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Maryland budget reflects improving economy
Gov. Martin O'Malley released a $37 billion spending plan Wednesday that for the first time in recent years contains no drastic cuts or proposed tax increases. Amid a stronger economy, O'Malley also proposed to boost the pay for state workers, expand...
Tags: Finance, Taxation, Politics, Calvert County, Environmental Issues
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Baltimore colleges push to improve neighborhoods
Change has swept through the University of Baltimore — and the surrounding neighborhood — over the past decade. Striking new academic buildings, an apartment building and the university's first dormitory have appeared among the brownstones...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Culture, Loyola University Chicago, Maryland Film Festival, Family
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Workers, lacking time or money, leave vacation days unused
Tisa L. Silver-Canady, who counsels University of Maryland, Baltimore students about loan repayments and runs other financial education programs at the school, realized toward the end of last year that she had not used about a third of her vacation time....Tags: Family, Finance, Conservation, Employment Opportunities, Corporate Office Properties Trust Inc.
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Helping homeless children, teens get medical care
You can see why a state might require minors to have a parent's OK before they receive medical care. But Maryland law has made life especially difficult for homeless teenagers who have no adults watching out for them. It's the sort of problem that drives...
Tags: Asthma, Homelessness, Family, Teen Health, Crime, Law and Justice
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Talking politics at work
Keeping your opinions to yourself at work might not be easy in today's supercharged political climate. With the general election just weeks away, political discussions naturally come up in offices, on campuses and at job sites throughout the Baltimore...
Tags: Cherry Hill, Conservation, Employment Opportunities, Inner Harbor, Annapolis
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HBCUs' success hinges on financial aid
Low graduation rates among African-Americans at Maryland's historically black colleges and universities present a major issue deserving of systematic analysis for solutions. This problem has been well documented by countless media outlets in HBCU...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Conservation, Finance, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, University of Maryland, College Park
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UMBC: DREAM Act will save money
Giving some illegal immigrants more access to higher education in Maryland could mean an extra $5 million a year for the state government, according to a new cost-benefit study by the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. The study found that the net...Tags: Education, Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Labor Legislation
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UM launches joint public health program
Maryland's two largest public research universities launched a joint public health program Tuesday, the first of a series of planned collaborations designed to break down barriers between the two campuses. Officials say the joint program will enable...Tags: Education, Health and Safety at School, Teaching and Learning, Science, University of Maryland, College Park
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Federal statistics on campus crime present confusing disparities
Campus crime statistics reported to the federal government show there were 15 burglaries at Morgan State University in 2010. But a review of the university's daily crime log found twice as many. When reporting campus crime to the U.S. Department of...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Loyola University Chicago, Theft, Murder, University of Baltimore
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University of Maryland, Baltimore to revamp teaching on pain
As part of a federal project aimed at better treating pain, the University of Maryland, Baltimore will begin revamping the way it teaches future doctors, dentists, nurses and pharmacists.
Pain affects approximately 100 million Americans and their...Tags: Health and Safety at School, University of Pittsburgh, University of Washington, Arthritis, Drugs and Medicines
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Woofound wants to help personalize the web
The idea for Woofound came to Joshua Spears while he struggled to plan a blind date. He was looking for things to do and places to eat that matched his and his date's tastes and preferences in a personal way. But there was no app for that.
So he and...Tags: Networking, Facebook, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Pandora Media, Inc., College Sports
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Four companies move to research park near UMBC campus
Merritt Properties announced that four companies recently became tenants at bwtech@UMBC, adjacent to the campus of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Communications Scientific International, an aerospace technology and services company that...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Research, Companies and Corporations
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