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Big Ten academic committee reaches out to UM
While the University of Maryland won't be able to reap most of the rewards of joining the Big Ten athletic conference until the move becomes official in July 2014, it will start benefiting from its academic counterpart — the Committee on...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Atlantic Coast Conference, Rutgers University, Big Ten Conference, Ohio State Buckeyes
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Local football players honored at 50th Annual Scholar Athlete Awards Dinner
Brandon Dixon, Adam Greene, Brady Orem and Marc Badger all are very good football players. But this group of seniors can do so much more, and they were recognized for those talents Wednesday night. They were selected as regional winners at the 50th...
Tags: Financial Aid, Football, Awards and Prizes
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Invest wisely in early childhood
As we struggle through the fifth year of recession, facing budget cuts, austerity and now the sequester, it may be a good time to re-evaluate our national priorities. Last year, the Reach Out and Read program that distributes books to low-income...
Tags: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Family, Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, Entertainment Events
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Judge Elsbeth Levy Bothe dies
Judge Elsbeth Levy Bothe, a well-known former criminal defense attorney who served on the Baltimore Circuit Court for nearly two decades and had a taste for the macabre, died Wednesday at her Homeland residence of complications from a stroke she had...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, United Auto Workers, Executive Branch, Punishment, Death Penalty
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Raven research defies common wisdom on 'species'
As the Baltimore Ravens' march to victory in Super Bowl XLVII defied the common wisdom of the sports world, so, too, has an examination of the genetics of their winged namesakes in the western United States led one local biologist to evidence he says...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Baltimore County, Ecosystems, Research, Chemical Industry
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Terps to the Big Ten: Good move, poorly handled
Let the news sink in: The University of Maryland is headed for the Big Ten Conference in 2014. Even 72 hours after it became public knowledge that the school was negotiating to join the Big Ten and a day after it was made official, that's still pretty...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Atlantic Coast Conference, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Big Ten Conference, Ohio State Buckeyes
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For Obama and Roberts, second time's the charm
Inaugurations are more comfortable the second time around. For President Barack Obama and Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., it's not likely there will be a repeat in their encore performance of Chief Justice Roberts' flub of the words in the presidential...
Tags: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Culture, Barack Obama, Justice System, John G. Roberts, Jr.
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Part three: Culture shock
Tribune Tower was in crisis, and the illustrations of penguins installed in the building's ornate lobby were meant as a constant reminder. With Tribune Co. revenues sliding and managers struggling to adjust to an Internet revolution, executives in early...
Tags: Lobbying, Teachers, Invention and Innovation, Bankruptcy, Corporate Officers
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Dr. William J. Weiner, UM chairman of neurology
Dr. William J. Weiner, a professor and chairman of the department of neurology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine who was nationally known for his work with Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders, died Dec. 29 of multiple myeloma...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Berkeley (Cook, Illinois), Champaign (Champaign, Illinois), Diseases and Illnesses, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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David B. Simon, former editor at The Gazette in Gaithersburg, will become editor of The Daily Record
The publisher of The Daily Record announced Thursday that a former editor at several Maryland newspapers will become editor of the Baltimore-based business and legal affairs newspaper on Jan. 14. David B. Simon, 36, will replace Tom Linthicum, who...
Tags: Linthicum, Westminster (Carroll, Maryland), Carroll County (Maryland), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Gaithersburg (Montgomery, Maryland)
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Rev. James R. LeVeque, Episcopal priest
The Rev. James R. LeVeque, a retired Episcopal priest and mathematics instructor, died of kidney failure Saturday at Keswick Multi-Care Center. The Charles Village resident was 81.
Born in Cassopolis, Mich., he attended the Howe Military School in Howe,...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Hunt Valley, Charles Village, Johns Hopkins University, Human Rights
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Big Ten brings Maryland new chances for study, research
Few would argue that the University of Maryland's decision earlier this week to join the Big Ten isn't about the money — $24 million a year in television revenue.
But university officials are helping to sell the deal with what they argue is a...Tags: Atlantic Coast Conference, Head Injuries, Iowa Hawkeyes, Teachers, Ivy League
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