Recent Articles from Tim Curtis
Diversity — an issue of insiders and outsiders, consultant says
Corporations should think about the business case for inclusion and diversity, including the potential of lost worker productivity, Steve Robbins told Baltimore business leaders as the keynote speaker at the […]
Md. economic developers gather to tout work, assess future
Economic development professionals from counties and municipalities around Maryland hope to raise awareness of their work and plot legislative strategies as they celebrate Maryland Economic Development Week. The week is […]
Speaker vows to avoid Md. higher education cuts
HANOVER — Maryland House Speaker Adrienne Jones pledged to the leaders of the state’s public universities Thursday that they would not face significant funding cuts from the General Assembly. “I […]
Goucher project to tackle history of slaves on campus land
Goucher College Wednesday launched an effort to recognize and study the history of slavery on lands where the college now sits, including the removal of racist language from the university’s […]
Does Massachusetts have a model for Md. health insurance?
ANNAPOLIS — The commission charged with finding permanent solutions to stabilize Maryland’s individual health insurance market heard Tuesday about how Massachusetts has achieved its gold-standard health insurance system along with […]
Md. startups post middling Q3 fundraising totals
Venture capital funding for Maryland-based companies fell during the year’s third quarter as investment in venture-backed firms fell nationally. Maryland firms raised $142 million across 16 deals, down from $231 […]
Why KaloCyte picked Baltimore and the BioPark
The University of Maryland BioPark and proximity to key stakeholders were two of the top reasons KaloCyte decided to move to Baltimore, its CEO said. The company that is developing […]
Lockheed Martin to bring Challenge Box to UM campus next week
University of Maryland, College Park, students will be asking not “what’s in the box?” but “how do I get into the box” next week. Lockheed Martin will bring its Challenge […]
UM receives $3.75 million to study LGBTQ health issues
The University of Maryland Prevention Research Center will study mental health and health care for LGBTQ people as part of a national research effort funded by the Centers for Disease […]
Md. health insurance exchange proposes subsidies for young adults
The Maryland Health Benefit Exchange has proposed providing more premium subsidies for young adults as a way of increasing stability and helping to control premium rates on the state’s individual […]
Md. biotech industry celebrates successes, warns of challenges
NORTH BETHESDA — Amid hopes for cures to chronic illnesses like diabetes and HIV, Maryland life science companies and their boosters wondered Monday what it will take to make the […]
How Catalyte plans to use its new platform to accelerate growth
Baltimore-based employment data science firm Catalyte’s new Odyssey workforce development platform could position the company to rapidly achieve scale while also changing some of the firm’s core, executives say. Catalyte […]

















