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Higher education

    School spirit(s): Inside the ghost archives at UMBC
    UMBC has one of the world’s largest parapsychology collections, including ghostly items such as seance photos and notes supposedly scrawled by spirits.
    Materials from the Eileen J. Garrett Parapsychology Foundation Collection.
    University of Maryland Eastern Shore president’s work will be reviewed for plagiarism
    Heidi Anderson is accused of lifting several paragraphs from a 1981 paper by Robert M. Caldwell without citations.
    Dr. Heidi Anderson speaks as she is presented with the Distinguished Citizen Award at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in 2021.
    University of Maryland Eastern Shore president accused of plagiarism by former professor
    Heidi Anderson, University of Maryland Eastern Shore president, is accused of lifting multiple paragraphs verbatim from a scholarly article and improperly citing information in her 1986 doctoral dissertation.
    Dr. Heidi Anderson speaks as she is presented with the Distinguished Citizen Award at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in 2021.
    ‘Swatting’ and ‘hoax’ threats strike several Maryland schools this year
    False claims of active shooters or violence are on the rise. Here’s what you need to know as Maryland schools are targeted.
    Students walk around campus several weeks before classes begin at Morgan State University on August 5, 2025.
    Tylenol causes autism? Hopkins scientists bristle at Trump’s unproven pronouncement
    A Hopkins study not only seeks to uncover causes of autism, but what might better the lives of people who have it.
    Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., speaks as President Donald Trump listens in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, in Washington. Trump said his administration was linking acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, to autism and urging pregnant women to largely avoid the medication.
    Towson, Morgan State universities both cleared after bomb threats
    At least two local universities evacuated parts of their campus because of bomb threats Tuesday.
    Towson University
    Ukrainian researcher’s future in doubt as Trump administration’s new H-1B visa fees hit Hopkins, UMD
    Looking at Donald Trump’s new changes to H-1B visas, which now include a hefty $100,000 fee. Will Maryland colleges start hiring less foreign born faculty because of it?
    The University of Maryland is the third-largest user in the state of H-1B visas for college-educated foreign faculty and researchers.
    Clayton Cresvell Stansbury Jr. was the epitome of Morgan State University
    Clayton Creswell Stansbury Jr. was once Morgan State’s director of student affairs, head of the honors program and its longest-serving marshal.
    Dr. Clayton C. Stansbury Jr. at a Morgan State University graduation ceremony.
    State university officials warn ‘crippling’ federal cuts could prompt layoffs
    In the last two years, the state has cut the public university system‘s budget by $233 million. The sharp cuts have been exacerbated by the Trump administration’s reductions in federal grants, financial aid, program funding and support for international students, leading to the likelihood of further cost-saving actions.
    The University of Maryland, College Park, campus. In the last two years, the state has cut the public university system’s budget by $233 million, according to Chancellor Jay Perman.
    Microsoft to open quantum research center near University of Maryland
    Microsoft is opening a new quantum research center near the University of Maryland, part of a push to make the state a hub for quantum science.
    Quantum particles — quibits — can be in multiple states at once, and linked in pairs that let you determine the state of one anywhere in the world by observing the other.
    Johns Hopkins’ AI future is coming, and the neighbors are not happy
    Johns Hopkins’ planned Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Institute may be a boon for the city, but Remington residents are concerned about loud construction, rude workers, litter and parking.
    Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025 — Remington residents gather together to talk about concerns regarding Johns Hopkins University’s plans to remove trees for new construction of a Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Institute. Baltimore City, Md.
    Earl Richardson, who helped transform Morgan State and other Maryland HBCUs, has died
    Dr. Earl Richardson, who served as Morgan’s President for more than two decades, has died. He was 81.
    Dr. Earl S. Richardson.
    Maryland professors were targeted by Charlie Kirk. Now what?
    After Charlie Kirk was assassinated on Wednesday, some of his professor targets in Maryland worry for their own safety and feel anxious about the climate of distrust he sowed among young people.
    WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA—JULY 26: Charlie Kirk, who founded Turning Point USA, speaks before former President Donald Trump's arrival during a Turning Point USA Believers Summit conference at the Palm Beach Convention Center on July 26, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Trump had earlier in the day met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago.
    Lifeline for first-generation Maryland students could be cut by Trump administration
    The Trump administration in its proposal called TRIO a “relic of the past,” adding “access to college is not the obstacle it was for students of limited means.”
    Jason Ramirez Yohe, a sophomore at The University of Maryland, poses for a portrait on campus on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, in College Park, Md.
    As universities chase AI, St. John’s College doubles down on Great Books
    St. John's College in Annapolis quaintly calls its professors “tutors” who guide small groups of undergraduates through vigorous examinations of the so-called Great Books of literature, science and more.
    McDowell Hall, completed in 1789, is the oldest building on the campus of St. John’s College in Annapolis.
    Towson University looks to tap into Ravens fanbase with new partnership
    Towson University is partnering with the Baltimore Ravens in a deal aimed at expanding the university’s visibility and student programming and the team’s community engagement.
    As part of the deal, Towson University will run a kiosk on the RavensWalk.
    Deadline nears for Maryland student loan borrowers to get up to $5K in relief
    The deadline to apply for up to $5,000 in relief for the Student Loan Debt Relief Tax Credit for the 2025 tax season is Monday.
    In this May 5, 2018, file photo, graduates at the University of Toledo commencement ceremony in Toledo, Ohio.
    Former Mount St. Mary’s student sues university for failing to protect her from rapist
    A former Mount St. Mary's University student has sued the university claiming she was raped by a rugby player who had previously been accused of sexual assault.
    Students cross campus between classes at Mount St. Mary’s University, a small liberal arts university in the Catoctin Mountains near Emmitsburg.
    Notre Dame of Maryland University completes merger with alternative health school
    Notre Dame of Maryland University has become the nation’s first comprehensive university with a school solely dedicated to integrative health.
    Notre Dame of Maryland University.
    University of Baltimore consolidates majors amid declining enrollment, financial struggles
    Ralph Mueller, the university’s provost, said during the announcement that the changes were made with “humility, gratitude and the recognition of serious programmatic and personnel implications.”
    The University of Baltimore
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