Higher education

The university has promised “critical changes” in the way it responds to future allegations of sexual harassment and sex discrimination.

A 21-year-old student was found dead Saturday near a parking garage at Towson University, and police were investigating the circumstances.

The University of Maryland received multiple complaints of hazing and physical abuse, including beating new or prospective members with a paddle, before it banned fraternities and sororities from engaging in new member activities or holding social events involving alcohol, according to new filings in a lawsuit over the suspensions.

After two weeks of a no-contact order and a social moratorium issued by the University of Maryland, school officials have lifted the blanket ban on Greek Life for all but five chapters.

As four fraternities from University of Maryland College Park asked a federal court to end the university’s blanket ban on social activities by fraternities and sororities, campus leaders were preparing to update the community Friday on the status of their investigation.

The university is investigating after a student alleged, in a now viral TikTok video, that she was the target of repeated sexually suggestive comments and that school officials were initially dismissive of her concerns.

Indigenous American representation is at an all-time high in films and TV shows. But they also serve as a harsh reminder of the struggle that Indigenous groups have endured in this country.

Hardy announced his resignation Friday after six seasons and a 66-110 record.

Sherita Golden, the chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer at Johns Hopkins Medicine, resigned from her position after months of controversy over her definition of privilege.

Baltimore’s young people older than 16 often find a lack of educational and other resources aimed at helping them transition to adulthood, Julia Baez, the CEO of Baltimore’s Promise, says.

The University of Maryland at College Park has suspended Greek life social activities involving alcohol amid allegations of hazing. Some national fraternity and sorority organizations think the college went too far.

The University of Maryland, College Park, sent a cease-and-desist letter to the leadership of fraternity and sorority organizations on campus and began an investigation into “activities that have threatened the safety and well-being of members of the University community.”

The life of abolitionist, clergyman and historian James W.C. Pennington, the first Black person to study at Yale, began in enslavement in Maryland.

Two Marines were charged by the University of Maryland Police Department in a hate bias incident at a dorm.

“The worst case scenario that I have in my head is a member of the Hopkins police force using violence to adjudicate an issue with somebody either in this community or in the surrounding ones,” Councilwoman Odette Ramos said.

The 1856 Project has released a report that shows the slave economy was deeply entrenched in the origins of Maryland Agricultural College, which eventually became the University of Maryland College Park.

The early start times now mandated for Baltimore public school students can be a factor in poor performance and lead to detrimental health outcomes, say two Loyola college students who experienced early start times and long trips to school as Baltimore public school students.

Success of CIAA Tournament in Baltimore points to other opportunities to partner with HBCUs, Terry Hasseltine, executive director of the Maryland Sports Commission, says.

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s plan would make it the second HBCU in the country and first university in the state to offer a stand-alone veterinary school.

Legislation in Congress would make internet access available to more people in Baltimore, throughout Maryland and elsewhere, Rep. Kweisi Mfume and the director of the Baltimore Digital Equity Coalition say.