Maryland colleges and universities have added vaping to campus smoking bans, providing resources to help students stop vaping or to encourage them not to start up the habit at all. But the rapid rise of the vaping industry has left ...

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A former Frostburg State University student who claims he cannot receive the measles vaccine because he is immunocompromised has sued the school, and the state of Maryland, for blocking him from registering for classes after his first year, which he said ...

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A proposed physician assistant program at Frostburg State University aims to improve access to health care in western Maryland by finding students who want to work and live in the rural region. The master’s program, pending approval, expects to admit ...

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FROSTBURG — Frostburg State University says a study has identified certain types of businesses that could keep graduates of the school employed locally. The next step is to lure those businesses to western Maryland. The school said Friday in a ...

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FROSTBURG — Frostburg State University is announcing a physics scholarship honoring a late professor known for creating offbeat demonstrations. The award is named for Stephen Luzader, who died in June at age 72. The university announced it on Monday. Luzader ...

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Frostburg State University failed to appropriately respond to students’ claims of sexual assault, violating federal law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex, the U.S. Department of Education announced Friday. University officials agreed to make several changes recommended by the department, ...

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FROSTBURG — Frostburg State University’s new president is pledging improvements as the new school year begins. Ronald Nowaczyk is speaking at the school’s fall convocation Thursday afternoon. Classes began Monday. The university says in a statement that his topics include ...

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CUMBERLAND — A laboratory startup business based in the Baltimore area is relocating to the western Maryland city of Frostburg. Allegany County Commissioner Bill Valentine told the Cumberland-Times News Tuesday that Advent Laboratories Inc. will move by October to the ...

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A multi-week jury trial stemming from a lawsuit filed by the family of a deceased Frostburg State University football player against the NCAA was set to begin next week, but the parties asked the matter to be stayed for 60 ...

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FROSTBURG — Frostburg State University’s new president says the school will be analyzing why there has been an apparent increase in violence and bad behavior taking place on and around the campus. Frostburg President Ron Nowaczyk (Nu-watch-ick) tells the Cumberland ...

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