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May 2, 2024

Junior Achievement of Central Maryland to recognize entrepreneurial students with awards program  

Junior Achievement (JA) of Central Maryland announced it will host the second annual JA ‘18 Under 18’ awards program June 5.

Ashnaelle Bijoux poses on April 27, 2024, on the campus of Norwich Free Academy in Norwich, Connecticut. Bijoux, a senior at NFA, has been unable to complete the FAFSA form due to a glitch with the form. Without the form and the financial aid it brings, Bijoux won't be able to pursue her goal of going to Southern Connecticut State University to become a therapist. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
May 2, 2024

Experts fear ‘catastrophic’ college declines thanks to botched FAFSA rollout

Normally a time of celebration for high school seniors, this spring has been marred by the federal government's botched rollout of the new FAFSA application.

Montgomery College is opening a new education center on the eastern edge of Montgomery County. (Alex Gary/Capital News Service)
May 1, 2024

Montgomery College opens new east county education center

Montgomery College is opening a new education center on the eastern edge of Montgomery County.

Apr 30, 2024

Learning Undefeated debuts reading-focused STEM curriculum in 10 Baltimore schools

Gaithersburg-based STEM nonprofit Learning Undefeated is launching a program that builds reading and engineering skills for Baltimore students.

Debbie Ricker, Ph.D. will take over as interim president of Hood College on July 1. Ricker began as Hood College provost and vice president of academic affairs on July 1, 2016, following a long career at York College of Pennsylvania. (Photo courtesy of Hood College)
Apr 30, 2024

Hood College appoints provost as its interim president

The Hood College Board of Trustees announced the appointment of Debbie Ricker, Ph.D. as its interim president, effective July 1.

Some top Democratic lawmakers are questioning the Gov. Wes Moore's approach to governing and are concerned about administration members’ lack of experience working in Maryland state government. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Apr 29, 2024

Wes Moore to deliver UMD’s 2024 commencement address

The University of Maryland, College Park announced that Gov. Wes Moore will deliver the university's commencement address.

Sir Samuel Esson Jonah, chancellor of the University of Cape Coast Ghana and executive chairman of Jonah Capital, is a former member of the Board of Ashesi University in Ghana, a visiting professor of business at the University of Witwatersrand Business School of Johannesburg and a member of its Governing Council. (Photo courtesy of Morgan St. University)
Apr 29, 2024

International business executive to keynote Morgan State’s spring commencement

Sir Samuel Esson Jonah will serve as keynote speaker at Morgan State University’s 147th Spring Commencement.

Qais Dana stands by the statue of Ben Franklin during a pro-Palestinian protest on College Green in the heart of the University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia on April 25, 2024. (Elizabeth Robertson/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
Apr 26, 2024

As some universities negotiate with pro-Palestinian protesters, others quickly call the police

Administrators and police at campuses nationwide are wrestling with how to address protests that have seen scuffles with police and hundreds of arrests.

Apr 26, 2024

CCBC dedicates new Alvin and Mary Lloyd College Center

The Community College of Baltimore County hosted the dedication and unveiling ceremony of the Alvin and Mary Lloyd College Center.

Baltimore County Police Chief Robert McCullough and other local officials speak at a news conference in Towson on April 25, 2024. The officials discussed the arrest of a high school athletic director on charges ​that he used artificial intelligence to impersonate a principal on an audio recording that included racist and anti-Semitic comments. (Kim Hairston/The Baltimore Sun via AP)
Apr 25, 2024

Police: MD athletic director used AI to frame principal with racist remarks in fake audio clip

A high school athletic director in Maryland has been charged with using AI to impersonate a principal on an audio recording, authorities said.

Loyola University Maryland (File photo)
Apr 25, 2024

Loyola Maryland student volunteers prepare 626 tax returns for Baltimore residents

Student volunteers at Loyola University Maryland prepared 626 tax returns for Baltimore taxpayers.

Apr 25, 2024

Loyola Maryland awards $25K at Baltipreneurs Accelerator’s Demo Day

Loyola University Maryland awarded a total of $25,000 to four ventures that participated in the Baltipreneurs Accelerator.

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A portion of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed after a large boat collided with it in the morning March 26, 2024, and multiple vehicles fell into the water. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Key Bridge rebuild expected to cost up to $1.9B, open in four years, MD official[...]

2/5/2024
April Ademiluyi, a judge on the Prince George's County Circuit Court, is facing potential judicial discipline. (Courtesy of the Ademiluyi campaign.)

Law clerk testifies that embattled Prince George’s judge thought she was b[...]

2/5/2024
“We intend to introduce and pass emergency legislation next session that reflects this understanding, and, in the meantime, we encourage MHEC to exercise the agency’s appropriate executive discretion in implementation,” Sen. Brian Feldman, pictured, and Del. Ben Barnes, both committee chairs and lead negotiators on the bill for their respective chambers, wrote in their letter to state education officials. (The Daily Record/Jack Hogan)

MD lawmakers cite ‘misunderstanding’ in retracting right of first re[...]

1/5/2024
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is shown in 2017. (U.S. General Services Administration file photo)

4th Circuit upholds conviction of MD man for killing woman, child after narcotic[...]

1/5/2024

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The Rev. Raymond Johnson, of Marion, South Carolina, arranges flowers on April 30, 2024, on the lawn of the home on Galway Drive in Charlotte, North Carolina, where a shootout between a suspect and officers occurred during an attempt to serve a warrant on Monday. Four law enforcement officers were killed. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)

Killing of 4 officers underscores risks police face when serving warrants

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President Joe Biden delivers remarks about student protests over the war in Gaza, from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington on May 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden says ‘order must prevail’ during campus protests over Gaza war

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Andy Jassy, Amazon president and CEO, attends the premiere of "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" at The Culver Studios in Culver City, California, on Aug. 15, 2022. An administrative law judge ruled May 1, 2024, that Jassy violated labor law by making certain anti-union comments during media interviews two years ago. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Amazon CEO’s comments about unions violated federal law, NLRB judge rules

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Former President Donald Trump speaks with the media at the end of the day's proceedings in his trial at Manhattan criminal court in New York on April 26, 2024. (Curtis Means/DailyMail.com via AP)

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Kelsey Juliana, of Eugene, Oregon, a lead plaintiff who is part of a lawsuit by a group of young people who say U.S. energy policies are causing climate change and hurting their future, greets supporters outside a federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon, on June 4, 2019. A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on May 1, 2024, rejected the long-running lawsuit. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky, File)

Appeals court rejects climate change lawsuit by young Oregon activists

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