Higher education

The Magnificent Marching Machine was invited to the Pasadena Tournament of Roses, leaving it just one invite shy of the Triple Crown of parade events.

A federal judge on Tuesday granted a University of Maryland student group’s request for an injunction — with a few conditions.

The suit accuses the University of Maryland, the University System of Maryland Board of Regents and Darryll Pines, president of the University of Maryland, College Park, of “engaging in unconstitutional content-based discrimination.”

The future of the U.S. Naval Academy’s admissions process is now in the hands of a federal judge.

Students for Fair Admissions, which won a landmark Supreme Court case last year, alleges the Naval Academy discriminates against white applicants.

Black fraternities and sororities, professional social groups and other organizations have helped establish an infrastructure of support for Black candidates.

Johns Hopkins University shared socioeconomic statistics and self-reported racial and ethnic identities of this year’s incoming first-year undergraduates.

The review follows accusations that University of Maryland President Darryll Pines plagiarized a research paper more than 20 years ago.

A student group is alleging in a federal lawsuit that the University of Maryland has violated its First Amendment rights.

The case marks latest effort by Students for Fair Admissions to eliminate race-conscious policies in higher education.

The new building at Towson University includes simulation labs that feel like walking into the wing of a hospital or a primary care office.

The University System of Maryland — which oversees the state’s public colleges — will not allow special events on Oct. 7 unless they “support a university-sponsored Day of Dialogue.”

Andrea Rodriguez Avila was found dead in her residential hall on the campus of Rice University in Houston. The family of the 21-year-old issued a statement, saying her "precious life was lost to horrific violence."

Andrea Rodriguez Avila transferred to Rice, in Houston, Texas, last spring from the Community College of Baltimore County. She was from Nottingham, Maryland, and graduated from Perry Hall High School in 2021.

Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore will again require standardized test scores for undergraduate admissions.

Aneil Mishra, who was named the dean of the College of Business & Economics at Towson University last year, died earlier this month.

Brian Barrio didn’t know that the university knew about serious misconduct until earlier this year when the United States Department of Justice released a report that Chad Cradock sexually assaulted, harassed and discriminated against student athletes on the swim team.

University System of Maryland workers secured what they called a “historic” systemwide union contract after years of negotiation.

The entire health care ecosystem, and the communities it serves, have been uplifted by the transformational generosity of Michael Bloomberg, says Mohan Suntha, president and CEO of the University of Maryland Medical System.

The Prince George’s County technology company once valued at $5 billion is now valued closer to $11 million.