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- Van R. Reiner, a Bethlehem Steel Corp. executive who later became president and CEO of the Maryland Science Center, died Wednesday. He was 70.
- Higher education, which is supposed to free us from unfairly profiling other human beings, has introduced a new profile with adversity scoring.
- Dr. Morris Roseman, who was a psychologist, university professor and staunch supporter of civil rights, died March 12 of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at his home in Walnut Creek, Calif. The former longtime Pikesville resident had just celebrated his 100th birthday.
- As he heads to Atlanta this week to take on a new pastor post, Rev. Jamal Bryant writes an ode and thank you to his hometown of Baltimore, where he founded Empowerment Temple, one of the city’s largest congregations and most active in social justice issues.
- As he heads to Atlanta this week to take on a new pastor post, Rev. Jamal Bryant writes an ode and thank you to his hometown of Baltimore, where he founded Empowerment Temple, one of the city’s largest congregations and most active in social justice issues.
- As he heads to Atlanta this week to take on a new pastor post, Rev. Jamal Bryant writes an ode and thank you to his hometown of Baltimore, where he founded Empowerment Temple, one of the city’s largest congregations and most active in social justice issues.
- McDaniel College full-time facutly members Elyzabeth Engle, Stephanie Bettis Homan, Nicholas Kahn, Holly Martinson Matthew Mongiello
- The drinking to excess, the treatment of girls — the private school culture that Kavanaugh represents — rings true to some alums, but hopefully, they say, that's changed.
- What changes when a country — such as the Philippines — devotes itself to servicing the businesses of other countries?
- Dr. Moody DeW. Wharam Jr., a pioneering Johns Hopkins Hospital radiation oncologist, died Aug. 10 from amyotropic lateral sclerosis, better known as Lou Gehrig's disease, at Franklin Square Medical Center. The former longtime Timonium resident who was living in Essex was 77.
- For Elena Rippeon, the finals of the Distinguished Young Women competition meant meeting new people, seeing new sights and eating a lot of ice cream.
- Marriottsville-based Bon Secours Health System expects to complete its merger with Mercy Health in the fall.
- Students and faculty at the university will be able to access digital ID cards on their Apple devices this fall.
- The Orioles are just finding their footing after an awful start, 88-year-old owner Peter Angelos is battling health problems and it’s fair to wonder who’s running the show. According to sources, John and Louis Angelos are assuming more responsibility.
- The University of Maryland, Baltimore County, is producing some of the nation’s best young scientists. The Baltimore Sun went inside the Meyerhoff Scholars Program to learn the secret.
- Robert W. Black Jr., a Baltimore businessman and former board member and treasurer of US lacrosse, died April 6 at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center. The Ruxton resident was 83.
- Palmer was one of more than a dozen people who spent 45 minutes Tuesday rebuffing claims made last week by Council President Richard Slutzky that global warming is “bogus.”
- Bert Straus, an independent industrial designer in Timonium, started designing football helmets decades ago, long before NFL players’ head trauma began to attract the public’s attention. Now 81, Straus says he has his masterpiece.
- Angelo R. Santamaria, a co-owner of a Baltimore County appraisal firm and a former mortgage banker, died Wednesday from colon cancer at his Timonium home. He was 87.
- The coalition of 10 universities includes UMBC and Johns Hopkins.
- Kevin Sowers on Monday was named the new president of The Johns Hopkins Health System and executive vice president of Johns Hopkins Medicine.
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- Uproar over computers in Baltimore County classrooms is well justified.
- Jean B. Tullai, who was a familiar face on the St. Paul's School campus for decades, died Wednesday from bone cancer at her Lutherville home. she was 87.
- Penn State Director of Athletics Sandy Barbour, a Severn School graduate, has been selected as one of the inaugural members of the United States Olympic
- Regional cooperation spurs economic growth, and universities are key determinants for successful collaboration.
- A Baltimore psychologist is on what he views as a critical mission to warn voters about President Donald Trump's mental health. Many of his colleagues are uncomfortable with the effort.
- Dr. Boris L. O'Mansky, a retired Baltimore prediatrician, died Thursday from complications of Parkinson's disease at his Pikesville home. He was 84.
- When it comes to scholarship pageants, Carroll County will be well-represented on the national stage this year.
- Elena Rippeon, of Westminster, topped girls from across the state to be named the winner of the Distinguished Young Women of Maryland Competition. For her
- Donald C. Sedlack, 81, a retired stockbroker, died Thursday at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center.
- With awareness on the rise, researchers in Maryland and Virginia are undertaking the first comprehensive studies of bottlenose dolphins in the Chesapeake Bay. Their early findings suggest more dolphins swim up the bay than they ever thought.
- Autumn Burton was floored when she first heard about Free Your Voice, a former Baltimore City high school student's successful campaign to prevent a trash
- J. Woodford "Woody" Howard Jr., 85, a former longtime Johns Hopkins University professor and author, died May 19.
- Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs alleged that Greg Gianforte, the Republican candidate for Montana's sole U.S. House seat, body-slammed him.
- A funeral service will be held Tuesday morning for Joshua "Josh" Evan Hamer, the John Carroll School student who died from injuries when a vehicle in which he was a passenger was involved in an accident in Churchville on Thursday morning.
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Elena Rippeon, a Francis Scott Key High School junior, was already distinguished in fact: She's a tennis player, and a member of the school marching band an
- Many pregnant women may not have heard of cytomegalovirus, or CMV, a common virus that can lead to hearing loss and mental retardation or even death of their babies, but thanks to the widespread attention given to the similarly devastating virus Zika word may be spreading
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Hopkins school of public health gets $95 million to study environmental effects on children's health
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health will receive $95 million over seven years to help analyze data collected from 50,000 children across the country and answer questions about what environmental factors influence their health from conception through early childhood - One Principal, Three Counsel and Six Associates Recently Joined Law Firm in Baltimore, Frederick, Tysons Corner and Washington, D.C. Offices Miles & Stockbridge is pleased to announce that Dwight W. Stone II has joined the law firm as a principal in its nationally-recognized Products Liability & Mass Torts Practice Group and the Consumer Product Safety Commission & Regulatory Compliance practice within it. Before joining Miles & Stockbridge, Stone was a partner at another Maryland law firm. He has more than 20 years of litigation experience, representing clients in various state and federal courts and administrative agencies and focusing on products ...
- Katie Couric tries to cover-up her journalistic sin by saying she wanted to start a conversation, says Jonah Goldberg.
- How in the world did the Republican Party get to the point of having a twice-divorced misogynistic playboy, lying insult machine, and monomaniacal reality TV star as their presumptive nominee for president? Even some of my seemingly thoughtful friends have gotten behind the man with the Tang-like hair and complexion. Aside from their mantra of "anyone but Hillary," it appears that a common thread among Trumpists is their distaste for the so-called wimpy presidential style of Obama, showcased by
- At Towson and at many other universities in Maryland, the percentage of black professors has barely grown in the last 20 years, and at some campuses, including at the flagship University of Maryland, College Park, the percentage of black faculty has actually declined between 1996 and 2014, according to data collected by the Maryland Higher Education Commission.
- James D. "Dan" Peacock, a retired Semmes, Bowen & Semmes trial attorney who had been chairman of the board of Sheppard Pratt, died April 2 of multiple organ failure at his home in Topsham, Maine. The former longtime Towson resident was 85.
- Universities around Maryland have in recent years ramped up efforts to help students and faculty turn their discoveries into growing businesses – but they are playing catch-up to colleges in many other states around the country, which are spinning off companies and pulling in licensing revenue at a much greater rate.
- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is working with the University of Maryland and other institutions to develop a system that will begin collecting and analyzing real-time data as soon as devices hit the market to better track both problems and benefits.
- There¿s a lot of excitement around the Bryn Mawr campus this spring, with alum Jordy Kirr becoming the new head coach.
- Harvey C. Jones II, a lawyer who had been the former director of legislative liaison for Baltimore County government, died Monday of congestive heart failure at Stella Maris Hospice. He was 88.
- Dr. William H. B. "Bill" Howard, 81, a general surgeon and sports medicine expert, died Sunday moments after he stepped out of his truck while driving in Anne Arundel County.
- Dr. Carroll Weinberg, 87, a retired psychiatrist who received medical training in Baltimore, dies