colleges and universities

Local students have been named to the fall 2017 semester president's list at Clemson University, in South Carolina: Caitlin L. Darling, of Mount Airy,

Towson University is expanding a grant to Baltimore County Police to step up weekend neighborhood patrols and keep an eye on rowdy students during the spring semester.

Charles Wight, the former president of Weber State University in Utah, will take over on July 1.

Baltimore police and officers from Morgan State University police responded to a report of gunshots at the university’s off-campus housing Monday night. 

News of the death of Martin Luther King Jr. is still a shock to the system 50 years later.

A whistleblower from Illinois says Marylanders need to treat Chelsea Manning's Senate candidacy seriously. She's earned it.

Dan D’Orazio is CEO of Sage Growth Partners, which helps health care companies find their niches and expand.

Maryland lawmakers will not endorse Johns Hopkins University’s proposal to create its own police force in Baltimore — at least, not this spring — officials said Friday morning.

Clifford M. Kendall, 85, a businessman, philanthropist and former chairman of the University System of Maryland Board of Regents and board member of the University of Maryland Medical System, died Wednesday evening, according to a statement from Dr. Wallace D. Loh, university president.

Johns Hopkins University should have its own police force, but it needs to invest more time in building community support for the idea.

Loyola Maryland has hired Georgia Tech assistant Tavaras Hardy as its men's basketball coach, replacing G.G. Smith.

Martin Luther King, Jr. died on April 4, 1968 — 50 years later, key figures in Baltimore's history reflect on that period in history.

President Trump wants people like Larry Kudlow and John Bolton not for their policy but for their marketing skills, Robert Reich writes.

Gwenyth H. Dunbar, the first corporate secretary of what is now Dunbar Armored Inc., died Saturday from influenza at the University of Maryland Medical Center. She was 87.

Dr. Murray B. Sachs, a longtime Johns Hopkins University professor whose research laid the groundwork for the creation of cochlear implants, died March 3 at the age of 77.

Glenelg High teams in robotics and computers do well at competitions and two students are finalists for the 2018 National Merit Scholarship award.

Baltimore-based Laureate Education saw its earnings and revenue increase in the fourth quarter as it benefited from tax reform.

Johns Hopkins' plan to have its own police force looks like a prudent move.

The University of Maryland, Baltimore County is seeking to capitalize on its unprecedented basketball upset by registering trademarks for “UMBC Retrievers,” “Retriever Nation” and “16 over 1.”

For a university long considered something of a well kept secret, analysts said the brief tournament run could be a turning point.

The Johns Hopkins University wants its own police department to address rising concerns about crime around its campuses. It would become the first private school in the state to have such a force and the idea is meeting with opposition.

For years now, we’ve heard much about the “two Baltimores,” with the dividing line between them typically identified as race or income. But there is another schism in the city that separates a privileged class from the rest of us: property taxes, and who doesn't have to pay them.

Then the men’s basketball team at University of Maryland, Baltimore County stunned top-ranked Virginia and overnight this suburban research campus – a place where “brainiac” is a term of endearment – vaulted in the annals of college sports.

UMBC's upset over Virginia in the NCAA tournament may be the first time most people have heard of the school. But it's quite famous in nerd circles.

University of Maryland, Baltimore County students showered love on their mascot True Grit after upsetting Virginia in the NCAA basketball tournament.

Medical student from Johns Hopkins and University of Maryland learn where they will do their residencies during the annual right of passage known as Match Day.

White nationalist Matthew Heimbach, an alumnus of Towson University, in 2016 made headlines for his organization's racial hostility and for shoving a protester at a Trump rally in 2016.

The Baltimore Sun's database on salaries of Maryland public employees shows that University of Maryland mens basketball coach Mark Turgeon is highest paid.

The following local students made the president's list for the fall 2017 semester at James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia: Jocelyn Abrahamzon, of

Last month Montgomery College in Md. accidentally sent a text message warning of an active shooter to 9,000 cellphones. It was a false alarm, the latest example of human error triggering one of the most terrifying notifications a campus community could receive. Such mistakes put people in danger.

Today, we stand at the brink of a new era in medicine. With the help of a growing array of sophisticated technological and genetic tools, we are creating new approaches that have the potential to eradicate devastating diseases. But they need significant investment to be realized.

Whether you can afford a home depends — a lot — on the city you want to call home. A modest income can go a long way in Cumberland, Maryland, the metropolitan area with the nation's most affordable houses.

Johns Hopkins students and faculty raised questions at a forum held Wednesday to discuss the prospect of the school’s creation of a new police force.

There are sincere proponents of redistricting reform in the Maryland state legislature, but as is typically the case it is hard to light a fire under an idea that will give some political ground to the minority party — even if it's what the people want.

The Johns Hopkins University is pushing legislation in Annapolis that would authorize it to create its own police force in Baltimore.

AJ Jurko scored 24 points to lead Massachusetts Institute of Technology (24-5) to a 62-54 victory over host Johns Hopkins (24-5) in an NCAA Division III men's

UMBC President Freeman A. Hrabowski III is receiving a lifetime achievement award from the American Council on Education.

A handful of Maryland colleges have joined a chorus of universities in assuring high school students that they won’t be penalized during the admissions process should they protest gun violence.

One important contribution of the African-American community to our nation’s history and future prosperity are Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The founders of these institutions recognized, as Frederick Douglass once said, that education “means emancipation.”

Johns Hopkins University joined a growing number of among universities and colleges around the country in publicly assuring high school students that their admissions chances won’t be hurt if they protest gun violence.

Sarah D.C. Banks, a retired career college educator and administrator who was one of the students who desegregated Western High School, died Feb. 10 from cancer at her Columbia home. She was 77.

At the request of Morgan State University officials, a Baltimore City Council committee on Thursday voted unanimously to back millions in tax breaks for the developers of Northwood Plaza

For 10 years, I had the privilege of working with undergraduate students at the University of Maryland, focusing on anti-bias education. Some of the themes that emerged from my class discussions might offer useful perspectives for administrators to consider given race-related challenges on campus.

Even though it is a product of Hollywood and not a black liberation manifesto, "Black Panther" is a revelation, a catharsis, an occasion for celebrating blackness and Africanness and, yes, fierce womanhood.

Otto Begus, a retired professor and former philosophy and religious studies chair at Morgan State University who believed in a liberal arts education, died of complications of dementia and heart failure Feb. 10 at his Tuscany-Canterbury home. The former Waverly resident was 85.

Under Anne Arundel County native and former Johns Hopkins aide Brian Holman, Utah will begin play in NCAA Division I men's lacrosse next season, part of the sport’s national effort to expand coast to coast.

Gov. Larry Hogan threw his support behind creating a "lockbox" to ensure that casino revenues are used as an enhancement to state education funding — not just to meet minimum obligations.

In Howard County, coordinator of school psychology Cynthia Schulmeyer said mental health concerns are growing among students.

To support a state education system committed to equity and among the best in quality, the Maryland Kirwan Commission has reached a strong consensus on five broad areas of policy recommendations in a preliminary report being released Thursday.

Juliette B. Bell said in a letter to the campus community that she wants to pursue other passions and spend more quality time with her family, including her five grandchildren.