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University of Maryland faculty vote to join Big Ten alliance against Trump

Apr 25, 2025

The University of Maryland is among nine Big Ten colleges whose faculty senates voted to join an alliance called a mutual defense compact.

How a former Maryland U.S. attorney became key in Harvard’s legal battle

Apr 24, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 12: Former Special Counsel Robert Hur returns from a short break to resume his testimony before the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 12, 2024 in Washington, DC. Hur investigated U.S. President Joe Biden’s mishandling of classified documents and published a final report with contentious conclusions about Biden’s memory.

Baltimore County Public Library takes a page from the Pratt with marquee author series

Apr 23, 2025

Bestselling authors Erik Larson, Jennifer Weiner, and Percival Everett are three of the upcoming speakers at the Baltimore County Public Library's author series.

He refused to censor his lecture. Then the Naval Academy canceled it.

Apr 21, 2025

Ryan Holiday gives a talk at the U.S. Naval Academy in 2023.

Johns Hopkins University bus crashes into Charles Village buildings, injuring several people

Julie Scharper and Ariel Zambelich

Updated Apr 20, 2025

A Johns Hopkins University bus crashed into a building on N. Charles Street at E. 25th Street in Baltimore after a multi-vehicle accident on Saturday, April 19, 2025.

7 University of Maryland students lose visas amid federal crackdown

Apr 17, 2025

University of Maryland, College Park students among a rising number across the country who’ve suddenly lost their ability to legally stay in the U.S.

Ravens draft kicker Tyler Loop in 6th round as Justin Tucker investigation continues

Arizona kicker Tyler Loop participates in a drill at the NFL football scouting combine, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, , in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

How a West Baltimore food hall is bringing community back to North Avenue

The Mill on North, a new food hall in West Baltimore, features seven food vendors and a cozy atmosphere convenient to Coppin State University.

Maryland lawsuit challenges federal threats to withhold education funding

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown joined 18 other states challenging the U.S. education department’s threats to withhold school funding.

Live coverage: Harbaugh, DeCosta talk NFL draft picks and contracts

Safety Malaki Starks, second from right, the Baltimore Ravens first round draft pick, 27th overall, poses with defensive coordinator Zack Orr, left, head coach John Harbaugh, and general manager Eric DeCosta during an NFL football press conference at the Under Armor Performance Center in Owings Mills, Md., Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Orioles follow similar script in losing both games of doubleheader at Detroit

Cedric Mullins of the Orioles is out at home as he is tagged by Tomás Nido of the Tigers during Game 2 of Saturday’s doubleheader.

Lawmakers hope changes bring more stability, transparency to Howard Community College

Apr 17, 2025

The Howard Community College board is set to expand by two members.

37 Johns Hopkins students had visas revoked in nationwide crackdown

Apr 15, 2025

Johns Hopkins University campus

International students file legal challenges over widespread US visa revocations

Annie Ma, Associated Press

Apr 15, 2025

Scenes of Johns Hopkins Homewood Campus

In Annapolis, reading Maya Angelou was a small act of rebellion

Apr 15, 2025

Kaylee Jones, a student at Annapolis High School, reads from "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" on April 12, 2025 in Annapolis, MD. The book was banned from the Naval Academy library.

‘Several dozen’ Johns Hopkins student visas revoked

Apr 11, 2025

Some students wait for a shuttle while others walk past the Johns Hopkins University sign welcoming people to the Homewood Campus from Charles Street in Baltimore, Md. on Wednesday, November 20, 2024.

Maryland colleges back lawsuit to halt Trump visa cancellations

Apr 11, 2025

The University System of Maryland joined others to sign an amicus brief to stop the Trump administration from revoking student visas without cause.

What Maryland lawmakers changed about child care, schools and colleges

Maya Lora, Kristen Griffith and Ellie Wolfe

Apr 10, 2025

Many education-related bills, some with big promises, failed to make it out of this year’s legislative session.

Hopkins trailblazer scrambles to protect cancer research as Trump cuts hit home

Apr 9, 2025

Dr. Elizabeth Jaffee, deputy director of the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center.

U.S. revokes visas of some international students at UMD, UMBC

Updated Apr 8, 2025

The University of Maryland College Park. A UMD spokesperson said that the campus was among those nationwide whose students suddenly lost their ability to legally stay in the U.S.

Johns Hopkins says U.S. revoked visas for about a dozen students

Updated Apr 8, 2025

Johns Hopkins University is the first Maryland university to announce publicly that its students have had their visas revoked.

The Naval Academy banned books. Across the street, they treasure them.

Apr 6, 2025

Two St. John's College students watch Naval Academy midshipmen prepare to take a shot in the Annapolis Cup croquet match Saturday.

The goats are baa-ack at Towson University

Apr 6, 2025

Joseph, an Alpine goat from Harmony Church Farm in Harford County, eats invasive Multiflora rose in the Glen Arboretum at Towson University on Wednesday, April 2. Goats from Harmony Church Farm have been visiting the university to help with the invasive plants for the past eleven years.

Naval Academy’s full list of nearly 400 books on race, gender pulled from library

Darreonna Davis

Apr 5, 2025

FILE - An entrance to the U.S. Naval Academy campus in Annapolis, Md., is seen Jan. 9, 2014. Reported sexual assaults at the U.S. military academies shot up during the 2021-22 school year, and one in five female students surveyed said they experienced unwanted sexual contact, the Associated Press has learned.

Poll: Marylanders prefer voting at countywide hubs to neighborhood precincts

Apr 4, 2025

A majority of voters prefer more county-wide voting hubs to casting their ballots at neighborhood schools, churches or community centers.

A Maryland campus anti-hate bill is all but dead. What killed it?

Apr 3, 2025

Students gather to pray at McKeldin Mall on the University of Maryland campus for an interfaith vigil in 2024.

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