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The Baltimore Sun inducts retiring T. Rowe Price chairman Brian C. Rogers into the Business and Civic Hall of Fame.

Professor Bruce Fleming's bid for reinstatement brings into focus the classroom rebellion he’s waged over 31 years at the U.S. Naval Academy.

By Tim Prudente

May 22, 2019

H. Branch Warfield, a retired social worker who was active in community theater, died Tuesday at the age of 94.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

May 16, 2019

The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights notified families it had taken up the case in March, months after a spate of complaints was filed against Montgomery County school officials.

Jie "Jack" Zhao, a member of Gov. Larry Hogan's Asian Pacific relations advisory board, has resigned amid a scandal where he paid well over market price for a house owned by a fencing coach at Harvard before his son was accepted to attend the Massachusetts college.

By Phil Davis

Apr 4, 2019

Over the past few months, there are have been numerous articles reporting that millennials are among the groups most interested in cryptocurrency. According to a Feb 2019 survey from investment platform eToro, "43% of millennial respondents said they trusted cryptocurrency exchanges more than U.S. stock exchanges." (There were 1,000 total respondents in the survey, ranging from the ages of 20-65). When so many others are predicting doom for crypto, why are millennials bucking the trend and seeing a bright future for digital currency? Is it the excitement of the "Wild West" un-regulated nature of the digital currency financial markets that ...

Cornel West, Harvard professor, recording artist and actor in "The Matrix" movie trilogy, is coming to Westminster Friday to deliver the biannual Ira G. Zepp, Jr., Memorial Lecture at McDaniel College.

Leona S. Morris, a former community college educator, was in her 70s when she launched a second career as WJZ-TV's senior citizen correspondent.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Jan 17, 2019

New datasets from the U.S. Census Bureau cover poverty, home ownership, languages spoken at home, and, for the first time, broadband internet use.

By Christine Zhang

Dec 7, 2018

Four women who are from Maryland or attended school in Maryland were named Rhodes scholars on Monday.

By Sarah Meehan

Nov 19, 2018

Michael Bloomberg's $1.8 billion donation to Johns Hopkins isn't just big, it's aimed at exactly the right target.

Jack I. Stone, a retired economist who worked on the Marshall Plan in Berlin to rebuild Europe after World War II, died of cardiovascular disease complications Nov. 1 at Assisted Living Well in Millersville. He was 98.

By Jacques Kelly

Nov 9, 2018

Talia Smith, of Eldersburg, a member of the class of 2019 majoring in history, has been named to the dean's list for the spring 2018 semester at Drew

The Abingdon Library will host Tim Junkin, the 2018 One Maryland One Book author of "Bloodsworth: The True Story of the First Death Row Inmate Exonerated by DNA Evidence," on Oct. 2 at 7 p.m.

All systems are go for the first Susquehanna River Running Festival in Havre de Grace Saturday, after concern during the week the festival might have to be canceled because of potential bad weather.

By Erika Butler

Sep 13, 2018

Charles H. Houston Jr., a retired Morgan State University lecturer of American history who kept the legacy of his father's contribution to the civil rights movement alive, died July 15 from Parkinson's disease at the University of Maryland Medical Center. The Pigtown resident was 74.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Aug 3, 2018

Dr. William B. Allen, a retired Michigan State professor and dean who lives in Havre de Grace lead a group of 45 teachers on a week-long tour of key sites in the civil rights movement in Atlanta, Alabama, Memphis and Little Rock, Ark.

By David Anderson

Jul 25, 2018

Howard County Fire Chief John Butler is leaving to become the new fire chief in Fairfax County, Va.

By Jess Nocera

Jul 11, 2018

George M.c. Doub Jr.,former Venable LLP partner who later entered private pactice, died June 24 from a neurological disease at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. The Owings Mills resident was 78.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Jul 2, 2018

Before becoming a lauded inventor of one of the most pivotal technological devices of our time, James “Jim” E. West said his journey started simply — with curiosity.

By Brittany Britto

May 24, 2018

The campaign by public health advocates against sugar-sweetened sodas may have had an unintended consequence: Teens are drinking more sports drinks.

Antonia Keane, a Loyola University Maryland sociologist, once headed the city's Human Relations Commission.

By Jacques Kelly

Apr 19, 2018

An independent audit has found that a program to curb health spending in Maryland has saved hundreds of million of dollars in its first three years, but another study found no direct link between the program and any cost savings or reduced hospital use by patients in its pilot years.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Apr 6, 2018

Harvey R. Clapp III, a larger than life figure who combined careers in the law, restaurants, natural gas and investing, died March 27 from prostate cancer at his home on Farview Road in the Woodbrook neighborhood of Baltimore County. He was 79.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Apr 5, 2018

The American Keg Company in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, is the only manufacturer of stainless steel kegs in the United States, and is laying off a third of its workforce because of rising domestic steel prices following President Trump's tariffs on imported steel.

Historians speak about Frederick Douglass at the Reginald Lewis Museum

By Jacques Kelly

Feb 10, 2018

The top events on Baltimore's arts and entertainment scene for the week of Feb. 4-10, 2018

By Chris Kaltenbach

Feb 4, 2018

From his birthplace in the Eastern Shore to Baltimore and Washington, where he spent his last years, here’s a list of lectures, performances, exhibits and discussions happening throughout the region to celebrate Douglass’ legacy on his 200th birthday.

By Brittany Britto

Feb 1, 2018

Calvert Hall graduate had screen career in Hollywood

By Jacques Kelly

Jan 3, 2018

In the U.S., 6 billion hours will be spent between now and April 15 by citizens paying taxes. The average family spends roughly $260 each year for the privilege of filing a tax return. Yes, we spend money for the right to pay taxes to the government. It doesn’t have to be this way.

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

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.

Two recent mortality studies have produced evidence that exercise - even light activity such as vacuuming - is even healthier than previously believed.

The coalition of 10 universities includes UMBC and Johns Hopkins.

By Talia Richman

Dec 14, 2017

Marueen Kali has placed a free little library stand on her property to share her love of reading. Friends and family helped her put it together and fill it with a variety of books.

Dr. Pamela Sklar, 58, studied the genetics of mental illness

By Jacques Kelly

Dec 12, 2017

Just over two years ago, Kurt Rawlings, a then John Carroll senior quarterback, was celebrating with his team, an MIAA B Conference football championship and an undefeated football season.

By Randy McRoberts

Dec 1, 2017

David G. Mock, a retired First National Bank executive who was an active Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church on Park Avenue member, died Saturday from heart failure at Sinai Hospital. The Poplar Hill resident was 92.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Nov 18, 2017

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

Does a fetus need a college savings account? Hint: This isn't about college savings.

The recent backlash over private high school students posting racially charged Halloween photos reinforces the need for teens to understand that it’s not just their friends who may view their digital images, but the entire Internet which includes colleges, employers and media outlets.

Backed by a $100,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, a group of university researchers led by University of Maryland is working with city leaders, neighborhood groups and other stakeholders to devise a plan to turn Baltimore into a “smart city.”

By Sarah Gantz

Oct 26, 2017

Pastor Michael Phillips of Kingdom Life Church shares his 10 favorite things

Maryland’s Department of Housing and Community Development will add 1,500 affordable housing units to prosperous communities in the Baltimore region.

By Sarah Gantz

Oct 3, 2017

Laureate Education's founder and CEO to step down at end of year

By Sarah Gantz

Sep 14, 2017

Elite colleges pride themselves on blocking as many qualified applicants as possible, and ranking systems create perverse incentives that reward exclusivity.

Aging in place reverberates through the housing market, contributing to historically low inventory of homes for sale.

By Sarah Gantz

Jul 19, 2017

Ann C. Doak, 74, a private school director of publications, died Friday at her Ruxton home.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Jun 26, 2017

As a youth, Dana Stein spent summers working a variety of jobs — cashier, busboy and typist, just to name a few.

By Meghan Pryce

Jun 25, 2017

When developer James W. Rouse laid out his grand design for Columbia, planned cities were all the rage.