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Morton 'Jerry' Baum, education fund director

2013-05-14 15:39:30

Morton "Jerry" Baum, founder and executive director of the Fund for Educational Excellence and a retired clothing manufacturing executive who was a tireless champion of city public schools, died May 5 from complications of Parkinson's disease at his...

Critics demand a better health and wellness policy for Howard

2013-04-18 03:00:00

As a Columbia pediatrician, Henri Merrick regularly sees young patients who are significantly overweight. It's a trend she started noticing several years ago, and the weights of school-aged children began to cause her great concern. So three years ago,...

With 'Appalachian Spring' Baltimore School for the Arts breaks new ground

2013-04-05 12:18:00

If there is a single work that captures the essence of America in sound and movement, it's "Appalachian Spring," the ballet with music by Aaron Copland and choreography by Martha Graham that premiered in 1944 at the Library of Congress. Although the...

Study says Howard's health and wellness policy needs work

2013-04-02 08:30:00

The revisions to the health and wellness policy for Howard County schools are good, but they could be better if the system wants to be word-class in all aspects, according to a study released last month by a local nonprofit dedicated to health in Howard...

Controversial address vaults Hopkins' Carson into political arena

2013-02-18 06:44:00

Dr. Ben Carson says he didn't anticipate the reaction to what he considered his common-sense remarks as keynote speaker this month at the National Prayer Breakfast. But after video went viral of the trailblazing black neurosurgeon taking jabs at...

Novelist Taiye Selasi, hailed as next big literary star, visits Baltimore

2013-03-09 00:00:00

Taiye Selasi's debut novel has been in publication for less than a week. But even before a single copy was sold, the glamorous 33-year-old was being hailed as the newest star of the literary world. Selasi's publisher, The Penguin Group, is promoting...

Something old, new for Columbia Pro Cantare

2013-03-07 08:29:00

Columbia Pro Cantare offers something old and something new for its next concert on Sunday, March 10, at 3 p.m. at First Evangelical Lutheran Church. There's a religious link of sorts between the old and new pieces, so having this concert take place in an...

Hopkins scientist finds link between neurobiology of music, language

2013-03-04 11:51:00

A Johns Hopkins brain scientist is finding a neurological basis for a notion that many people believe intuitively — that music is as much a form of language as Spanish or French. Charles Limb is one of just a handful of researchers worldwide...

William D. Waxter III, securities analyst

2013-02-20 13:56:00

William Deal Waxter III, a retired securities analyst and World War II veteran, died of a stroke Feb. 11 at Broadmead Retirement Community. The former Roland Park resident was 88. Born in Baltimore and raised on Lombardy Place, he spent his summers at...

Walters Art Museum names new director, Julia Marciari-Alexander

2013-02-20 18:24:31

In naming Julia Marciari-Alexander as executive director on Wednesday, the Walters Art Museum board of directors entrusted one of Baltimore's most important arts institutions to a rising star — and signaled an emphasis on community engagement even...

Georg H.B. Luck, Hopkins professor

2013-02-19 14:37:00

Georg H.B. Luck, whose career teaching the classics at the Johns Hopkins University spanned two decades and included studying the role magic and witchcraft played in the theology and world of the ancient Greeks and Romans, died Sunday from complications...

Dr. William Blake, UM School of Medicine professor

2013-02-08 12:25:00

Dr. William Dewey Blake, a retired University of Maryland School of Medicine professor who was chairman of the department of physiology, died of cancer Sunday at his Bath, Maine, home. The former Bolton Hill resident was 94. Born in Summit, N.J., and...

Yale University Campus

2013-05-16 03:05:51

From left, graduate students Patrick Phelps and Richard Knoche and Yale University physicist Dan McKinsey release compressed xenon to be used in the LUX detector in a former South Dakota gold mine.

2013-04-08 00:00:00

Enrollment: 5,349 Acceptance Rate: 8% Graduation Rate (Four Years): 89% Endowment Funds: $19,345,000,000 Tuition (In-State): $42,300 Tuition (Out-of-State): $42,300 Median Borrowing: $10,476 Starting Salary: $48,900 Mid-Career Salary: $105,000 Return Of Investment: 9.0%

2013-03-25 13:21:20