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On Tuesday, the University of Maryland officially leaves the North Carolina-based Atlantic Coast Conference for the more prosperous Big Ten Conference, a Midwest-oriented league known for its football heritage and expanding television network.

Now 23 years old, Ian Chiles -- a 7-foot-2, 260-pound center at Morgan State for the last four seasons -- has spent the past month and a half practicing jump shots in workouts for teams as he prepares for Thursday's NBA draft.

Students have a right to object when their schools select controversial individuals to honor as graduation speakers

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New method to lengthen limbs of those with trauma and genetic disorders adds height more comfortably, precisely than earlier systems using rods inserted in bones and magnets.

For a growing number of people in academia, the upcoming commencement ceremony offers the chance to engage in mini-inquisitions of selected keynote speakers — including, this year, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and International Monetary Fund (IMF) head Christine Lagarde. While not as bloody as grand inquisitions, academic inquisitions are otherwise quite similar. Their leaders are as unwavering in their convictions and self-righteousness.

The son of Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver Jerry Rice has been invited to audition for the Ravens during their rookie minicamp that starts Friday

The Ravens take their recruiting and signing of undrafted rookie free agents extremely seriously, enlisting coach John Harbaugh to personally convince players to sign with them.

Maryland's Mark Turgeon and Kevin Anderson were asked at length Tuesday about the recent transfers of four players from Maryland¿s basketball team.

Poly basketball coach Kendall Peace-Able sees the McCormick Unsung Heroes Awards from two perspectives having been a honoree as an Engineers senior.

In two seasons, Webster an Elkton native, piled up 88 tackles, 26 sacks, 31 tackles for losses, an interception and three forced fumbles. He also caught two touchdowns lining up at tight end and returned a blocked punt for a touchdown.

Gary Williams has officially received his hall pass, being named one of the 2014 inductees for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Monday afternoon.

Nearly 16,400 medical students around the country gathered in auditoriums for the 62-year-old Match Day program, when at noon students open letters saying which residency program had accepted them.

The Maryland football team had many of its top area targets on campus Monday for the Terps' basketball game against Syracuse, including 247Sports' top-ranked player in the state for the class of 2015: Damascus High athlete Jalen Christian.

Milton Chaffee, a chief deputy administrator and 12-year employee at the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration, has been named the agency's new top official.

Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts said Tuesday that he wants to narrow the agency's enforcement zones while also expanding their reach.

We know that we can no longer do business as usual if Maryland is to be competitive in our global economy. The world is an open market, and those regions that can attract talented people and foster a successful business climate will be sustainable for the long haul. It does not matter what we did or had in the past, as legacy is not a part of the current economic formula for success. The 2014 Joint Legislative Business and Economic Development Agenda is the first step toward a vision for a

Former Maryland football coach Ralph Friedgen -- who sought a contract extension from the school in 2010 and instead found himself out of a job -- may meet up with the Terps next season.

Henry Dilworth Felton IV, a retired bank executive and business owner who was a longtime Stevenson University trustee, died of sepsis related to a blood infection Friday at Sinai Hospital. The Glyndon resident was 70.

The Tewaaraton Foundation has named former Navy lacrosse star and National Lacrosse Hall of Famer James C. "Jimmy" Lewis as the recipient of the fourth annual Tewaaraton Legends Award.

In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King and the late Harford County civil rights leader Joseph Bond, the Harford County Human Relations is hosting a humanitarian luncheon Tuesday at Water's Edge Events Center in Belcamp.

A rigorous study commissioned by the U.S. Department of Education found Teach for America teachers were as effective, if not more, at teaching math as their peers.

When Oklahoma offered Charles Tapper a football scholarship in 2011, the City star had played just one season of organized football.

Maryland did not win Federal Aviation Administration recognition as a test site for drones, but still could be involved in federal research on how the unmanned aircraft may safely be flown in U.S. airspace.

While I left Charm City for good in 1955 (long before the advent of that moniker), I still subscribe to Major league Baseball's Extra Innings so I can watch the Orioles on TV all summer. And for years I tried to put a hex on the Indianapolis Colts for sneaking out of town with our name in he middle of the night. But that feeling eroded after the Ravens came to town; and all year I have been proudly strutting around New Jersey wearing my Ravens Super Bowl Champions jersey.

John and Tricia Whittles, of Laurel, are pleased to announce the engagement of their son, Robert Christopher, to Ashley Deanna Lunemann, daughter of Jerry and Ann Marie Lunemann, of Hillsborough, N.J.

The chief technology officer of the Maryland Business Roundtable for Education has been tapped to head economic development efforts in Baltimore County, where leaders are aiming to put more emphasis on workforce training.

A year after Maryland announced its move to the Big Ten, those who care about the university's athletic teams have mostly moved from shock to contemplation of a changed world ahead.

Four-star Class of 2015 offensive lineman Richie Petitbon has 18 offers, and Maryland is one of the schools sticking out.