The Baltimore-based Cordish Companies and Comcast Spectacor today announced plans for a $50 million esports and entertainment venue at the Philadelphia Sports Complex. What the companies called a first-of-its-kind venue will seat up to 3,500 guests and stand as the largest new-construction, ...

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The chief operating officer of the Maryland Transit Administration recently presented the MARC train system’s Camden Line as a viable option for getting to an Orioles game, despite the service’s lack of a return trip for more than 95 percent of ...

Four Johns Hopkins professors received grants through a fund created to help faculty put their research on a path to commercialization. The professors received grants between $25,000 and $100,000 from the Bisciotti Foundation Translational Fund. The fund allows $300,000 to ...

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There’s a little bit of hyperbole in this, but Accounting Today recently had some fun with what it called “the most flabbergasting questions from tax clients for tax season.” Some of these, which were collected by the Minnesota Society of ...

Billionaire businessman and former New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg will be the commencement speaker at the University of Maryland, College Park this spring. Bloomberg is typically associated in Maryland with his alma mater, Johns Hopkins University, one of ...

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Baltimore is among the best cities in the country for women in the tech industry, a report from SmartAsset said. The city ranks second on the list, which accounts for factors including the gender pay gap, income after housing costs, ...

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Morgan State University will create a blockchain program as part of a partnership with Silicon Valley fintech firm Ripple, the university announced Thursday. A five-year academic partnership with Ripple will allow Morgan to create the Center for the Study of ...

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McCormick & Co. has teamed up with IBM to use artificial intelligence in its flavor and food development, the firm announced Monday. The company will take hundreds of millions of data points developed from its more than 40 years of ...

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University of Maryland, College Park President Wallace Loh will remain with the university through 2020, and the University System of Maryland Board of Regents will review the system’s governance structure and operation, the system announced Wednesday. Loh had previously announced ...

Johns Hopkins University plans to purchase the Newseum building in Washington to consolidate the university’s operations in the city. Hopkins will purchase the building on Pennsylvania Avenue from the Freedom Forum for $372.5 million, pending regulatory approval. The transaction was ...

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