University of Maryland

Jun 10, 2021

University of Maryland awarded $2M for resource hub for veteran-owned businesses

The University of Maryland has been awarded a $2 million, 5-year Small Business Administration grant to operate the first Veterans Business Outreach Center in Maryland.

Jun 3, 2021

University of Maryland honors five exporting businesses for resilience during COVID-19

The University of Maryland’s Center for Global Business honored five Maryland-based exporters for their resilience during the pandemic.

May 18, 2021

Maryland’s February bar exam pass rate hits five-year high

The percentage of Maryland bar exam takers who passed the annual February exam hit a five-year high this year when 43% percent of the 378 test takers received good news from the State Board of Law Examiners.

Jun 24, 2020

Maryland university police corporal charged with child porn

TOWSON — A corporal for a Maryland university's police department has been charged with possessing and distributing child pornography, according to authorities.

Apr 29, 2020

February bar exam pass rate holds steady at 39%

For the second straight year, 302 people sat for the Maryland bar examination in February and 39% of them passed. The 302 February test takers this year and last marked the lowest figure since March 1965, when 279 people sat for the exam, according to the State Board of Law Examiners. The results in 2020 […]

Mar 2, 2020

Colleges in Maryland, North Carolina cancel Italy programs

Flagship universities in Maryland and North Carolina have canceled study abroad programs in Italy and are working to bring students home amid the continuing spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.

Dec 9, 2019

Jury to decide if college student’s killing was hate crime

Three friends were waiting at a bus stop on the University of Maryland’s campus around 3 a.m. on a Saturday when a stranger approached them, screaming.

Aug 9, 2019

Maryland universities named in list of top global institutions

Several Maryland universities have been ranked among the best in the world by a group that looks at 20,000 institutions of higher learning. The Center for World University Rankings lists the top 2,000 of the 20,000 universities it scores. Six Maryland universities made the list, including Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland, College […]

Apr 30, 2019

Maryland governor signs reform bill after player’s death

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is signing a measure to implement reforms requiring more transparency at the University of Maryland Board of Regents after its handling of a University of Maryland football player's death last year.

Jan 4, 2019

Trial delayed for man accused of killing Maryland student

A judge has delayed the trial of a white man charged with a hate crime in the fatal stabbing of a black student at the University of Maryland.

Dec 12, 2018

School dedicates memorial to slain newspaper employees

The University of Maryland's journalism school on Tuesday dedicated a memorial to the five Capital Gazette employees shot and killed in an attack on the Annapolis newspaper's office.

Oct 22, 2018

Regents to review report on Maryland’s football program

The University of Maryland's board of regents will hold a special meeting to discuss the results of an independent commission's probe into the culture of the football program.

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