The University System of Maryland has signed a partnership agreement with the U.S. Army Research Lab that the system hopes increases a talent pipeline toward the agency, which has locations at the Aberdeen Proving Ground and in Prince George’s County. ...

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The University System of Maryland and its member institutions have done a good job of graduating students for the cybersecurity workforce, but more work will have to be done to meet labor demands in a rapidly expanding field, a report ...

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Tuition at Maryland’s public colleges and universities would increase 2 percent next year under Gov. Larry Hogan’s proposed budget, maintaining the state’s track record of keeping tuition low. While other states have placed more financial burden on their higher education ...

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When the University System of Maryland set its strategic plan for the next 10 years in 2010, it hoped to double the system’s externally sponsored research and development funding from $1.2 billion to $2.4 billion. Instead, as federal dollars have ...

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After years of groundwork, Maryland universities saw more tangible results this year from their efforts to support new startups formed from university technology. State and university officials hope this year’s results show a state gaining traction as it looks to ...

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The University System of Maryland and the Office of the Attorney General will host university leaders Monday to review the Department of Education’s guidance on campus sexual assault from September. Vice presidents for student affairs, Title IX coordinators and campus ...

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A federal judge has permanently enjoined Maryland’s university system from unnecessarily duplicating programs of historically black colleges and universities and ordered a special master be appointed to oversee the creation of a remedial plan to “eliminate vestiges of the prior de ...

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The University System of Maryland Board of Regents Tuesday approved a measure that would waive in-state tuition requirements for Amazon employees who move to Maryland as part of Amazon’s second headquarters project, known as HQ2. Amazon employees and their immediate families ...

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COLLEGE PARK — The University of Maryland will be announcing what’s described as “a transformative investment” in the university. University and government officials are scheduled to gather on the state’s flagship campus in College Park on Wednesday for the announcement. ...

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With several Maryland jurisdictions joining the fray to land Amazon’s new headquarters, the University System of Maryland intends to do its part to help lure the company, and its 50,000 jobs, to the state. Tuesday morning, the finance committee of ...

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