The University of Maryland ranked as one of the top 20 colleges in Money Magazine’s “Best Colleges for Your Money” 2017 ranking of universities. The magazine ranked 711 schools based on affordability, quality of education and outcomes. The University of ...

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Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland ranked among those universities with the best reputations in the world, compiled by Times Higher Education. Johns Hopkins finished 21st on the list, just behind the London School of Economics and above ...

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As a smiling woman opened a crate Tuesday, a harbor seal inside could see the ocean for the first time in months. The seal slowly approached the water at Gateway National Recreation Area in Sandy Hook, New Jersey. He paused for a ...

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The Maryland Independent College and University Association and Adapt Pharma have reached an agreement to stock the pharma company’s Narcan nasal spray. The private colleges will each get eight doses of the drug, also known by its generic name naloxone. ...

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Policymakers, researchers and health care experts examined the country’s opioid crisis and discussed ways to fight addiction in America on Wednesday in a series of panels put together by The Washington Post. One panel, shown here, featured Dr. Leana Wen, Health ...

An international charity has given Johns Hopkins University $150 million to help start an interdisciplinary civic engagement program aimed at easing political polarization and improving discourse around a range of issues. The Athens-based Stavros Niarchos Foundation provided the gift to help ...

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Three tech companies run by minority entrepreneurs received pre-seed funding from the Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO) and The Harbor Bank of Maryland Community Development Corporation on Tuesday. Implicit Solution, Game ChangeHer and Panacea Company, the three winning companies, will ...

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The Baltimore City Health Department launched a program Monday to encourage city employers to increase employee health. Under the program, city businesses can earn a Workplace Wellness Designation if they meet certain criteria. “We recognize the important role our business ...

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Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland rank among the top universities in the world at being granted utility patents, according to a list compiled by the National Academy of Inventors and the Intellectual Property Owners Association. For the ...

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The Greater Baltimore Committee urged Baltimore City Council President Jack Young and the council not to cut police resources as outlined in Mayor Catherine Pugh’s budget in a letter sent to Young last week. The letter from GBC President Donald ...

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