Today is Monday, the 95th anniversary of the Broadway premiere of “My Maryland.” Here are some other news items. — Alabama moves toward new method of execution — nitrogen hypoxia. — Does a severance agreement excuse Elon Musk from buying ...

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The provost of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore is becoming the dean of the Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Lloyd Minor’s appointment was announced Wednesday. Minor, a head and neck surgeon who received his undergraduate and medical degrees from ...

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WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke took a break from his day job Tuesday to revisit the academic life he led before coming to Washington a decade ago. Shortly after noon, he stood before a class of George Washington ...

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Some Ivy Leaguers may have their crimson shorts in a twist after U.S. News & World Report’s release of its 2013 Best Law Schools rankings. Yale Law School once again tops the list, but Stanford Law School moves into the ...

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Simba Hodari dreamed of playing professional football. That dream ended Nov. 3, 2001. Hodari, then a strong safety in his senior year at Stanford University, took an elbow to the chin in what the Silver Spring lawyer calls a “freak ...

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WASHINGTON — Ownership of a patent for technology to detect HIV levels in patients’ blood was correctly split between Stanford University and the pharmaceutical giant Roche, the Supreme Court ruled Monday. By a 7-2 vote, the high court upheld a ...

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is questioning whether patents on inventions that arise from federally funded research must go to the university where the inventor worked. The court heard arguments Monday from lawyers from Stanford University, which wants the patents ...

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