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Higher education

    Opinion: The case for Edward Draper’s admission to the Maryland bar
    Draper was eminently qualified to practice law in Maryland when he applied for admission to the Maryland Bar in 1857 but was denied admission because he was Black. Attorney John G. Browning says admitting Draper to the Maryland Bar posthumously is a step toward reckoning with the history of discrimination in the legal profession.
    Edwin Grayson Draper, First Black College-Educated Lawyer for Liberia,
    Morgan State University adds metal detectors in dorms
    Several students questioned the effectiveness of the metal detectors and said the devices made them feel criminalized.
    A student walks through metal detectors that were installed in the dorms at Morgan State.
    Warren Hayman has spent decades educating Black students. Along the way, he’s touched generations
    Warren C. Hayman, who recently retired for a third time, has influenced countless Black students to pursue higher educational opportunities.
    Dr. Warren C. Hayman has influenced countless Black students pursue higher education opportunities. He retired from his position of Assistant Dean of Education at Morgan State University in 2004 after 42 years in public education, which included starting the The Hopkins Dunbar Health Partnership, where dozens of Black people went onto professional medical careers. He is pictured here in front of dedicated bricks at Morgan State.
    First Latina to be crowned Miss Coppin State University faces backlash
    A playful TikTok video led to cyberbullying against Keylin Perez, the first Latina to be crowned Miss Coppin State University at the historically Black college.
    Keylin Perez, Miss Coppin State University. The 22-year-old is the first Latina to hold the crown in the school’s history.
    Muslim civil rights group applauds Johns Hopkins’ response to student complaints
    Things turned around for the students after the Maryland office of the Council on American Islamic Relations got involved.
    BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - MARCH 28: A general view of The Johns Hopkins University on March 28, 2020 in Baltimore, Maryland. The school is shut down due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
    ‘Who better’? Georgetown hires famous exoneree Adnan Syed to help college students investigate wrongful convictions
    In his new job, Syed will help Georgetown students investigate wrongful convictions, exonerate men and women and create documentary films about the cases.
    Baltimore judge Melissa Phinn threw out Adnan Syed's murder conviction in light of new evidence that someone else could have strangled Hae Min Lee, ordered the release of  Syed.
    CCBC victim of phishing attack
    The community college said Wednesday afternoon that it is working with law enforcement authorities who are investigating the attack.
    Johns Hopkins unveils architectural sketch for new Henrietta Lacks science building
    The 34,000-square-foot building under development will have research and classroom space as well as meeting space intended for community use.
    This architectural sketch shows what a building under development by Johns Hopkins University will look like. The facility will be named for Henrietta Lacks.
    Johns Hopkins police force lawsuit dropped
    Donald Gresham, Kushan Ratnayake and Joan Floyd on Dec. 7 voluntarily moved in Baltimore Circuit Court to dismiss the case asking to prevent the Baltimore Police Department from signing an agreement with Hopkins necessary to develop the private, armed police force.
    Johns Hopkins University campus
    Baltimore County leaders address shortage with assistant-to-nurse program
    Facing a big shortage of nurses, Baltimore County partnered with St. Joseph Medical Center and CCBC for training.
    St. Joseph Medical Center has a new program to train more nurses at the Community College of Baltimore County to work at the hospital. There's a giant national and local nurse shortage.
    As Army-Navy game nears, Annapolis is awash in merch
    The Army-Navy Game is Saturday, and even if it wasn’t the only college football on TV this weekend, it would be the only game in Annapolis. Look around, and the town is awash in Navy merch.
    Bill the Goat, Bill the Goat and Bill the Goat in a bin at the Midshipmen Store at the Naval Academy in Annapolis. The store is like any campus store and carries a large selection of Navy sports gear.
    Towson University taps provost to be interim president
    Melanie Perreault’s appointment comes a week after it was announced that President Kim Schatzel was leaving to become president of the University of Louisville.
    Melanie Perreault, Towson University's provost and executive vice president for academic and student affairs, was named interim president of Towson University.
    The building used to be a place for community. Now, an East Baltimore nonprofit plans to sell.
    The former school has hosted a film festival, art shows and photography by neighborhood kids.
    From left: Allison Duggan, Cynthia Gross, Shaerrod Wood, Donald Gresham and Francine Wilks stand for a portrait in front of 814 N. Collington Ave. on 11/19/22. The 814 Coalition is a group of community members trying to keep the MICA Place building available for community members’ use.
    Johns Hopkins wants to distance itself from the ‘Real Housewives of Potomac.’ Here’s why.
    A cast member who got into an argument on an explosive recent episode is a Hopkins faculty member.
    A general view of The Johns Hopkins University on March 28, 2020 in Baltimore, Maryland and the television show"The Real Housewives of Potomac" don't see eye to eye.
    Hopkins and BPD sign operating agreement, paving the way for the hiring of private police force
    The publication of the agreement paves the way for Hopkins to being recruiting and training private police officers in the next six to 12 months.
    Scenes of Johns Hopkins Homewood Campus
    Towson University president takes new job as leader of University of Louisville
    Towson University President Kim Schatzel is leaving the university for a new job as president of the University of Louisville.
    Dr. Kim Schatzel has been president of Towson University since January 2016.
    UMBC preps future educators for vacancies in Baltimore city schools
    At a time when Baltimore City's public schools are looking for teachers, UMBC has provided a small pipeline of graduates to fill needed positions.
    Haleemat Adekoya, fifth grade English and Language Arts teacher at Cherry Hill Elementary and Middle School, is a Sherman Scholar.  Here she helps students individually with their assignments.
    Towson University plans to honor longtime professor despite criticism of his role advising controversial student group
    Richard Vatz, a professor at TU for 41 years, says he tends to want to help conservative groups because there’s ‘so much anti-conservatism in higher education.’ But he said he told Turning Point members that their remarks were inappropriate and that he would quit as their advisor if they continued.
    Towson University students protest that the University hosted Attorney General nominee Michael Peroutka and Gordana Schifanelli, Dan Cox running mate in the West Village Commons Ballroom A from 6-8pm.  The League of the South, according to its website, seeks to “return to a more traditional, conservative Christian-oriented Southern culture.” The Southern Poverty Law Center has labeled The League of the South as a hate group.
    Johns Hopkins still wants private cops despite deep opposition and falling campus crime
    The university plans to hire 100 officers, citing a 'sustained surge' in violence.
    Collage of photographs of Ronald Daniels, president of Johns Hopkins, Johns Hopkins library, Charles Village row homes, police officer, and signs and graffiti protesting the private police force.
    MICA Art Market returns for first time since 2019 as a pop-up
    Maryland Institute College of Art students, faculty, alumni and staff will showcase and sell their art on Dec. 3 and 4 this year.
    Vendors set up for the MICA Art Market at the college's Brown Center.
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