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State auditors say the University of Maryland, College Park's campus network remains vulnerable to hacking even after a massive data breach revealed security flaws in February, in part because some gaps identified five years ago remain.

By Scott Dance

Dec 10, 2014

The University of Maryland, College Park is under a campuswide hiring and construction freeze due to an anticipated state budget shortfall, University President Wallace D. Loh announced Wednesday in a letter to faculty and staff.

By Colin Campbell

Dec 10, 2014

The pickup truck speeds down the runway of the airfield here on the Eastern Shore, a small, unmanned aircraft in its payload. And then the aircraft takes flight, banking over the heads of the spectators.

By Ian Duncan

Dec 7, 2014

The records from Maryland's public universities, which have investigated the allegations of hazing by fraternities, sororities and athletic teams in recent years, shed new light on rituals long cloaked in secrecy and shame.

By Carrie Wells

Nov 22, 2014

Raymond Holland, a former Baltimore deputy transportation commissioner and Maryland's first African-American licensed professional land surveyor, died Oct. 26 at Seasons Hospice at Northwest Hospital after a long illness. The Reisterstown resident was 77.

By Yvonne Wenger

Nov 9, 2014

A University of Maryland, College Park, researcher is using EarthScope, a network of seismometers, to create images of mysterious formations beneath the Earth's crust.

By Scott Dance

Nov 7, 2014

With volatility in the stock market shaking up investors, Jonathan Murray, a financial adviser at Hunt Valley-based UBS Financial Services, says people should keep a long-term outlook and accept such corrections as normal.

University of Maryland College Park has identified cases of viral meningitis and viral syndromes on campus, according to an email school officials sent to students on Wednesday.

By Joe Burris

Oct 23, 2014

Jennifer L. Hill and Joshua I. Hiscock were married July 26, 2014.

The Baltimore Sun canvassed readers, sources and leaders to determine the area¿s most intriguing movers and shakers of 2014. Here's our list.

The $31 million donation to the University of Maryland, College Park from a computer tech millionaire on Friday was the largest donation in the history of the university, but there have been several other donations nearly as big in recent years.

On Friday, he will give the university $31 million — the largest gift the university has ever received — to build a new computer science building with a focus on virtual reality.

There were few surprises for local colleges and universities in the oft-quoted U.S. News and World Report annual rankings released Tuesday.

An anonymous call reporting an armed person holding a hostage at the University of Maryland, College Park prompted campus police to search the Main Administration building and two others Wednesday before declaring the report unfounded.

The Carroll County Democratic Club presented a $500 scholarship to Sadie Allgeier at a ceremony June 4 at Maggie's restaurant.

Three campus police departments in Maryland now own surplus military gear ranging from "riot-type" shotguns to M16 rifles to an armored truck under a Defense Department program that's sparked new controversy this month.

In one video, Jose Bowen claps chalkboard erasers, organizes books on a shelf in the library, sprays lines on the athletic field and enthusiastically pops out from behind a tree.

Maryland will be among the first schools in the country to offer its athletes a guaranteed scholarship in both revenue and Olympic sports.

Sharon Hrynkow and the Baltimore-based Global Virus Network aim to address challenges in treatment and prepare for pandemics of Ebola, influenza, chikungunya and other viruses.

George N. Manis, founder of the Annapolis law firm of Manis, Canning & Associates, died Wednesday of heart failure at the Fairfield Nursing Center in Crownsville. He was 85.

Things keep getting better and better for University of Maryland senior Yannik Cudjoe-Virgil.

There were no repercussions for the University of Maryland's violation of the Open Meetings Act in its decision to move to the Big 10.

Local researchers get in on the Bucket Challenge to raise money, awareness for ALS

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University and four other prominent institutions will spend the next five years trying to turn a theoretical "next-generation" form of encryption into a practical way to better protect software from hackers.

The University of Maryland Extension — Howard County is coming to your rescue with "Grow It, Eat It, Preserve It" workshops. The Aug. 11 session from 10 a.m. to noon tells, "What to do with all those tomatoes."

Bank of America Charitable Foundation offers an annual Student Leaders Program to a select group of high school upperclassmen, including Omar Delen, a rising senior at Marriotts Ridge High School,

The University of Maryland, College Park announced Tuesday developers will break ground next spring on a four-star hotel, $115 million near the college's main entrance, considered a key part of the institution's goal of enhancing its surroundings.

The long-planned site is to be based near Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Southern Maryland, long a key research site for the Navy

Dr. Richard G. Thomas Jr., a retired longtime Baltimore County educator who helped integrate county public schools in the 1950s, died Thursday of complications from a stroke at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. He was 82.

South Carroll Lioness-Lions Club awards two $2,000 college scholarships

Trayvon Reed won't be allowed to enroll at Maryland after he was arrested Wednesday night in College Park.

Maryland junior wide receiver Nigel King has been granted his release from his scholarship and will transfer to another school, an athletic department source confirmed Friday.

Why young people like Federal Hill

Are you ready for the fair? The 27th Annual Harford County Farm Fair begins Thursday and runs through Sunday at the Harford County Equestrian Center on North Tollgate Road in Bel Air.

Maryland's online university must explore new ways of doing things to adapt to changing conditions and take advantage of the opportunities they offer

Stephanie Dieter, RN, of Anneslie, has been a pediatric nurse in a Towson practice for 40 years and is now seeing the children of children who were once patients. Those who work with her say she is gifted with children and families and Dieter's advice to parents is "Don't sweat the small stuff. Just love your children — let them know they are well-loved."

The Labor Department is expected to report this week that the economy added 235,000 jobs in July, and the unemployment rate remained steady at 6.1 percent. But that hardly tells the story.