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    May 15, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. Get your brain in gear at the HoCo STEM Festival

    Calling all kids interested in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) related activities? The first annual HoCo STEM Festival is June 9, 1 to 4 p.m., at Howard Community College. This free community event is the brainchild of the Committee to...

    Tags: Standards, Festive Events, Students, Ellicott City, Technology

    2. Apr 14, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  2. Five questions ... for Bill Burwell

    Bill Burwell wants to see more Maryland firms competing globally.
    Bill Burwell wants to see more Maryland firms competing globally. "We want to enable Maryland firms to win in overseas markets," said Burwell, director of the U.S. Commercial Service in Baltimore, the Commerce Department's trade promotion arm and part of...

    Tags: Small Businesses, Ice Hockey, Standards, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Electronics

    3. Apr 5, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  3. Federal firefighters push for shift-swap flexibility

    When city or county firefighters have a family event or unexpected obligation pop up on a workday, their solution is familiar to most shift workers: They find a colleague willing to trade hours. But for the roughly 10,000 firefighters employed by the...

    Tags: Standards, John Sarbanes, Hospitals and Clinics, Tom Coburn, Government

    4. Mar 8, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  4. Clocks to spring forward this weekend for daylight savings

    Forward. It's more than a presidential campaign slogan.
    Forward. It's more than a presidential campaign slogan. It's also a directive on the second Sunday of March — this weekend — for clocks in the United States to move forward one hour under daylight-saving time. This means more afternoon sun....

    Tags: Standards, U.S. Department of Transportation

    5. Feb 26, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. Cyber help wanted

    Nineteen thousand four hundred thirteen.
    Nineteen thousand four hundred thirteen. Focus on that number. Like so many numbers in news articles, you might easily have skipped over 19,413. But this is an important number for what is happening in Maryland higher education. According to the Cyber...

    Tags: National Security Agency, University of Maryland, College Park, Standards, Teaching and Learning, Students

    6. Feb 22, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  6. 'Bring your own' devices pose challenges for government

    Mika J. Cross, a human resources manager for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, sometimes uses a laptop issued by the agency. But she is far more likely to check email or collaborate with colleagues on one of her two personal computers.
    Mika J. Cross, a human resources manager for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, sometimes uses a laptop issued by the agency. But she is far more likely to check email or collaborate with colleagues on one of her two personal computers. As someone...

    Tags: Standards, Public Employees, John Sarbanes, Computer Hardware, Government

    7. Sep 20, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  7. Cybersecurity expert Donna Dodson to speak at breakfast

    Tower Federal Credit Union, University of Maryland College Park and University of Maryland University College are sponsoring a Cyber Breakfast, Wednesday, Oct. 3, from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m., at the Colony Ballroom at University of Maryland Stamp Student Union...

    Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, Standards, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), Colleges and Universities, Security

    8. Feb 14, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. Terps guard Jonathan Thomas now has a double major

    Jonathan Thomas spent his first two years at the University of Maryland consumed by his studies in mechanical engineering. From his current vantage point, Thomas now realizes there was a void.
    Jonathan Thomas spent his first two years at the University of Maryland consumed by his studies in mechanical engineering. From his current vantage point, Thomas now realizes there was a void. A former basketball star at Tuscarora High, where he was...

    Tags: Fort Detrick (military base), University of Maryland, College Park, Standards, Teaching and Learning, Mark Turgeon

    9. Feb 13, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  9. Turning research into jobs in Maryland

    About three times each week, an enterprising researcher at theUniversity of Maryland, College Park, takes a step toward patenting an invention. Each year, that results in the creation of about five new high-tech firms, the kinds of businesses often credited with creating good jobs.
    About three times each week, an enterprising researcher at theUniversity of Maryland, College Park, takes a step toward patenting an invention. Each year, that results in the creation of about five new high-tech firms, the kinds of businesses often...

    Tags: Research, Startups, University of Maryland, College Park, Standards, University of Maryland, Baltimore

    10. Jan 1, 2012 |Blog| Baltimore Sun

  10. 2012 is a leap year

    Maryland Weather
    From the Sun's print edition:Baltimore Sun librarian Paul McCardell offers this post: Happy New Year! We will have an extra day this year because 2012 is a leap year. February will have 29 days instead of 28 and the year......

    Tags: Standards

    11. Feb 12, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  11. Loch Raven area becomes test site for deer spaying experiment

    In a tiny trailer parked near Loch Raven Reservoir, a 2-year-old doe draped in blue surgical cloth sleeps on her back as a veterinarian opens her belly. Less than an hour later, the deer is stepping back into the safety of the woods, the latest patient in an experiment in wildlife management that doesn't involve arrows or bullets.
    In a tiny trailer parked near Loch Raven Reservoir, a 2-year-old doe draped in blue surgical cloth sleeps on her back as a veterinarian opens her belly. Less than an hour later, the deer is stepping back into the safety of the woods, the latest patient in...

    Tags: Standards, Elections, Wildlife, Hunting, Natural Resources

    12. Feb 22, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  12. End of mercury thermometers is near

    It was one of Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit's most famous inventions, in 1714. But after nearly 300 years on the market, the still-common mercury thermometer now appears headed for extinction.
    It was one of Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit's most famous inventions, in 1714. But after nearly 300 years on the market, the still-common mercury thermometer now appears headed for extinction. While many Maryland residents probably still have them in their...

    Tags: Waverly (Baltimore, Maryland), Medical Research, Standards, Brain, Natural Resources

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