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Marc and Amy Meadows. (Courtesy of BMA)
Oct 27, 2025

BMA receives $10M gift to establish education endowment

The Baltimore Museum of Art announced it received more than $10 million from philanthropists Amy and Marc Meadows to support arts education. 

From left, McDaniel College Board of Trustees Chair Bruce Preston, McDaniel College President Julia Jasken, the Green Terror mascot, and McDaniel College student Nicki James with an oversized check for $15 million from the late Jonas Eshelman, Class of 1950 (Photo courtesy McDaniel College)
Oct 13, 2025

McDaniel College receives largest gift in school history, launches fundraising campaign

McDaniel College received a record $15M gift from alumnus Jonas Eshelman and launched a $50M campaign to boost academics and campus development.

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Aug 29, 2018

Maryland matches $1 million donation from Brin family for professors at UMd

The state of Maryland has matched a donation from the family of Google co-founder Sergey Brin to endow two professorships in computer science at the University of Maryland, College Park, […]

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Nov 26, 2017

Smith to offer Md. tuition-free college plan next legislative session

As proposals to make Maryland’s public colleges and universities tuition-free make their way through the Democratic primary for Maryland governor, one state senator plans to introduce legislation next year to […]

Johns Hopkins University. (The Daily Record / Maximilian Franz)
Nov 7, 2017

House amendment means Md. colleges unlikely to be affected by tax

A cause for concern for Maryland private colleges and universities could have been alleviated Monday evening by an amendment to the Republican Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Originally, the proposed […]

Johns Hopkins University. (The Daily Record / Maximilian Franz)
Nov 6, 2017

Some Md. private universities would take a hit under tax proposal

Some Maryland colleges would have to pay taxes on investment earnings under the tax legislation proposed by Republicans in the U.S.  House of Representatives. The colleges warn that the taxes could […]

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Jun 12, 2017

In Big 10 endowment competition, Maryland comes in last

The University of Maryland has won 25 Big Ten Conference regular season and tournament athletic titles since joining the conference prior to the 2014-15 academic year. But while the Terrapins […]