The Maryland Higher Education Commission and Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford announced a campaign to encourage students to seek financial assistance from the state. The $350,000 campaign will target high school students, adult learners, senior citizens and veterans. “Having a college ...

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Bard College President Leon Botstein will be this year’s commencement speaker at Goucher College.

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The study ranked the states on two factors: human capital and innovation environment.

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Five companies have received funding through the Maryland Technology Development Corporation’s (TEDCO) Seed Investment funds. The five companies — Visbyl Inc., SecuLore Solutions LLC, GrekTek LLC, Beacon Tech Inc. and Network Alarm Corporation — received a total of $500,000 through ...

Johns Hopkins University placed third in the country for top medical schools for research in U.S. News and World Report’s graduate school rankings released this week. The Baltimore institution was ranked only behind Harvard University and Stanford University. On the same ...

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Amazon’s Alexa can already hail an Uber, order a pizza and organize your shopping list. Now she’s funding a fellowship at Johns Hopkins University. Amazon announced a partnership with the university Thursday to support a doctoral student at the Whiting ...

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"Unlike acting, life doesn't have second takes," actor Michael Kelly says in a new ad.

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Cupid’s Cup announced the five finalists for the 12th annual student entrepreneurship competition created by Under Armour founder Kevin Plank. The five finalists were picked from semifinalists who competed at Under Armour’s Baltimore campus earlier this month. This year’s finalists are ...

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A communications class at Johns Hopkins University wants to help the U.S. Department of Homeland Security fight ISIS. Students in Professor Leslie Kendrick’s Advertising and Integrated Communications Marketing class will participate in the Peer2Peer: Challenging Extremism Competition. The program looks ...

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Looks like Under Armour’s tough week is just getting tougher. More and more athletes on the Baltimore company’s roster spoke critically on Thursday of CEO Kevin Plank’s recent comments complimenting the Trump administration. In the past 24 hours, Stephen Curry, ...

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