Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings will deliver the winter commencement address at the University of Maryland, College Park.
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Read More »December 19, 2017 Comments Off on Rep. Elijah Cummings to give commencement address
Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings will deliver the winter commencement address at the University of Maryland, College Park.
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Read More »October 18, 2017 Comments Off on Maryland man indicted for hate crime in student’s slaying
ANNAPOLIS — A white man was indicted Tuesday on a hate crime charge for allegedly stabbing a black college student to death “because of his race,” a Maryland prosecutor said. Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Angela Alsobrooks announced the grand ...
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Read More »October 4, 2017 Comments Off on Maryland university to announce ‘transformative investment’
COLLEGE PARK — The University of Maryland will be announcing what’s described as “a transformative investment” in the university. University and government officials are scheduled to gather on the state’s flagship campus in College Park on Wednesday for the announcement. ...
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Read More »October 3, 2017 Comments Off on UMD College Park announces center for diversity
The University of Maryland, College Park Tuesday announced the launch of the Center for Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education, a national hub for research and policy on issues related to diversity and inclusion in higher education. “Issues of diversity and ...
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Read More »September 18, 2017 Comments Off on Turns out, city failed to pass allowing noncitizens to vote
COLLEGE PARK — Turns out, officials in the Maryland city of College Park failed to pass a charter amendment that would have allowed non-citizens to vote in municipal elections. The city made the announcement Friday, after officials realized that the ...
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Read More »September 13, 2017 Comments Off on College Park to compete for Amazon’s ‘HQ2’
College Park intends to compete to be home to Amazon’s new headquarters dubbed “HQ2” that the company says will mean $5 billion in investment and bring roughly 50,000 jobs. Last week the e-commerce giant announced it was seeking proposals from ...
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Read More »August 9, 2017 Comments Off on City council delays proposal allowing noncitizen voting
COLLEGE PARK — A Maryland city has postponed a vote on a proposal that allows noncitizen residents, including those living in the country illegally, to vote in municipal elections. WTOP-FM reports the College Park City Council was supposed to vote on the ...
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Read More »February 2, 2017 Comments Off on University of Maryland announces ‘Discovery District’
The University of Maryland has dubbed a roughly 150-acre area near the College Park campus, which includes development along Baltimore Avenue as well as projects along River Road, as the Discovery District. The branding of the area as the Discovery ...
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Read More »August 22, 2016 Comments Off on College Park’s Startup Village helps entrepreneurs stay local
UPDATED — The Startup Village is now in its beta phase. But the University of Maryland, College Park envisions growing the home for student and alumni entrepreneurs into part of its revitalization of Baltimore Avenue through its Greater College Park ...
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Read More »July 29, 2016 Comments Off on UMD researchers get link to supercomputer ‘Harold’
Researchers at the University of Maryland, College Park will soon have access to a vast amount of new computing power thanks to a new partnership with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory. The agreement will link the university to an Army ...
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