Higher education

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.

The Johns Hopkins University is nominating seven people to fill vacancies for students, faculty and staff seats on its police accountability board.

Community college students and instructors believe that academic courses in English for non-native speakers are just as rigorous as other language courses — and deserve the same academic credit.

University System of Maryland administrators used misleading testimony in their attempts to sway lawmakers considering legislation to allow collective bargaining rights for faculty and graduate students at public four-year colleges and universities, two faculty members say.

University of Maryland administrators once again used legislative testimony to mischaracterize the employment situation of graduate students and faculty seeking collective bargaining rights, two faculty members say.

Kristin Juszczyk, a Towson University grad whose designs have appeared on Swift and other celebrities including Biles this season, is auctioning a custom Super Bowl puffer vest.

Some college students living in a Morgan State University residential hall say they haven’t had hot water all week.

Johns Hopkins University has opened an investigation into international affairs professor Yascha Mounk after journalist Celeste Marcus accused him of rape over the weekend.

The continuing impact of COVID-19 and other illnesses is an important factor in persistently high absenteeism at Maryland’s schools, a children’s health advocate says.

Towson University has a new four-legged friend on campus: A chocolate Labrador retriever puppy named Bruno who will work as a comfort dog with the university’s police department.

Black leaders in Baltimore are praising Loyola University Maryland’s recent acknowledgement that the institution benefited from the slave trade, saying the announcement marks a step toward repair and reconciliation.

Terrence M. Sawyer, the president of Loyola University Maryland, will officially acknowledge the university’s past role in benefitting from the slave economy in a nearly 40-page report released Wednesday and in a more detailed account this spring.

The late congressman left a collection of his personal papers to Morgan State University. It will be digitized as a testament to his work as a native Baltimorean and a decadeslong legislator in Maryland.

Vice Adm. Yvette Davids on Thursday became the first female superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy. Her promotion and others had been held up until recently by an Alabama senator concerned about a Pentagon abortion policy.