A high-ranking United Nations official has been appointed dean of the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, College Park.

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There’s a new social networking site in town, and you won’t find any tinted photo filters or 140-character limits here.

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The University of Maryland Tuesday pledged to guarantee scholarships to students-athletes until they graduate, regardless of injury or on-field performance.

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Following several fatal accidents involving pedestrians along U.S. 1 in College Park, officials of the University of Maryland, the State Highway Administration and Prince George’s County and the mayor of College Park on Monday unveiled several safety measures and a public education campaign to enhance pedestrian safety along College Park’s “Main Street.”

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The Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, College Park, said it is one of half a dozen institutions named as 2014 sponsors of the Forté Foundation, a consortium of major corporations, business schools and nonprofit organizations that champions women for leadership roles in business.

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The University of Maryland is proposing a $115 million luxury hotel and conference center next to campus.

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The family of an 8-year-old girl has reached a $550,000 settlement with a College Park restaurant where she was severely burned by a vat of soup.

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SeekingArrangement.com — another website that helps gold-digging Sugar Babies hook up with deep-pocketed Sugar Daddies — has released its annual “Top 20 Fastest Growing Sugar Baby Schools” list, and Towson University clocked in at No. 44, while the University of Maryland, College Park, placed No. 71.

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University of Maryland Ventures (UM Ventures) announced today that Dr. Martha J. Connolly has been named director of bioentrepreneurship, a new program supported by the Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute (Mtech) and the A. James Clark School of Engineering, designed to enhance collaboration between the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) and the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) as part of the MPowering the State initiative.

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COLLEGE PARK — Gubernatorial candidate Doug Gansler is opposing development on part of the University of Maryland Golf Course, because he says it would pave what now serves as the community’s main green space, recreational amenity and environmental habitat. Gansler ...

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