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• High School sports

Spalding guard Jourdan Grant commits to UMBC

Jourdan Grant committed to the Retrievers on Sunday over Central Connecticut State, Norfolk State and Towson. He also received interest from Bucknell, DePaul, Elon, George Mason, George Washington and Quinnipiac.

• Obituaries

Dr. Clementine L. "Clem" Kaufman, social worker

Dr. Clementine L. "Clem" Kaufman, a former social worker and volunteer who also served on numerous boards with the Jewish and non-Jewish community, died Sept. 23 of cancer at Roland Park Place. She was 89.

• Politics and Government

Job uncertainty could affect federal recruiting

As agencies sent nonessential employees home, unions and other advocates for federal employees warned that the seemingly endless succession of fiscal crises and cuts is threatening the ability of the government to recruit and retain the best talent.

• Sports

UMBC women's soccer finding winning ways

In the midst of a one-win campaign in 2012, UMBC women's soccer coach Leslie Wray found a reason for optimism.

• Maryland

College application deadlines loom for Carroll County seniors

• Maryland

College application deadlines loom for Carroll County seniors

• Maryland

College application deadlines loom for Carroll County seniors

• Business

MedImmune, UM Baltimore to make drugs together

Drug maker MedImmune and the University of Maryland, Baltimore, have entered into a $6 million partnership to conduct bioscience research.

• Education

Mold closes UMBC child care center, UMD library floor

Mold has closed a child care center at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and a floor of the McKeldin Library at the University of Maryland, College Park.

• Maryland

College notebook: Oneda off to strong start as sophomore

• University of Maryland Baltimore County

Mold closes UMBC child care center, UMD library floor

• Baltimore County

Former MIAA soccer stars shine as UMBC ousts Navy in college soccer thriller

Local MIAA starts Caringi, Arnold, Dubyoski showcase skills at Division I level

• Colleges and Universities

Universities balance secrecy and academic freedom in classified work

Universities across the country perform classified work for the federal government, balancing secrecy with academic freedom

• Baltimore County

Local company competes in Wall Street Journal's 'Startup of the Year' program

Beau Dakin's and Zulu Gonzalez are competing in the Wall Street Journal's Startup of the Year program from their home at Umbo's bewitch cyber incubator

• Education

Hopkins inches up in U.S. News rankings

Johns Hopkins University edged closer to the top 10 of national universities on the U.S. News and World Report annual rankings, which were released Tuesday.

• Business

Gen Y shoppers, raised on e-commerce, still prefer in-store experience

Tech savvy millennials may be used to buying almost anything online, but they still do most of their shopping in stores, especially those that keep their offerings fresh and make the experience social, according to research from the Urban Land Institute.

• Education

Md.'s teacher certification law criticized as too tough

A recent report by the Calvert Institute for Policy Research says the route to becoming certified to teach in Maryland is so burdensome that it is causing teacher shortages in key subjects such as science, math and special education.

• Harford

From Edgewood to Hollywood: Johnathon Schaech's busy acting career

One of the top television series of the summer of 2013 has a Harford County native among its cast members, an actor who has spent nearly 25 years working with some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry.

• Maryland

Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas A. Barr

• Maryland

County schools celebrate the first day of 2013-14 school year

• Baltimore County

Arbutus businesses reach out to UMBC's incoming freshmen

The Arbutus Business and Professional Association had a table at Retriever Fest Saturday in an attempt to reach out to incoming college students

• Major League Lacrosse

Kip Turner, Michael Evans anchor Bayhawks' defense in championship win

Goalie Kip Turner, defenseman Michael Evans anchor Chesapeake Bayhawks' defense in championship win

• Colleges and Universities

State lawyer says Md. public colleges may be barred from using Common Application

Maryland public schools may be barred from using the Common Application

• Baltimore City Paper

How to get around

• Baltimore City Paper

Advice from the City Paper interns

• News

Cruise mapping wind prospects off Maryland

The crew of the Scarlett Isabella has been working almost nonstop since late June to map a 94-nautical-square-mile expanse of sea floor off Maryland's coast, gathering data that could help in placing up to 40 huge wind turbines there to generate power.

• Howard County

Lifeguard duty is a family affair for Columbia siblings

Some of Colin and Shelby Stang's favorite childhood memories are set in Ocean City, Md., where the siblings and the rest of their family gathered with cousins at their grandparents' apartment. Days were spent playing in the surf and enjoying the boardwalk.

• Opinion

One week and counting

Comptroller's campaign for post-Labor Day school start is misguided

• Opinion

Making STEM cool

Women and minorities are vastly underrepresented in fields with the most potential for job growth, but there are ways to spark their interest in STEM subjects.

• Maryland

Shelton in Phi Kappa Phi

• Business

In 'cyber' Maryland, a bid for business growth

Much of Maryland's cybersecurity sector revolves around the federal government. But some groups and firms are trying to push the state's cybersecurity boundaries to grab more of the commercial market at a time of tighter federal budgets.

• Environment

UM ranks as 13th greenest campus

Sierra Magazine ranks the University of Maryland College Park, state's flagship campus, as the 13th greenest university in the publication's latest national rating of "Cool Schools."

• University of Maryland Baltimore County

Rutkowski awarded Izaak Walton scholarship

The Izaak Walton Sportsman Chapter awarded the second annual James A. Thomas Conservation Scholarship. Our Chapter awarded KOURTNEY RUTKOWSKI , graduate of C. Milton Wright High School, a scholarship at the June membership meeting. Brianna will be attending University of Maryland Baltimore County and plans to study Environmental Science.

• Baltimore County

MARC Train station opens in Halethorpe

Governor Martin O'Malley attends new Halethorpe MARC Station grand opening

• Obituaries

Shirley D. Patterson, chemist

Shirley D. Patterson, a retired chemist who earlier had taught at what is now the Community College of Baltimore County at Essex, died July 15 from a heart attack at her Chattanooga, Tenn., home. She was 68.

• College Sports

Notebook: Bayhawks' Bernhardt named MLL Defensive Player of the Week

Rookie long-stick midfielder Jesse Bernhardt (Maryland) was chosen as the Warrior Defensive Player of the Week after the Chesapeake Bayhawks¿ 12-8 win over the Rochester Rattlers on Saturday night, Major League Lacrosse announced Monday.

• Environmental Issues

A bid to clean the air with algae

A Howard County startup is trying to prove that its algae bioreactors are an answer to greenhouse-gas pollution.

• Harford

New STEM center at Aberdeen Proving Ground open to students

At the start of a formal ceremony opening the STEM and Education Outreach Center at Aberdeen Proving Ground Tuesday morning, Chaplain Lt. Col Juan Crockett gave an invocation. "Lord of science," Crockett said, "thousands of children will come here seeking truth. We pledge to use this center to guide and heal."

• Sports

Notebook: Dayton says it will add women's lacrosse in 2016

Dayton has announced that it will add women's lacrosse as an intercollegiate sport and begin competition in spring of 2016.

• Sports

Notebook: Touted midfielder Sherlock transferring from UNC to Loyola

Brian Sherlock has left the North Carolina men's lacrosse team and will attend Loyola as a redshirt freshman. Sherlock, a graduate of St. Anthony¿s High in Melville, N.Y., was No. 26 on Inside Lacrosse¿s Top 40 Midfielders list.

• Baltimore City Paper

A Baltimore lab aims to take the science of growing clean, healthy salt-water fish to the global marketplace

• News

Group seeks to reclaim city's forests

A forest grows in Govans. As traffic rumbles by on busy York Road, cardinals flit about in a shady grove of trees sandwiched between a CVS drugstore and the Govans-Boundary Parish United Methodist Church.

• Maryland

Westminster Rotary Club congratulates student awardees

• Opinion

Planned Parenthood helps women take control of their lives

Planned Parenthood helps women take control of their lives

• Education

Launching minority students in the sciences

When Tyren Day found success in a biology class at a city high school, he began to fix on the idea of going to college and becoming a scientist.

• Baltimore County

Catonsville copes with the heat

Workers and athletes stay hydrated in humidity

• Business

Corporate boards look to high-profile directors

Corporate governance experts say celebrity directors can be highly beneficial, raising a company's profile and even its stock price. But that doesn't mean all boards should have a celebrity.

• Baltimore County

Catonsville resident enters race in District 44B

Catonsville resident Charles Sydnor announced his candidacy for a seat in the new District 44B

• Baltimore City

Nation's principals build playground for Baltimore school

Every principal can use an extra set of hands, but Mary Donnelly of Baltimore's John Ruhrah Elementary/Middle School never imagined she'd have 80.

• Sports

Caitlyn McFadden growing as a leader for U.S. women's lacrosse team

Former Maryland star and current Terps assistant coach Caitlyn McFadden is growing as a leader for the U.S. women's lacrosse team.