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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Technology can be a path forward for Baltimore’s most pressing issues, with the industry creating jobs and products to improve education and reduce crime, a panel of Baltimore business and industry leaders said Thursday. The panelists also suggested that Baltimore has ...

Under Armour’s taking on the final frontier. Virgin Galactic, which aims to make commercial space travel a reality, named the Baltimore-based sports apparel maker its “Technical Spacewear Partner” on Thursday. “I’ve loved (Under Armour’s) determination to push technical boundaries in ...

Following a $1 million investment round, Maryland beverage startup Zest Tea plans to expand to stores around the mid-Atlantic as it rolls out its line of canned iced tea energy drinks. Zest Tea’s canned iced teas are already in 7-Eleven ...

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Gov. Larry Hogan’s FY 2020 budget, released Friday, should allow Maryland’s public universities to keep tuition low for in-state students. With the funding proposed, the universities should only raise tuition 2 percent next year for in-state students, University System of ...

Johns Hopkins University has the best online nursing program in the country, U.S. News & World Report said in its annual ranking of online programs offered by universities. Other programs in Maryland also received high rankings, including the online degree ...

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