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A bill to combine the University of Maryland, College Park and the University of Maryland, Baltimore is gathering support, but not everyone backs a provision that could put one president in charge of the two institutions.

A West Baltimore teenager died Monday after being shot multiple times on a street corner less than two miles from his old high school, where counselors again prepared to provide grief counseling to students.

Former Vice President Al Gore is scheduled to talk about climate change in a speech at the University of Maryland, College Park

A new push by state lawmakers to combine the flagship University of Maryland, College Park with the health- and law-focused University of Maryland, Baltimore, could give the state a dual-campus powerhouse that would leverage leverages the strengths of both institutions to launch new programs, discoveries, and businesses, supporters say.

The University of Maryland, College Park is staging a play that explores racial tensions on a college campus that was loosely inspired by a poem written during the Harlem Renaissance by the African-American trailblazer Countee Cullen. So struck was playwright Kirsten Greenidge by a poem called "The Incident" that she titled her play, "Baltimore" -- though the drama in fact is set in New England. In both fictional works, "Baltimore" is used as a kind of shorthand reference for race-related disputes.

To survive, museums must look to engage and inspire the next generation of artists, educators and museum professionals and to consciously seek out people of all ages and backgrounds. In our 95th year, the Phillips recognizes that our partnerships and the programming they inspire cannot be superficial or convenient, but must reflect deep engagement and commitment. Embracing a diversity of voices will ensure museums remain vibrant, well into the next century.

Two feet of snow is expected to fall over a day and a half starting Friday night in what forecasters predict could be one of the Baltimore region's biggest storms on record.

Brown was thrilled ¿ she's loved cheering and tumbling since she was a little girl. But unlike many college cheerleading hopefuls who hone their skills in high school, Brown spent her teenage years off the court, facing a more serious challenge than opposing teams. She battled hepatocellular carcinoma, a rare form of liver cancer.

Bill Cosby was charged Wednesday with drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home 12 years ago — the first criminal charges brought against the comedian amid the torrent of allegations that destroyed his image as America's Dad.

While the overall number of people going to the emergency room in Baltimore hospitals is down slightly from last year along with hospital admissions in general, the number of gun-related injuries has grown

The University of Maryland decided to strip its football stadium of a name school leaders said Friday no longer represented its values, as the system's flagship campus waded into issues of equality that have divided institutions across the country.

On Tuesday night, the Howard County Educators Association announced that it is recommending Columbia resident Kirsten Coombs as a school board canddiate. Next year, the four-year terms of members Janet Siddiqui, Ann De Lacy and vice chairwoman Ellen Flynn Giles will expire, leaving three openings on the Howard County Board of Education that the county's citizens will vote on in 2016.

Op-ed: What began as a case framed as a statewide desegregation problem for Maryland higher education, now focuses primarily on enhancing one school, Morgan State University, at the expense of others.

More than two years ago state education officials were given an assignment: Come up with a plan to address Maryland's checkered history of race-based inequality in higher education. They then did something familiar to many college students: They procrastinated. As a result, when the absolute deadline neared, they threw together something that they hoped would pass muster with the teacher and at least earn a grade higher than an F.

Neither side in Maryland's HBCU lawsuit has offered a realistic plan to satisfy both the court and the needs of the state's higher education system.

The University of Maryland, College Park expelled three students and suspended two others for sexual misconduct in the 2014-15 academic year, the school said in a new report.

University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe resigned Monday morning, forced out of office by student protests alleging he had not done enough to address racism and other issues on campus.

Over the weekend, Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank pledged $16 million to St. John's College High School in Chevy Chase from his private foundation.

Nando's Peri-Peri raised $29,700 for University of Maryland College Park¿s Campus Pantry.

Kirsten Coombs is an accountant and parent of a Wilde Lake Middle School student, and on Thursday evening she will announce her candidacy for the Howard County school board.

Success of community schools hinges on their coordinators' ability to listen

UM's decision to honor Parren Mitchell and erect a statute to Frederick Douglass brings some closure (and a teachable moment) to its segregationist past

As the University of Maryland, College Park weighs whether to rename its football stadium – which honors an influential but segregationist early campus president – an academic building will be renamed for Maryland's first African-American Congressman.

College and university officials in Maryland say they keep close tabs on school shootings across the country, and they regularly tweak their security strategies to prevent similar tragedies.

All of this has got to make you wonder why going forward, any public building should be named for someone. Maybe government needs to do what sports teams and hospitals do when you name a stadium or a hospital wing. If you want your name on a building, pay for it.

Suheil Badi' Bushrui, a distinguished author, professor, and advocate for peace, who first held The Bahá'í Chair for World Peace at the University of Maryland, College Park, died congestive heart failure on Sept. 2 at the Kettering Medical Center in Dayton, OH. He was 85.

The Prince George's County school system invites middle and high school students to attend its third annual college and career readiness summit on Saturday, Sept. 26 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Oxon Hill High School.

James Shackelford, 88, bred and sold tropical fish from a converted Harford County dairy barn..

An online tool created by the Obama administration to analyze colleges' cost, graduation rates and potential earning power was praised Monday by some Maryland institutions that rated well and derided by others who said the data was oversimplified and lacked context.

Participants have 20-minute conversations with an ordinary resident of Afghanistan, Iran, Mexico or the Honduras

Here are some details about the prosecutors and the key defense lawyers representing the six Baltimore Police officers charged in the Freddie Gray case.

Howard County will be a classroom for University of Maryland, College Par students through the Partnership for Action Learning Sustainability, or PALS, a year-long program involving more than 500 undergraduate and graduate students from diverse majors.

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

A group of researchers at the University of Maryland, College Park, are among a small number of scientists working to erase a lag between uptake of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies and understanding of them.

She didn¿t set foot in a classroom until her freshman year of college, yet Elizabeth Burgio, 19, blends into the crowd as she steps onto the quad outside her dorm at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Lois Green Carr, an economic and social historian of old Maryland who was the principal historian of St. Mary's City, died of dementia complications. The former Eastport resident was 93.

By the spring of 2013, they had launched Fifth Quarter Fresh, a chocolate milk they say has more protein, calcium and other nutrients than typical sports recovery drinks.

The University of Maryland raised $195 million during the fiscal year that ended June 30, officials said Wednesday, or about $55 million more than the goal.

Maryland student wants Taney statue removed from Annapolis State House

Next year's tuition increase is unwelcome but not catastrophic — so long as it doesn't portend a return to the rapid increases of a decade ago.

The University System of Maryland's Board of Regents meets in Baltimore Wednesday to consider raising tuition at state colleges.

Elaine D. Harmon, who had been a member of the Women's Air Force Service Pilots and later worked to gain veteran status for the pilots, died April 21 at Casey House Hospice Center in Rockville of complications of breast cancer. She was 95.

A University of Maryland College Park student group pulled "American Sniper" from its spring movie lineup after a Muslim student group complained that the film promoted Islamophobia.

The University of Maryland, College Park announced this week that President Wallace D. Loh is considering and seeking input on the student proposal to allow beer and wine sales to the public at athletic events.

A group of University of Maryland, College Park students has launched a campaign to change the name of the school's football stadium, arguing it is named after a man with racist and segregationist beliefs.

An email from a University of Maryland, College Park fraternity member was "racist, sexist and misogynist in condoning non-consensual sexual contact," President Wallace D. Loh said Wednesday. But he said the school has concluded that it did not violate university policy.

While fraternities have long had a rowdy reputation – think Animal House – a drumbeat of scandals locally and across the nation in the past few years have left Greek organizations at a crossroads.

The University of Maryland, College Park student who sent a racist, sexist email that rocked the campus this month will not return to campus "by mutual consent" of his family and the school, a university official said Wednesday.