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    Prosecutors drop — then refile — case against man charged in shooting that wounded 5 at Morgan State University

    Five people were shot in 2023 during homecoming at Morgan State University.
    Check your student loan status: Millions could move into default by August
    Until past due payments are paid or the loan’s default status is resolved, borrowers are at risk of having their wages garnished.
    In this May 5, 2018, file photo, graduates at the University of Toledo commencement ceremony in Toledo, Ohio.
    Johns Hopkins is at a critical moment. Can Baltimore capitalize?
    Federal cuts and a local push to get more money for Baltimore are squeezing the city’s most powerful entity.
    Johns Hopkins University, like other elite schools, is facing unprecedented scrutiny from the federal government.
    Howard County faculty union members rally to demand progress on contract talks
    Dozens of Howard Community College faculty members were joined by elected officials at a rally to demand progress in contract talks that they say have dragged on for a year and a half.
    HCC faculty member Tim Bruno uses a megaphone to deliver remarks during a rally to support Howard Community College faculty on the school’s quad in Columbia on Monday.
    Johns Hopkins University Press will license its authors’ books to train AI models
    Authors at the Johns Hopkins University Press will be able to opt out of the AI licensing agreement until the end of August; if they do not, their work will be used to train AI models.
    Gilman Hall is seen on the Johns Hopkins University Homewood campus.
    A rocky start and disappointing end for the Naval Academy’s first female leader
    Some Naval Academy alumnae are dismayed by the Pentagon’s decision to remove Vice Adm. Yvette Davids, the first female superintendent of the Naval Academy
    ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Jan. 11, 2024) The U.S. Naval Academy holds the change of command ceremony in Bancroft Hall where the 64th Naval Academy Superintendent Rear Adm. Fred Kacher was properly relieved by Vice Adm. Yvette Davids. A decorated naval officer, class of 1990, who will head to Yokosuka, Japan to take the reins as commander of the United States Seventh Fleet. As the undergraduate college of our country’s naval service, the Naval Academy prepares young men and women to become professional officers of competence, character, and compassion in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.

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    Pentagon confirms Naval Academy’s first female leader is being reassigned after 18 months
    Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth confirmed news reports that the first female superintendent of the Naval Academy, Yvette Davids, has been reassigned.
    ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Aug. 15, 2024) U.S. Naval Academy Superintendent Vice Adm. Yvette Davids addresses the Naval Academy Brigade of Midshipmen for the start of the new school year in Alumni Hall. As the undergraduate college of our country’s naval service, the Naval Academy prepares young men and women to become professional officers of competence, character, and compassion in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.
    Naval Academy’s first female superintendent is reportedly being removed, in latest Trump-era shift
    USNI News is reporting that Vice Adm. Yvette Davids, who has served as Naval Academy superintendent since January 2024, is being reassigned. Davids is the first Latina and first woman to hold the post.
    Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth walks alongside Vice Adm. Yvette Davids, academy superintendent, during his visit to the U.S. Naval Academy on April 1, 2025.
    Conservative legal group with Trump ties sets its sights on Hopkins medical school
    America First Legal is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to launch a formal investigation into diversity policies at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
    Empty lounge chairs sit on the quad at Johns Hopkins University on July 3, 2025.
    UMD’s president was accused of plagiarism. 10 months later, the investigation still isn’t done.
    Ten months later, the probe into the research work of University of Maryland President Darryll Pines is still ongoing.
    University of Maryland president Darryll Pines at a press event in Baltimore in January.
    Rebranding in the Trump era: Hopkins’ soft-power campaign to save research through persuasion
    After the Trump administration launched a broadside attack against the way the federal government has funded major research universities across the country, Hopkins has been forced to wage a campaign of its own.
    Carrie Billman, wearing a protective hood, joins colleagues to talk about their research into safeguarding against lethal pathogens at the Hopkins on the Hill research showcase in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., on June 12, 2025.

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    Maryland economy could lose $1 billion if international students don’t return
    The Trump administration's hostile policies toward international students could be disastrous for Maryland and, in particular, Baltimore.
    A tour group walks the campus of Johns Hopkins University on July 3, 2025.
    Struggling with enrollment, Frostburg State University doubles down on China
    Despite rising geopolitical tensions between the United States and China, Frostburg State is working to expand a program where it educates Chinese students thousands of miles away.
    Frostburg State University, here in Western Maryland, has opened another campus at Hunan University of Technology and Business in China.
    Maryland law schools double down on efforts to exonerate the innocent
    The Maryland Office of the Public Defender, in partnership with the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, has launched a second Innocence Project Clinic.
    From left, Maryland Assistant Public Defender Erica Suter, Maryland Public Defender Natasha Dartigue, and Rachel Bennett, who most recently worked as a senior attorney at the Amica Center for Immigrant Rights, who is taking over for Suter as director of the Innocence Project Clinic at the University of Baltimore School of Law.
    University of Maryland presidents push collaboration to restore federal research funding
    University leaders at Maryland believe there could be a way to compromise with the Trump administration over research funding.
    University of Maryland president Darryll J. Pines, from left, University of Maryland Baltimore president Dr. Bruce E. Jarrell share a laugh before the announcement of the Edward and Jennifer St. John Center for Translational Engineering and Medicine in the new 4MLK building located in the University of Maryland BioPark.
    Johns Hopkins, University of Maryland sue U.S. Department of Defense over research funding
    Two Maryland universities are joining a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Defense, arguing they could lose tens of millions of dollars if the department caps its indirect cost rates.
    A student passes in front of the Johns Hopkins University sign welcoming people to the Homewood Campus from Charles Street in Baltimore on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024.

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    Johns Hopkins, University of Maryland sue U.S. Department of Defense over research funding
    Two Maryland universities are joining a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Defense, arguing they could lose tens of millions of dollars if the department caps its indirect cost rates.
    A student passes in front of the Johns Hopkins University sign welcoming people to the Homewood Campus from Charles Street in Baltimore on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024.
    Hopkins’ dimming DEI efforts worry students who feel left behind
    Johns Hopkins University is at a complicated crossroads as President Donald Trump’s administration threatens to pull federal funding from institutions with programs that support marginalized groups.
    Johns Hopkins University graduating senior Akosa Obianwu says the university’s priorities don’t include DEI.
    Johns Hopkins, University of Maryland seek to join Harvard lawsuit against Trump over funding
    Johns Hopkins and the University of Maryland look to join 16 other colleges in filing a brief in support of Harvard University
    The Gilman Hall cupola is seen above the Johns Hopkins University Homewood campus on Thursday, April 17, 2025.
    MICA faces ‘financial harm’ from rejected interior design program
    The decision was a blow to the art college, whose leaders argued in the hearing that the new program was a “fundamental element” of the school’s financial plan.
    The Maryland Institute College of Art won’t be allowed to offer a new interior design program.
    Maryland college tuition is set to rise this year. Here’s how much.
    Though it isn’t official quite yet, the University System of Maryland is expected to authorize tuition increases of up to 5%.
    Tuitions are set to rise for colleges and universities across Maryland.
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