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• Obituaries

Van R. Reiner, former Bethlehem Steel executive who became president and CEO of Maryland Science Center, dies

Van R. Reiner, a Bethlehem Steel Corp. executive who later became president and CEO of the Maryland Science Center, died Wednesday. He was 70.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Jun 13, 2019

• Opinion

SAT's 'adversity score' a new form of profiling

Higher education, which is supposed to free us from unfairly profiling other human beings, has introduced a new profile with adversity scoring.

• Obituaries

Dr. Morris Roseman, retired psychologist, professor, poet and civil rights activist, dies

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.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Mar 29, 2019

• Jamal Bryant

Rev. Jamal Bryant: 'My heart is forever Baltimore'

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.

• Jamal Bryant

Rev. Jamal Bryant: 'My heart is forever Baltimore'

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.

• Opinion

Rev. Jamal Bryant: 'My heart is forever Baltimore'

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.

• Maryland

McDaniel welcomes new full-time faculty members

McDaniel College full-time facutly members Elyzabeth Engle, Stephanie Bettis Homan, Nicholas Kahn, Holly Martinson Matthew Mongiello

• Politics

What Brett Kavanaugh says about the drinking culture of private schools and how it's changed

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.

By Jean Marbella

Sep 27, 2018

• Opinion

Call centers: co-opting the Filipino identity

What changes when a country — such as the Philippines — devotes itself to servicing the businesses of other countries?

• Obituaries

Dr. Moody DeW. Wharam Jr., a pioneering Johns Hopkins Hospital radiation oncologist, dies

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.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Aug 16, 2018

• Maryland

Westminster teen reflects on national scholarship competition

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.

• Health

Bon Secours Health System, Mercy Health to complete merger in the fall

Marriottsville-based Bon Secours Health System expects to complete its merger with Mercy Health in the fall.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Jul 23, 2018

• Education

Johns Hopkins among six schools partnering with Apple to digitize student ID cards

Students and faculty at the university will be able to access digital ID cards on their Apple devices this fall.

By Lauren Lumpkin

Jun 12, 2018

• Sports

With big decisions looming for Orioles, John and Louis Angelos assume larger roles in organization

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.

• Education

'Agents of change:' A year with the UMBC program shaping some of the nation's best and most diverse scientists

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.

By Catherine Rentz

May 18, 2018

• Obituaries

Robert W. Black Jr., a Baltimore businessman and US Lacrosse board member, dies

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.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Apr 18, 2018

• Maryland

Several residents challenge Harford council president's remarks about climate change

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.”

By Erika Butler

Feb 21, 2018

• Business

Once shunned by NFL, ‘disruptive’ helmet inventor believes his time has come

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.

By Jeff Barker

Feb 4, 2018

• Obituaries

Angelo R. Santamaria, Timonium resident and mortgage banker-appraiser, dies

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.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Jan 25, 2018

• Data & Interactives

Maryland colleges join effort to collect data on biomedical students' career outcomes

The coalition of 10 universities includes UMBC and Johns Hopkins.

By Talia Richman

Dec 14, 2017

• Health

Hopkins taps Duke executive to help head medical system

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

• Carroll County

Valencia joins Integrace

Nick Valencia joins Integrace human resources

• Opinion

Balt. Co. should be wary of education tech

Uproar over computers in Baltimore County classrooms is well justified.

• Obituaries

Jean B. Tullai, St. Paul's School worker and homemaker, dies

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.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Nov 27, 2017

• College Sports

Digest (Oct. 19): Penn State AD Barbour named to advisory council

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

• Opinion

Universities key to regional cooperation among Md., D.C. and Va.

Regional cooperation spurs economic growth, and universities are key determinants for successful collaboration.

• Politics

Baltimore psychologist heads effort to 'warn' about Trump's mental health

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.

By John Fritze

Sep 24, 2017

• Obituaries

Dr. Boris L. 'Bo' O'Mansky, a retired pediatrician who was active in Jewish affairs

Dr. Boris L. O'Mansky, a retired Baltimore prediatrician, died Thursday from complications of Parkinson's disease at his Pikesville home. He was 84.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Sep 19, 2017

• Maryland

Editorial: Pageant queens can be role models

When it comes to scholarship pageants, Carroll County will be well-represented on the national stage this year.

• Maryland

Carroll students place first, second in Distinguished Young Women competition

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

• Obituaries

Donald C. Sedlack, stockbroker

Donald C. Sedlack, 81, a retired stockbroker, died Thursday at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Jun 12, 2017

• News

Researchers finding more dolphins than expected in lower Chesapeake Bay

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.

By Tim Prudente

Jun 11, 2017

• Baltimore County

Carver Center graduate's award-winning book looks at social justice close to home

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

By Margarita Cambest

Jun 7, 2017

• Obituaries

J. Woodford 'Woody' Howard Jr., Hopkins professor and patron of the arts

J. Woodford "Woody" Howard Jr., 85, a former longtime Johns Hopkins University professor and author, died May 19.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

May 27, 2017

• News

Reporter from Baltimore says he was slammed to ground by Montana politician

Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs alleged that Greg Gianforte, the Republican candidate for Montana's sole U.S. House seat, body-slammed him.

By Matt Pearce

May 25, 2017

• Maryland

John Carroll student, Joshua Hamer, laid to rest

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.

By David Anderson

Mar 7, 2017

• Maryland

Q&A: Rippeon wins local Distinguished Young Woman

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

• Features

Zika’s prevalence could bring awareness to lesser-known CMV virus

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

By Meredith Cohn

Jan 4, 2017

• Health

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

By Meredith Cohn

Sep 21, 2016

• From the Community:

Miles & Stockbridge Expands Legal Team Across Practices

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 ...

• Opinion

Going to extremes to start a conversation

Katie Couric tries to cover-up her journalistic sin by saying she wanted to start a conversation, says Jonah Goldberg.

• Maryland

Batavick: Trump-style authoritarianism here to stay

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

• Education

Minority faculty still underrepresented on Maryland campuses, straining professors and students

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.

By Carrie Wells

Apr 17, 2016

• Obituaries

James D. 'Dan' Peacock, past board chairman at Sheppard Pratt, dies

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.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Apr 16, 2016

• Business

Colleges ramping up efforts to spin off companies after neglect

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.

By Carrie Wells

Mar 25, 2016

• Health

New system in the works to better track faulty medical devices

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.

By Meredith Cohn

Mar 24, 2016

• Marquette University

New Bryn Mawr lacrosse coach excited to return to alma mater

There¿s a lot of excitement around the Bryn Mawr campus this spring, with alum Jordy Kirr becoming the new head coach.

• Obituaries

Harvey C. Jones II, attorney, dies

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.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Jan 29, 2016

• Obituaries

Dr. William Howard, surgeon and sports medicine expert, dies

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.

By Jacques Kelly

Jan 11, 2016

• Obituaries

Dr. Carroll Weinberg, psychiatrist and Stevenson Road doctor, dies at age 87

Dr. Carroll Weinberg, 87, a retired psychiatrist who received medical training in Baltimore, dies

By Jacques Kelly

Dec 22, 2015