Researchers from the University of Maryland, College Park have secured a $3.4 million grant to study the causes of pathologial anxiety and depression, specifically in college students. In addition to traditional clinical measures and brain imaging scans, the team plans ...

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For only the sixth time in its 125-year history, Sheppard Pratt Health System is getting a new president and CEO. Dr. Harsh K. Trivedi will assume the leadership of the system on July 1, taking over for Steven S. Sharfstein, ...

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Unpacking a multitude of gifts from the Sparks-based spice giant.

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The University of Maryland, College Park is sticking close to home with its choice of commencement speaker this year. Under Armour CEO (and noted UMD alumnus) Kevin Plank will deliver this year’s address at the spring commencement ceremony on May ...

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Experiencing a data breach doesn’t seem to be enough to scare about 43 percent of U.S. retailers into getting chip card readers in their store, a survey by CardHub found. As of October 1, 2015, the liability for  a credit ...

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Cybersecurity, high-tech wood stoves, video games and blood transfusions. It’s been a busy six months for the Maryland Technology Development Corp. The state-created organization (known as TEDCO to you and me), which provides guidance and early-stage funding for startup companies ...

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North Carolina-based chain opens its first outpost in Maryland.

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Dave Dombrow, the Baltimore-based brand's senior vice president of design, helped develop signature products for Stephen Curry and Cam Newton.

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Listen: For decades, bookish teenagers have embraced the work of novelist Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007), devouring book after book with a nearly fanatical devotion that eventually fades but leaves fond memories as they move into adulthood. Vonnegut’s best-known works include “Slaughterhouse-Five,” ...

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Loyola University Maryland is responding to student concerns about racial insensitivity by establishing a task force to make recommendations about campuswide racial justice training. The 14-person panel, created by the Rev. Brian F. Linnane, the university’s president, is comprised of ...

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