird in the Bush"), the court case Gideon v. Wainwright ("Gideon's Trumpet"), the CSC Baseball Coach Paul Blair ("Going to Bat"), the UMBC chess champions and ("The Chess Set"), the BSU Music Program ("Hitting a High Note"), the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute Lab marine research project VIRTUE, which has collaborators in Sweden and Norway ("Virtue Is Its Own Reward"), and reseach on plant bacterium and the symbiotic relationships between plants ("In the Pink"). Maryland State of Mind is a magazine series showcasing the work of faculty and students at the thirteen schools in the University System of Maryland.
