University System of Maryland Chancellor Robert Caret has named Mickey Burnim as the interim president at Coppin State University while the institution searches for a new president. Burnim will replace Maria Thompson, who announced in January she was stepping down. ...

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The University of Maryland, College Park officially opened the Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering, a gleaming addition to the campus’s official entrance on U.S. Route 1. The building was officially opened Saturday as part of the university’s ...

Three startups received funding this week from a TEDCO fund designed to help firms founded by entrepreneurs from economically or socially disadvantaged backgrounds. As recipients from the Pre-Seed Builder Fund, these companies receive funding and executive management help from the ...

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With all the raids on addresses associated with Mayor Catherine Pugh, one Pigtown storefront was oddly forgotten. 2 Chic Boutique, which Pugh owns, along with Baltimore Comptroller Joan Pratt, sat closed. A security camera looked down on a storefront and ...

Five startups founded by students or recent alumni of the Maryland Institute College of Art won a total of $100,000 at the school’s annual UP/Start Venture Competition last week. The competition’s two top winners were each awarded $35,000 in seed ...

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University of Maryland Capital Region Health has dropped its appeal of a Prince George’s County judge’s decision to allow Anne Arundel County Medical Center to proceed with a new cardiac surgery program, cementing the Annapolis hospital’s ability to move forward ...

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(UPDATED) — Baltimore mayoral candidate Thiru Vignarajah, a former Maryland deputy attorney general, has released his tax returns dating back to 2013 and urged the city council to pursue a charter amendment mandating city elected officials do likewise. Vignarajah, a ...

Johns Hopkins University and McDaniel College have rewarded some students who also run their own businesses at campus pitch competitions this past week. Monday night, McDaniel College awarded its $10,000 to junior Rachael Fox for her shoe company, Fox Boots. ...

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Paragon Bioservices is opening a manufacturing facility near Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport that the company says will create 150 job. The biologics contract development and manufacturing organization said the new facility will help the firm employ 500 people in ...

Chicago-based investment firm Ariel Investments said it purchased copies of Mayor Catherine Pugh’s “Healthy Holly” books to distribute to attendees at a 2013 leadership conference where she was speaking. Ariel purchased 400 copies of the book for $3,680, including $80 ...