colleges and universities

A university that divests from fossil fuels is only hurting its students.

From Confederate statues to NFL player protests to private schools students dressing up as prisoners, issues of race threaded through the news of 2017.

Yes, America’s got talent—but not enough of it. It needs to import it. A merit-based immigration system for a merit-based society will enhance our economic security and significantly boost our competitiveness. The president is right on the money with this part of his immigration.

Several other Maryland universities are also subject to federal investigation for their handling of sexual violence on campus.

Baltimore-based Laureate Education Inc., operator of private, for-profit universities, said it will sell its stake in its Chinese university.

Frederick H. Fusting, who taught marketing at Loyola University Maryland and was a past executive of a medical publishing house, died of cancer Dec. 22 at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson.

Recently, The Johns Hopkins University  made the decision to divest thermal coal from its endowment. While we commend this step away from the fossil fuel industry, this is just delaying the need for future divestment.

M. Grant Gross Jr., a retired oceanographer and former director of the Chesapeake Institute, died Sunday from heart disease at Heron Point retirement community in Chestertown. He was 84.

Remembering 10 who died in 2017 after making an impact on Carroll County.

The Marching Lions, the marching band and drumline at Maple Elementary School in Cambridge, will perform alongside the Ravens Marching Band during the Ravens face-off against the Indianapolis.

Notable Marylanders who died in 2017.

Morgan State improperly certified the eligibility of 94 student-athletes in 10 sports and erroneously provided financial aid to student-athletes in nine sports for four years, according to findings by an NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions panel.

The Bears went 1-10 this season, finishing last in the MEAC.

University President Kurt Schmoke's decision to invite DeVos launched protests and petitions.

Johns Hopkins' BLocal is off to an impressive start - and deserves to be copied.

The coalition of 10 universities includes UMBC and Johns Hopkins.

Beginning next fall, students attending Howard or Prince George's Community colleges can take courses at the Laurel College Center as part of Bowie State’s bachelor’s degree in business administration.

Parents and staff say William Pinderhughes Elementary/Middle School operates as an anchor in the Sandtown-Winchester community.

Baltimore mayor and local college officals launch program to provide free college tuition to Baltimore public school graduates.

Stewart J. Greenebaum, the Baltimore-based developer who with his wife, Marlene, endowed the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, died Sunday from complications from a stroke at Sinai Hospital.

Just because UB has suffered financial setbacks, don't assume it's not a good school.

University of Maryland and Capital One on Tuesday announced a partnership to develop a workforce pipeline in data analytics, machine learning and cyber security.

Johns Hopkins University's board voted to divest from investments in companies that produce coal for power

A student reported a sexual assault at a Johns Hopkins University fraternity house.

Kevin Sowers on Monday was named the new president of The Johns Hopkins Health System and executive vice president of Johns Hopkins Medicine.

The Chronicle of Higher Education listed Johns Hopkins University President Ron Daniels' $1.3 million salary among the top 30 among private institution presidents.

When we ban literature that reflects the realities of many students’ lives, we say to them that their voices and experiences do not matter. That they do not matter.

Teens and law enforcement officials met in Baltimore on Saturday to discuss best practices for handling police encounters as part of the Greater Baltimore Urban League's Saturday Leadership Program.

Steven Schmitz, of Mount Airy, is a member of John Carroll University's Boler School of Business team that recently won the fifth annual DDR Real Estate Case

The University of Baltimore has cut nearly 400 employees’ salaries to help mitigate the impact of “significant fiscal challenges” facing the school amid persistently declining enrollment.

Dr. Byron Maas surveys a supply of marijuana products for dogs that lines a shelf in his veterinary clinic. They're selling well.

Uproar over computers in Baltimore County classrooms is well justified.

Introduced by HCPSS interim superintendent Michael Martirano, the JumpStart program will be expanded at Oakland Mills High and started at River Hill High to give students opportunities to earn college credit.

Dr. Burton C. D'Lugoff, a retired internist and addiction specialist who was a partner with his brother in the famed Village Gate nightclub in New York City, died Nov. 25 from multiple organ failure at Sinai Hospital. He was 89.

I am encouraged by the community development work I see taking place in East Baltimore, but have to ask why there is no such collaborative, focused and financed effort in West Baltimore. Does anyone really give a damn about us?

Andrew C. "Andy" Helms, a popular Washington College economics professor whose somewhat quirky behavior delighted his students and friends, died Nov. 12 from undetermined causes at his Crumpton home. He was 44.

A look at Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh's first year in office. Pugh came into office last December promising a series of initiatives, but the first year has been hampered by the city's crime rate.

Harford County Public Schools officials present data on student achievement on standardized test in the 2016-2017 school year to the Board of Education Monday.

Baltimore County's Department of Public Works will host a public hearing on adding residential permit parking in Wiltondale. Residents have asked the county to study adding permit parking in the neighborhood they say is full of Towson University students and not residents.

With an Angel Room, photos with Santa, a man cave, North Pole candy and oodles of fudge, St. John Catholic School will hold its indoor Holiday Bazaar on Saturday, Dec. 2 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the school.

The residents of communities affected by a Baltimore County law aimed at curbing disruptive, off-campus parties in Towson neighborhoods, mainly near Towson University, welcomed the County Council’s recent vote to widen the ordinance’s reach.

After months of heightened racial tensions on the University of Maryland, College Park campus, the administration announced a streamlined procedure for responding to hate-bias incidents.

Two students with ties to Maryland have been selected as Rhodes scholars.

In response to the death of their fiance and son, two University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center employees will attend Not all Wounds are Visible: A Community Conversation at University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center Nov. 29. The free community conversation is open to the public.

In a year when events have lost their ability to surprise, I had to shake my head in amazement at the proposal to tax graduate student tuition waivers. This does so much damage for so little revenue that I am unable to make sense of it.

President Donald Trump is set to host collegiate sports championship teams at the White House Friday.

Anthony "Tony" Deering, who led the Rouse Company and orchestrated its sale, died Friday.

Tenable, the fast-growing cybersecurity company based in Columbia, plans to relocate its headquarters to downtown Columbia and add hundreds of employees in the next few years.

Deerfield Management will provide $65 million in funding to help Johns Hopkins scientists develop early stage therapeutic research.

Masterworks Chorale of Carroll County celebrates McDaniel and Reformation anniversaries