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JHU, UMB researchers, startups get funding awards
Researchers and startup companies from Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland, Baltimore were awarded a total of $200,000 at the 2016 Innovation Showcase hosted by the two institutions […]
UMD, UMB launch new effort to draw FBI to Md.
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 […]
Md. House passes modified UM partnership bill
The Maryland House of Delegates approved legislation calling for stronger ties between two University of Maryland institutions Wednesday after a committee amended the bill to clarify that the two schools […]
Proposed Md. university merger to get town hall meeting
Students, faculty and staff at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, are getting a chance to discuss a proposed merger with the university’s College Park campus. A town hall meeting on […]
Perman expands on worries about joining UMB and UMCP
University of Maryland, Baltimore President Jay A. Perman is worried about a legislative plan to unite — but not fully merge —his institution with the University of Maryland, College Park. […]
After mistrial, caution but not alarm at campuses, hospitals
Baltimore’s universities and hospitals say they kept a close watch on events following the declaration of a mistrial Wednesday in the case of police Officer William Porter but saw no […]
Study: Moustaches outnumber women among medical school leaders
A novel study of U.S. medical school leadership has found that women are not only outnumbered by men, they are outnumbered by moustaches. Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and […]
UMB licenses pathogen identification technology to startup
The University of Maryland, Baltimore has granted a startup company, Pataigin LLC, worldwide, exclusive licensing rights to patents and technology to develop a method to quickly and accurately identify dangerous […]
Two startups to commercialize UMB medical research
Researchers from the University of Maryland, Baltimore have been exploring the medicinal properties of a particular Jamaican plant. No, not that one. A different one. The plant, commonly known as […]
UMD research will try to prevent weaponization of flu
A $5 million grant will help researchers at the University of Maryland School of Public Health develop ways to find out if laboratory workers are trying to make flu-based bioweapons. […]
Police identify 3 killed in shooting near UM Baltimore
Police in Baltimore have identified three of those killed when gunmen jumped out of two vans and fired at a group of people. Police said Thursday that the three killed […]
UMB gets $3 million for new West Baltimore facility
A $3 million gift from The Whiting-Tuner Contracting Company will allow the University of Maryland, Baltimore to turn a vacant building in West Baltimore into an educational facility that will […]
