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Hopkins provides extra leave days to Keswick employees
Employees who were barred from their offices on the Johns Hopkins at Keswick campus because of water contamination have been granted additional paid leave days, human resources officials said Friday. Employees in the campus' south building, which was...
Tags: Health Insurance, Employment, Flu, Symptoms, Health and Safety at Work
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Colleges struggling with growing demand for mental health services
Within a week of arriving on campus this semester, University of Maryland junior Grace Freund felt the familiar symptoms of a depression creeping up — ones she knew to address quickly, lest they slip from her control. The 21-year-old psychology...
Tags: Psychology, Behavioral Conditions, Health and Medical Professionals, University of Maryland, College Park, Teaching and Learning
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Transportation Center to open at APG
In the wake of a lengthy BRAC process that has brought more jobs – and traffic – to Harford County, a transportation assistance operation has been set up to help Aberdeen Proving Ground's 21,000 employees find alternative ways to get to work....Tags: Renewable Energy, Lobbying, Aberdeen, Alternative Energy, Energy
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Defunding the dreamers: the perils of cutting science research
When I was a Ph.D. student at Yale, I dreamed of working as a university professor, directing a research laboratory, and training students of my own. I have been a professor for a little over four years now. Of the lessons I have learned in this time, the...
Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Psychology, Carol W. Greider, Research, University of Maryland, College Park
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Keswick workers barred from work by building closure forced to use vacation days, personal days
They weren't allowed to be at work, but now they're paying for being absent. Some administrative employees who were barred from the Johns Hopkins at Keswick complex in North Baltimore twice in the last two weeks because the buildings were closed due...
Tags: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Labor Legislation, Employment, Johns Hopkins University, Symptoms
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Legislation targeting Md. fracking is premature
With many important issues before the Maryland legislature this year, it is a shame to see time and effort being wasted on unnecessary proposals regarding natural gas development in our state. Pursuing such legislation right now is putting the cart before...
Tags: Annapolis, Petroleum Industry, Natural Gas, Regional Authority, Executive Branch
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Lifting a burden from special ed parents
The welcome lifting of the federal consent decree on Baltimore City Public Schools does not mean all is well for students with disabilities in Baltimore and Maryland — far from it. Yet, the General Assembly rarely pays any attention to the fact that...Tags: Laws, John Paul Stevens, Dyslexia, U.S. Supreme Court, Teaching and Learning
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'My Word' column on abortion was 'calm, forceful defense for life' [Letter]
I would like to commend the Howard County Times and the Baltimore Sun for having the courage to publish the OpEd piece by Maria Santo, "Murder is not condoned by civilized societies; abortion should be illegal," which appeared in the Feb. 28 print...Tags: Abortion, Endangered Species, Wildlife
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Yahoo's ban on working from home prompts criticism
It didn't take long for the talk at this week's national work-life conference in Baltimore to turn to Yahoo Inc. The Internet company's new ban on employees working from home has proved wildly unpopular with working mothers who had expected more...
Tags: Employment, Inner Harbor, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Employment Opportunities, Business Enterprises
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Pie, breakfast, bingo and chili for charity [Perryville]
A soup and pie sale will be held at Hopewell United Methodist Church on Saturday, March 2, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Please note that the Perryville United Methodist Church has canceled its chicken pot pie sale until further notice. An all you can eat...Tags: State Parks, Weddings, Cecil County, Severna Park, Culture
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Roland Park to greet new residents with welcome baskets, gift certificates
Sometime in the next few weeks, a representative of the Roland Park Civic League bearing a welcome basket will pay a visit to new residents Dr. James Rothschild and his wife, Kelly-Brenan-Rothschild. The basket will include gift certificates or discount...
Tags: Candy, Flowers and Gifts, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Roland Park, Real Estate Sales
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UMES will not restart football program, university president says
Baltimore Sun staffUMES president Juliette B. Bell today announced her acceptance of a task force recommendation that the university not restart its football program, which has been dormant since 1980. Bell had commissioned a task force to evaluate a study conducted by an...Tags: University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Colleges and Universities, Art Shell, Morgan State University
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