University of Maryland, College Park President Wallace Loh discussed the university’s role in Maryland’s economy, how the university has taken on a real estate role and where he would like to see the school improve at the monthly BWI Business Partnership ...

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The University of Maryland, Baltimore launched its Graduate Research Innovation District at the University of Maryland BioPark Thursday, a space that university leaders hope spurs student startups while also acting as a resource for the southwest Baltimore community. The GRID ...

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The University of Maryland, College Park, and the A. James and Alice B. Clark Foundation announced Wednesday the school’s largest-ever gift, more than $219 million, that will create more need-based financial aid, endowed chairs and more. Leaders at the university ...

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University of Maryland, College Park President Wallace Loh asked Baltimore business leaders to consider the entire Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area as the university pursues a bid to bring Amazon’s second headquarters to College Park. Loh, speaking at the Greater Baltimore Committee’s ...

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The University System of Maryland Board of Regents approved higher compensation for three system presidents as part of a new executive compensation system, also approved during Friday’s regents meeting. Under the new system, devised by HR consultant Sibson Consulting, the ...

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University of Maryland President Wallace Loh Tuesday criticized President Donald Trump’s decision to end the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, calling it contrary to American values. Trump’s administration announced that the deferred action program would end in ...

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The University of Maryland has dubbed a roughly 150-acre area near the College Park campus, which includes development along Baltimore Avenue as well as projects along River Road, as the Discovery District. The branding of the area as the Discovery ...

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The University of Maryland, College Park is launching a $75 million effort to “Do Good” by promoting philanthropy and community service and supporting social ventures such as nonprofits. The “Do Good” Initiative will include a new institute — with its ...

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Officials from the University of Maryland, College Park and the University of Maryland, Baltimore are launching a new academy focusing on terrorism and counter-terrorism studies they hope will entice the FBI to relocate its headquarters to Greenbelt. Based at the College ...

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It may be lonely at the top, but there are some perks. Leadership at eleven of the 12 University System of Maryland institutions will be getting raises in the coming fiscal year, most of no more than 3.5 percent. University ...

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