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Commencement speakers strive to inspire, entertain
Expectations are high for this year's commencement speakers at Maryland universities — an august crew that includes the Obamas and their team of writers as well as funnyman Bill Cosby and Hollywood director Jason Winer. But to stand out — or...
Tags: Graduation, Government, Students, Martin O'Malley, Morgan State University
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University system board approves tuition, fee increase
Maryland's in-state undergraduates will pay a few hundred dollars more per semester this fall under a new tuition-and-fee plan approved Wednesday by the university system's Board of Regents. Out-of-state students will be hit a little harder, paying as...
Tags: Graduation, University System of Maryland, Teaching and Learning, Coppin State University, Budgets and Budgeting
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State Senate gives preliminary OK to medical marijuana bill
The General Assembly is poised to pass legislation that would make Maryland the 19th state to legalize marijuana use for medical reasons — though how quickly the state's cancer patients and others might benefit remains in question. The state...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Baltimore County, Martin O'Malley, Nursing, Colleges and Universities
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Four companies move to research park near UMBC campus
Merritt Properties announced that four companies recently became tenants at bwtech@UMBC, adjacent to the campus of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Communications Scientific International, an aerospace technology and services company that...Tags: Companies and Corporations, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Economy, Business and Finance, Research
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Sequester will affect financial aid for the coming academic year
The across-the-board federal spending cuts known as the sequester come at a bad time for Maryland colleges. Many usually send out financial award letters this month, but they still don't have all the details on how much federal funding they will...
Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Teaching and Learning, Financial Aid, Arne Duncan, U.S. Congress
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Hopkins medical school falls to No. 3 in U.S. News rankings
Johns Hopkins University's medical school fell one spot to No. 3 in the nation, while its education school rose to No. 2, according to the latest U.S. News and World Report graduate school rankings. The medical school ranked behind those of Harvard...
Tags: Culture, Health and Safety at School, Social Sciences, Science and Technology, Nursing
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In nationwide innovation battle, Baltimore area lags on patents
Dr. Luis Diaz is an oncologist at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, a researcher with patented findings and the co-founder of a small, fast-expanding company.
"We've grown from no employees to one employee to four employees and now we have 12,"...Tags: Startups, University System of Maryland, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Oncology, Hospitals and Clinics
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Saving 75 homeless is not enough
On Feb. 1, the Mayor's Office of Human Services hosted a community briefing for the "75 Journeys Home" campaign — part of Baltimore City's 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness. The initiative was aimed at identifying the 75 most vulnerable people...
Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Memorial Day, Social Issues, Homelessness
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Police officer shot in training exercise at former hospital site
A University of Maryland campus police officer was critically wounded Tuesday after being shot in the head by an instructor during a training exercise with Baltimore police, an incident that prompted the city’s police commissioner to suspend all...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Disasters and Accidents, Health and Safety at School, Injuries and Wounds, Baltimore County
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New England blizzard causes some travel headaches in Baltimore
A blizzard was expected to dump a couple of feet of snow across New England through midday today, and while Baltimore was largely spared, the storm delivered some wintry precipitation and headaches for travelers.
At Baltimore-Washington International...Tags: Snow Storms, National Weather Service, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Air Transportation Delays
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Baltimore area middling on patents, a measure of commercial innovation
The Baltimore area has a ton of research. But patents on that research? Not so much. A new report from the Brookings Institution shows that the metro area's level of patenting remained basically flat over the last decade, while the U.S. as a whole saw a...
Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Johns Hopkins University, Brookings Institution
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