Higher education

UMD professor Dan Ortiz Leizman is going viral for instruments they create from unlikely materials — the cheap plastic chairs known as Monoblocs.

The Induction Day chop returns eight years after the academy began introducing more inclusive hairstyles for women.

UMBC’s Meyerhoff Scholars Program has for 40 years promoted the advancement of minorities in STEM fields.

The layoffs this week impact the Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Carey School of Business and the university’s general administration.

A University of Maryland center that develops vaccines is changing focus under Trump while Ebola and other pathogens loom.

St. John’s College is consolidating its leadership structure amid enrollment challenges and a $5 million deficit.

Kurt Schmoke, the former mayor of Baltimore, will step down from his leadership role at the University of Baltimore next year.

Notre Dame of Maryland University is about to lose its longtime president, who led the school through drastic change. Can they beat the odds through money and student enrollment issues?

Sandra Kurtinitis, who has served as college president since 2005, announced Thursday afternoon that she will step down in 2027.

Nasir Majied was shot and killed Friday afternoon while driving north on York Road near the Towson Circle.

Despite recent signs of growth post-pandemic, middle school math achievement in Maryland remains among the lowest in the country.

The Johns Hopkins University is increasing its in-house research awards by nearly $50 million and cutting administrative costs as it faces what it calls a “debilitating” lag in federal funding.

The University of Maryland, College Park, laid off 84 employees on Wednesday, according to a letter sent to the faculty and students.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore told a crowd of journalists that federal policy limits his power to fund schools and improve student transportation.

Abagail Van Vlerah will take the helm of the private Catholic college in North Baltimore.

Twenty-nine employees were laid off and 37 vacant positions were eliminated as part of the reorganization at the Jesuit university in North Baltimore.

The university faces an $18 million deficit thanks in part to declining enrollment.

Morgan State University signed an off-campus housing agreement and expanded another after five consecutive years of enrollment growth.

The class of 2026 will hear from Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, instead of Trump.

COLUMN | If President Donald Trump hadn’t chosen to skip on speaking at the Naval Academy commissioning ceremony on Friday, he probably would have tried to land a witty remark. They all do. From FDR to Biden, they sometimes succeed and sometimes fail. They always get a laugh.