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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.

Don't encourage undocumented with government subsidies of community college tuition.

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

The free community college plans in Baltimore city and county are important steps in reorienting our ideas of public education toward the skill building that will be necessary in the 21st Century.

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.

Carroll County Public Schools will close three hours early on Tuesday, March 20, according to an email from the school system. 

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.”

Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz announced this morning a program that will ensure county graduates can go to the Community College of Baltimore County without taking on debt.

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.

Carroll Community College held its Get Business Now! Conference & Procurement Fair, and event open to the public and geared toward the county’s local business community. The day was made up up a number of speakers, including Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford.

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.

he evening of March 10 was a significant milestone at Harford Community College. We celebrated the College's 60th anniversary with Illuminate, where we honored the past, celebrated the present and illuminated the future.

Harford Community College officials unveiled a new logo during a 60th anniversary cocktail reception and fundraiser held Saturday, March 10.

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.

Ted Zaleski spent about two hours Thursday giving the Board of County Commissioners an overview of the Fiscal Year 2019 budget and the FY19-24 operating plan, the first step in what will be a three-month long process before the county adopts its budget.

South Carroll High School seniors Christopher Scalzi and Stephen White won the 2018 Carroll County Hackathon with their app Infostructure February 25.

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.

Thomas E. Mazerski comes to Miller after spending the last 15 years as an adjunct faculty member at Frederick Community College teaching Macro and Micro Economics.

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

One area Howard County can certainly boast about is its vibrant arts scene, with an abundance of choices that include theater, music and dance companies, as well as free outdoor concerts at Lake Kittamaqundi, Centennial Park and Columbia’s village centers.

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.

The Carroll Community College Board of Trustees approved a $2 per credit, or 1.5 percent, increase in tuition for next year, an increase that matches what was approved last year, and one that is lower than that of previous years.

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.

Harford Community College suffered another enrollment decrease this semester, when the number of students enrolled for spring 2018 fell by 6.7 percent.

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.