Minnowtech, a Baltimore-based aquaculture startup, announced $600,000 in seed financing Monday as the firm commercializes technology intended for the shrimp farming industry.

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University System of Maryland Board of Regents chair Linda Gooden and vice chair Barry Gossett will co-lead the system’s search for a new chancellor, Gooden announced Tuesday. The regents are conducting a national search to find a replacement for current ...

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Two of Maryland’s top higher education positions will get fresh faces next year when University System of Maryland Chancellor Robert L. Caret and University of Maryland, College Park President Wallace Loh step down from their posts. Caret announced Thursday that ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The email from Maryland’s university system chancellor promoting a jewelry company’s charm bracelets was so unusual, it prompted a top Virginia university official to write to an aide to Chancellor Robert Caret, questioning its authenticity. The 2017 email ...

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Some of Maryland’s top higher education leaders told a state Senate panel Thursday that they do not see a lot of positives in the federal Department of Education’s proposed regulations on handling sexual assault and misconduct allegations under Title IX. ...

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Maryland universities are creating new academic programs they say could help the state adapt to a changing innovation economy and help meet needs for tomorrow’s educators. The Education Policy and Student Life committee of the University System of Maryland’s Board ...

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The first female president of Coppin State University has announced she’ll step down at the end of the school year. News outlets report that Maria Thompson wrote in an email to the university community that she would return to her ...

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Universities in Maryland could be forced to adopt more courtroom-style proceedings to adjudicate sexual assault complaints on campus as last week’s proposed federal Title IX guidelines intersect with a recent Maryland law. The U.S. Department of Education last week proposed ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The University System of Maryland Board of Regents made mistakes in its recommendation to keep DJ Durkin as the University of Maryland football coach following an investigation into the program’s culture, the board’s chair told state lawmakers Thursday. ...

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A medical technology company is suing the University of Maryland, College Park for allegedly disclosing trade secrets and misappropriating licensed technology.

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