Maryland health officials promised a plan to treat people with mental illnesses even as the state is selling off its largest and oldest hospital.
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Maryland health officials promised a plan to treat people with mental illnesses even as the state is selling off its largest and oldest hospital.
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Read More »April 18, 2022 Comments Off on UMBC’s incoming leader: It’s all about ‘values and principles’
When longtime UMBC leader Freeman Hrabowski announced his upcoming retirement, the central question was who could replace such a towering figure. Enter Valerie Sheares Ashby.
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Read More »April 4, 2022 Comments Off on UMBC announces Hrabowski’s successor and first woman president
Valerie Sheares Ashby will be the next president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, the university announced Monday morning, succeeding Freeman A. Hrabowski III, who has led the school for the past three decades. Ashby, who comes to the ...
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Read More »March 3, 2022 Comments Off on UMBC lands largest donation in university history with $21M gift
The University of Maryland, Baltimore County announced it received the largest gift in its history.
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Read More »March 3, 2022 Comments Off on More Maryland universities loosen their masking requirements
Three more Maryland universities have announced they are loosening their on-campus masking requirements. Morgan State University, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and the University of Maryland, Baltimore, all said they would only require masks to be worn in certain ...
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Read More »February 14, 2022 Comments Off on SCALEUP Maryland partners with CAMI to help businesses grow
A number of programs exist to help people start businesses, but there are few that focus on helping companies that have reached an inflection point. One such program was created with funding from the Maryland Department of Commerce and the ...
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Read More »February 3, 2022 Comments Off on UMBC reaches highest classification for research output
The University of Maryland, Baltimore County has been granted the prestigious R1 Carnegie Classification, a top indicator of an institution’s research output.
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Read More »December 2, 2021 Comments Off on UMBC pays to settle defamation claims from ex-baseball players accused of rape
The University of Maryland, Baltimore County, has paid $450,000 to settle with three former baseball players who said they were wrongfully accused of rape while enrolled at the school and defamed by the student newspaper, which published their names. As ...
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Read More »August 26, 2021 Comments Off on Students’ wish list for next UMBC president? A Hrabowski clone
Haley Sayo, a senior psychology major at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, remembers the moment during her tour of UMBC as a high school senior that sold the school to her. “When I heard (UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski’s) little speech, you know ...
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Read More »August 25, 2021 1 Comment
Freeman Hrabowski III, the longtime leader of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, is expected to announce this will be the last year at the helm.
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