Higher education

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.

“Saving Our Service Academies” and “The Academy” should be required reading for Vice Adm. Yvette Davids as she starts her delayed but historic tenure in Annapolis Thursday as the first woman named superintendent of the Naval Academy.

Mason Halsey, a midshipman first class, died on New Year’s Day, the Naval Academy said in a social media post. The cause of death was not immediately released.

When a Morgan State University freshman, loaded down with duffels and suitcases, missed his train home for the holidays, a MARC train conductor figured out how to get him on it anyway.

Having the kids home for the holidays brings recognition that family celebrations will never be quite the same, writer and filmmaker Charles Cohen says.

McCalla has overseen the completion of multimillion-dollar academic buildings and a 670-bed student housing complex at Morgan. She's not done.

An image of an exploding star looks like a shiny Christmas ornament — and could tell researchers a bit more about the origins of life.

Johns Hopkins University is building a Data Science and AI Institute on the Homewood campus, with the goal of positioning Baltimore as the nation’s foremost destination for data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence.

Coach probably won’t make it to Foxborough on Saturday. That’s a shame, because U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville would learn something important by attending the 124th Army-Navy game.

Sandra Day O'Connor left a lasting legal impact after becoming the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court, says University of Baltimore School of Law Professor José Felipé Anderson, who recalls her grace and describes her emergence as a swing vote on the court.

Maryland lawmakers should pass legislation in the next General Assembly session to ensure multilingual English learners are awarded higher education credits, community college educators say.

A war of narratives has played out at Johns Hopkins University, similar to other conflicts on college campuses nationwide.

The James Webb Space Telescope, which is operated in Baltimore, offers scientists a new view of the heart of the Milky Way Galaxy.

D.C. Metropolitan Police Department arrested Jovan Terrell Williams on Nov. 17 in connection with the October shooting at Morgan State University that left five people wounded and interrupted homecoming festivities.

The program, a partnership with the Housing Authority of Baltimore City, will provide college students with vouchers for tenant-based housing.

Hood College will use all of the largest gift in its 130-year history for undergraduate, merit-based scholarships, Andrea E. Chapdelaine, the president of Hood, says.