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Baltimore's investments in job creation
A strong and sustainable 21st century economy can only be built from the bottom up. And today, as President Barack Obama visits Baltimore, it is this fact that will drive us to join with him to renew a call for Congress to focus on common-sense...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, Baltimore City Community College, U.S. Congress, Baltimore Red Line, Barack Obama
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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: Washington Nationals, Music Theater, Auction Service, Barack Obama, PTA
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Obamacare's tax on innovation
Government leaders are asking us to out-innovate, out-export and out-work our competitors in order for the United States to turn this economy around. But what if our own government was instituting policies that proved to be some of the biggest obstacles...
Tags: Agricultural Research and Technology, Colleges and Universities, Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Instrument Engineering
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Catonsville and Arbutus area students in Career and Techology Education honored
Jacob Lutz, a senior in Catonsville High School's Information Technology/IT Programming curriculum, was named the Southwest Area winner of a $1,000 scholarship during the 39th annual Career and Technology Education Student Recognition Reception April 24...Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, High Schools, Teaching and Learning, Catonsville, Schools
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Nobel Prize winner will speak on 'Coolest Stuff in the Universe'
It's not often that we find Nobel Prize winners hanging around our neck of the woods. But on Thursday, May 16, at 7 p.m., the community is invited to the Mulitz Theatre on the campus of Glenelg Country School, where Nobel Prize recipient and American...Tags: Ellicott City, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Nobel Prize Awards, Christianity, Music
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Don't save the planet
To the age-old question of how many conservatives does it take to screw in a light bulb, we now have a definitive answer: Just one, but it will take him weeks to chase down a vintage incandescent bulb because he won't touch an energy-efficient one. At...
Tags: Rush Limbaugh, Greenpeace, Duke University, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Marketing
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Coppin to break ground on $80 million science center
Coppin State University is moving forward with an $80 million Science and Technology Center that it hopes will boost sagging enrollment despite concerns that the West Baltimore school will not have enough money to operate the building. A ceremonial...
Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Health and Safety at School, U.S. Department of Education, Computer Science, Coppin State University
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Education briefs
Seeking part-time faculty Anne Arundel Community College is seeking part-time faculty to teach credit and noncredit courses. Qualified persons should have at least a master's degree or a bachelor's degree or certified technical expertise. Adjunct faculty...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Anne Arundel Community College, Teaching and Learning, Medical Specialization, Financial Aid
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Space telescope astrophysicist probes space, spreads the word
Jason Kalirai doesn't just reach for the stars. He pulls them close and studies them — and encourages others to do so, as well. For two years, Kalirai, an award-winning astrophysicist at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, worked...
Tags: Ellicott City, Astronomy, NASA, Applied Physics, Research
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STEM kits targeted for birth to 5 available at Harford County Public Library
Little Leapers was unveiled to an excited crowd of children and caregivers along with program sponsors and library staff on March 27 at the Bel Air library. More than 80 people were in attendance, including 30 children, to see the new kits and have the...Tags: Aberdeen Proving Ground, Harford County, New Products, Libraries
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The red herring of human gene patents
The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding. — Louis D. Brandeis Just a few words and little thought separate yet another stronghold of the American economy from ruin....
Tags: Invention and Innovation, U.S. Supreme Court, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, National Institutes of Health, Myriad Genetics Incorporated
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Winter honey bee deaths devastate keepers, puzzle scientists
Something is killing the honey bees of Maryland. Close to 60 percent of the managed hives died last fall and over the winter — about twice the national average, according to the state bee inspector and local keepers. "I had a healthy hive that...
Tags: Agricultural Research and Technology, Environmental Politics, University of Maryland, College Park, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Agriculture
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