The state and Baltimore County are paying $100,000 to settle a claim from a former UMBC student that officials blocked her efforts to file sexual assault charges against three male students.

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A new federal lawsuit claims that the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, failed to protect a swim team member from an abusive partner even after she reported sexual violence and harassment.

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The capstone of Freeman Hrabowski's long tenure as leader of University of Maryland, Baltimore County comes down to paperwork.

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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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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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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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The University of Maryland, Baltimore County announced it received the largest gift in its history.

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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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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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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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