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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, Catherine E. Pugh, Students, Coppin State University, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland)
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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, Barack Obama, Duke University, Richard T. Jones, William E. Lori
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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: HIV, Nursing, Multiple Sclerosis, Colleges and Universities, Labor Legislation
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Mt. Hebron, Marriotts Ridge fighting for girls lacrosse supremacy
As Howard County girls lacrosse begins its 26th season, there is no one clear favorite. Instead, there are two - Mt. Hebron and Marriotts Ridge - and it's difficult to pick one team over the other. While most girls lacrosse games have a decisive winner,...
Tags: Students, Georgetown University, United States Naval Academy, Minnesota Twins, University of Maryland, College Park
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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: Financial Aid, Students, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), Johns Hopkins University, Budget Control Act of 2011
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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, Nursing, Science, Harvard University, Health and Safety at School
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South Carroll basketball standout has unique perspective
In its final county game of the regular season, the South Carroll girls' basketball team was deadlocked with host Francis Scott Key. The visiting Cavaliers needed a win to clinch at least a share of the county championship and a clutch play to finally...
Tags: High Schools, Students, College Basketball, Basketball, Schools
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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: Culture, Microsoft Corporation, Labor Markets, University System of Maryland, Oncology
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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, 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: Shootings, Injuries and Wounds, Owings Mills (Baltimore, Maryland), Physical Fitness and Exercise, 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: Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Snow Storms, Long Island, Vehicles, Trips and Vacations
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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: Brookings Institution, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Johns Hopkins University
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