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Being a woman, especially a woman of color, raises one's risk of cyber harassment — the intentional infliction of severe emotional distress through persistent online speech.

Jun-ichi Igusa, a retired Johns Hopkins professor of mathematics who researched number theory and algebraic geometry, died of a stroke Nov. 24 at the Holly Hill Nursing Home. The Hunt Valley resident was 89.

Howard County's new Conscious Venture Lab will be one of a relative few in the business incubation world specifically focused on what's often dubbed responsible or sustainable capitalism. But it joins a long line of efforts to encourage, aid and prod corporations to do good while doing well, a movement that has gained momentum and high-profile advocates in recent years.

Maryland's exclusion of students with disabilities from certain assessment tests are only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the lack of understanding not just about testing but about overall instruction of students with disabilities.

Dr. Doris R. Entwisle, whose career at Johns Hopkins University spanned nearly half a century where she had been professor of sociology and engineering studies, died Tuesday of cancer at her Towson home. She was 89.

Janet Schaub officially became Harford County's new human resources director Tuesday night, to a standing ovation from a number of department heads, after Scott Gibson stepped down last month.

Robert R. Bowie, a lawyer who established what is now the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University, died Nov. 2 of respiratory failure at the Blakehurst Retirement Community in Towson. He was 104.

The Inner Arbor Trust Inc., a corporation created to develop Symphony Woods in Columbia, announced this week internationally renowned landscape designer Martha Schwartz has been retained as the lead designer for the phase one of the project.

George W. McManus Jr., a retired attorney and philanthropist who gave millions to assist schools and defended the indigent through the Legal Aid Bureau of Maryland, died of congestive heart failure Sunday at his Guilford home.

Former Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo has channeled his early support for same-sex marriage and other gay-rights issues as a player into a post-retirement mission to raise awareness about LGBT equality — from high schools to colleges to corporate board rooms.

Senior cabinet members in the Baltimore City school system are being offered $10,000 to stay through June to assist with the transition to a new administration — a $70,000 expense that school officials say is the price of maintaining stability.

Towson University's debate team won their argument and will be going to a Harvard University competition this weekend.

The Harford County auditor has recommended that former Human Resources Director Scott Gibson reimburse the county to the tune of more than $18,000 to cover the cost of tuition county officials paid for Gibson to attend a program at Harvard University.

There is a debate raging on the campus of Towson University over a nationally ranked team.

As the nation prepared for the launch of Obamacare, Maryland was touted as a leader in adopting the president's signature program. Obama himself used a community college in Maryland as a backdrop to promote his plan — and to praise Maryland as a model.

A graduate of Johns Hopkins University's international studies school, eight months pregnant, was among dozens killed in the weekend massacre at a Kenyan shopping mall.

Benita H. Low, a retired private school educator and museum docent, died Tuesday of respiratory failure at Roland Park Place. She was 97.

A small group of faculty and students at St. Mary's College of Maryland, the state's only public honors college, is advocating for a new wage structure that they say would keep tuition down by establishing a "living wage" for the lowest-paid workers and using a ratio to cap salaries for the highest paid

Howard E. Chaney, a former official of the state Department of Public Health who was also an accomplished woodworker, died Sunday of cancer at his Lutherville home. He was 95.

Sonja Santelises, chief academic officer for Baltimore city schools, resigns.

The University of Maryland University College expects to be among the first wave of schools this academic year awarding transfer credit to those who have taken -- and can prove they learned from -- certain "massive open online courses," known as MOOCs.

Dr. Richard Harold Morrow Jr., a physician and Johns Hopkins public health official and who had worked in Ghana and Uganda, died of pancreatic cancer Aug. 17 at his home in the Bare Hills section of Baltimore County. He was 81.

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Increased interest in urban living and a tight supply have made Baltimore's rental market extremely competitive in recent years.

On the whole, the county government should be a bit more frugal with money procured from the taxpayers than this move would seem to indicate it is.

Harford County government is paying at least $11,800 for its human resources director, Scott Gibson, to attend a Harvard University executive education program for local government officials.

Young adults will inherit a tremendous burden unless action is taken to reduce the national debt

The inclusion of psychology and sociology questions on the MCAT may weed out precisely the aspiring medical students we need.

Thomas C. Lederman, a Justice Department attorney recalled for the meticulous preparation of his cases, died Saturday at Sinai Hospital after falling from a ladder. The Pinehurst area resident was 65.

Howard County Public School System Superintendent Renee Foose Thursday, June 13 unveiled her five-year strategic plan for the school system.

Terry O. Downer, an insurance company claims adjuster and world traveler, died Saturday from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

Recent criticisms of St. Mary's College of Maryland are misinformed and misleading

Newspaper should apologize for misrepresenting St. Mary's

To clean up Baltimore's wasteful school spending, give consumers control of where the money goes