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Stanley Plumly, Maryland’s former poet laureate and a respected University of Maryland faculty member who taught creative writing, died of complications of multiple myeloma April 11 at his Frederick home. He was 79.

Mykhaylo Chumak, of Westminster, was named to the dean's list at Tufts University, Medford/Somerville, Massachusetts, for the fall 2018 semester. Dean's list

Georgina Dodge, who has been named the University of Maryland's vice president of diversity and inclusion, will take on a challenging role in College Park.

Backers of a bipartisan bill in the House of Delegates argue for the formation of a statewide commission to address the history — and repercussions — of lynching in Maryland.

Joel B. Grossman, a retired Johns Hopkins University professor of political science who was a renowned scholar of the Supreme Court and federal courts, died June 2 from liver cancer at his Quarry Lakes home in Northwest Baltimore. He was 81.

Robert Wise, of Eldersburg, was among the 128 new students the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech officially welcomed with a

Vanessa Flora-Nakoski has joined McDaniel College as the new writing center director

McNulty: McDaniel cinema professor's guilty pleasure is painting

Today's gridiron warriors as young as 5 and through high school are learning to play a kinder, gentler version of football.

Today’s gridiron warriors, starting in youth leagues as young as age 5 and continuing through high school and beyond, are learning how to play a kinder and gentler version of America’s favorite sport.

A prominent scholar at the University of Iowa College of Education will become the new dean of the Johns Hopkins University School of Education on Aug. 1

Rebecca Wald has struggled keeping quiet about her winning ways on Jeopardy! For three months, she’s avoided telling most of her friends and family about the

Five startup businesses have been picked by Under Armour's entrepreneurship foundation as finalists in next month's Cupid's Cup competition.

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Madelyn Ball, principal of The John Carroll School, noted that, while there are many differences between her and the 176 members of the school's Class of 2016, there is a major similarity.

Charles Richard "Dick" Gillespie, 85, founder of Towson University's academic theater program, died of dementia Saturday at the Blakehurst Retirement Community.

Silver diamine fluoride is a less invasive and less painful way to treat cavities, some dental experts say

Two Baltimore institutions will share in $11 million in new funding from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention aimed at preventing the spread of germs, which continues to be both a deadly and costly problem in health care settings.

Dr. Michael D. Potash, a retired Mount Vernon psychiatrist whose career spanned five decades, died of a heart attack. He was 81.

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS, is similar to another deadly coronavirus identified a decade ago called Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, giving scientists a jump on the investigation into their origins.

Maryland is joining with nine other states, the District of Columbia and the Federal Trade Commission in opposing a merger of the country's two largest food distribution companies on grounds that the union would create a near monopoly in this region and potentially raise prices for consumers.

Dr. Howard J. Ehrlich, a sociologist, educator and author who founded the Prejudice Institute, died Feb. 2 at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center of Parkinson's and cardiac disease. He was 82.

John Bruce Innes Jr., a former marketing executive for Genesis Health Ventures who was later a senior housing consultant, died July 22 of brain injuries suffered in a fall while he was vacationing in Greece. The Lutherville resident was 70.

Researchers across the country investigate methods to stop injury from falls

Sysco Corp will buy US Foods Inc., a former Columbia-based company, for about $3.5 billion from its private equity owners in a deal that will combine the top two U.S. food distributors and create a company commanding at least a quarter of the $235 billion North American market.

William A. Miller Jr., a seasoned newsman who was the first managing editor of The Chronicle of Higher Education, died Wednesday of heart disease at Gilchrist hospice Care in Towson. He was 88.

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.

College football is heading for a new day. It won't be long before the players on the field are going to receive more than a pittance.

Lou Panos, a heralded journalist and author who covered state and national politics during a career that spanned 67 years, died of complications from heart disease at Johns Hopkins Hospital early Sunday.

Marcus Coker wears several wristbands on both arms. One of them reads "Get Better Not Bitter." That has been a rallying cry for Coker, who grew up in Beltsville near the Laurel line and is a product of the Laurel Boys and Girls Club youth football program.

Eileen H. "Pat" van Breemen, an advocate for children with learning disabilities who was also active in Wicomico County politics, died Tuesday from multiple organ failure at her Salisbury home. She was 88.

For Martin O'Malley, the next 90 days will likely be the most important that remain in his tenure as Maryland's governor.

Daniel M. McGuiness, retired Loyola University Maryland writing professor

The Big Ten Council of Presidents has approved Maryland's application for admission.

The University of Maryland is in serious discussions to join the Big Ten, and the Board of Regents plans Monday to discuss the proposed move, according to two sources with knowledge of the talks.

Michael Boland, M.D., Ph.D., an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine, is now seeing patients at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Bel Air

The University of Maryland, College Park is on list of top party schools while the Naval Academy is ranked one of the most sober campuses.

Some hospitals allow patients to receive visits from their own pets as a means of improving the mood and possibly the health of those in their care

Dr. Edward D. Miller took over Johns Hopkins Medicine in 1997 when the leadership was at war and the medical system in limbo with no vision for the future.

Lou Panos, 86, who was inducted last week into the Maryland/Delaware/DC Press Association's Hall of Fame, cranked out articles, editorials and columns for the Associated Press for 20 years and later for the Baltimore Sun and the Patuxent Publishing Company newspapers, including the Towson Times.

, Leading researcher, author, and clinician in the field of electroencephalography and its use in epilepsy and other brain research died Thursday of colon cancer

If Maryland is to take advantage of its potential in biotechnology, nanotechnology, bioinformatics and other cutting edge fields, it needs to make the 'strategic alliance' between its College Park and Baltimore campuses a success.

Paul B. Rothman from the University of Iowa is appointed new CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine and dean of the medical school