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After Baltimore saw a record homicide rate in 2015 and a 75 percent increase in gun violence over the previous year, city health officials want to expand a successful violence-prevention program into area hospitals. A new $500,000 grant from the U.S. ...

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At the first Beta City event a year ago, Sagamore Ventures’s City Garage facility in Port Covington was still very much a shell, empty but ready to become a hub for startup companies and light manufacturing. As the second Beta City celebration — a ...

The Baltimore chapter of Teach For America, a nonprofit organization that trains and supplies teachers for two-year rotations at underserved schools, is celebrating the largest philanthropic gift in its history. That gift, provided by Baltimore philanthropists Robert E. Meyerhoff and ...

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A new report examining the health of women, infants and children in each state is a mixed bag for Maryland, which scores well for the health of children but poorly for the health of infants. The 2016 America’s Health Rankings ...

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Officials say moving more of Towson University’s non-academic operations off the school’s campus and into downtown Towson could help spur job growth and economic development. That’s one of the ideas that will be explored as former Howard County Executive Ken Ulman gets ...

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Towson University is hiring former Howard County Executive Ken Ulman to develop a strategy to strengthen ties between the university and the surrounding community and businesses.

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For many patients diagnosed with cancer, beating the disease itself is often just one part of recovery. There’s the psychological toll, side effects, and the financial burden that can limit access to the kind of support patients need. That’s where ...

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The Maryland Venture Fund, which has been providing seed and early-stage funding to businesses for nearly 20 years, is rounding out its new management team by hiring Parag Sheth to be its director and chief marketing officer. Bringing Sheth on ...

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The University of Baltimore is revamping the incubator space run by its Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation so it can accommodate more emerging, student-run businesses. Last year, the center housed 19 businesses in a suite of seven small offices, and ...

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If climbing into an inflatable sphere and bumping into things at high speeds sounds like your idea of fun, the team at BubbleBall MD has some good news. The two-year-old company, co-founded by University of Baltimore MBA candidate Ryan Schuman, ...

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