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• The Daily Record News Briefs: October 23, 2008

  - 2008-10-23

  Foundation Coal's black hole Foundation Coal Holdings Inc., of Linthicum Heights, a coal mining company, said it swung to a third-quarter loss as coal production dropped off sharply and costs surged. The company reported a net loss of $32.2 million, or 71 cents per share, compared with net...

  Tags: Litigation, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Pfizer Inc., settlement, Susquehanna Bancshares Inc., University of Maryland

• The Daily Record News Briefs: September 25, 2008

  - 2008-09-25

  Zerhouni to leave NIH post Dr. Elias A. Zerhouni, the director of the National Institutes of Health since May 2002, said he will leave the nation's principal biomedical research agency at the end of October to pursue writing projects and explore other professional opportunities. Born in Algeria, Zerhouni,...

  Tags: agency, HEALTHCARE, hospital, MARKETING, Maryland, officer, subsidy, training, University of Maryland

• Baltimore-based Under Armour signs $17.5M deal to protect entire

  - 2008-09-03

  The University of Maryland announced Tuesday it is officially an Under Armour school. The Baltimore-based sports apparel company, founded by alum Kevin Plank, will be the official outfitter for all 27 varsity sports teams in a five-year, $17.5 million deal. "It's all in the family now,"...

  Tags: athlete, Maryland, team, uniform, University of Maryland, women

• The Charmer Sunbelt Group Brings Nationwide Responsible Drinking Initiative to Maryland

  - 2008-08-27

  Maryland program includes partnership with the University of Maryland and the voice of Tom McMillen LINTHICUM, Md. -- The Charmer Sunbelt Group, one of the nation's leading distributors of wine and spirits, is joining with the University of Maryland and the Terrapin Sports Radio Network to air a series...

  Tags: Manufacturing, Maryland, University of Maryland, wine

• A year from 1st class, College of Notre Dame of Maryland's pharmacy

  - 2008-08-22

  As the health care industry prepares to tackle one of its biggest challenges yet -- the aging of the baby boomer generation -- College of Notre Dame of Maryland's new School of Pharmacy comes just in the nick of time. "There's very much a high demand for pharmacists...

  Tags: Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Maryland, pharmacist, SOFTWARE, University of Maryland, women

• Montgomery College

  - 2008-08-07

  [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SONYA CHILES has been named chief of staff at Montgomery College (Md.). Previously, she served as a criminal justice professor at the college. She earned a bachelor's from the University of Maryland and a law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center.

  Tags: Georgetown University, Maryland, professor, University of Maryland

• At last

  - 2008-07-21

  At Last: Clarence B. Hawkins III wed Erika R. Coffey at the Beaches Negril Resort in Jamaica. The newlyweds are both graduates of the University of Maryland. The beaming bride focused on communications while in college and is an associate buyer for the Discovery Channel in Silver Spring. MD. Her...

  Tags: beach, graduate, Idea Integration Corp., Maryland, Strategy, University of Maryland

• Corporate Office Properties Trust Signs 41,500 Square Foot Lease at M Square Research Park

  - 2008-04-30

  COLUMBIA, Md. -- Corporate Office Properties Trust COPT (NYSE:OFC) announced today the execution of a lease for 41,500 square feet of research office space for the University of Maryland's Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center ESSIC in the first four-story, 116,000 square foot Class A office building at M Square Research...

  Tags: Company, Corporate Office Properties Trust, lease, Maryland, tenant, University of Maryland

• News Summary - 4/22

  - 2008-04-22

  ActiPatch gets Medicaid OK BioElectronics Corp., of Frederick, manufacturer of the ActiPatch, a portable, disposable electromedical device designed to use the body's own bioelectrical energy to accelerate healing, said it received approval for reimbursement from the Maryland Medicaid program for the use of the ActiPatch for kidney disease...

  Tags: Baltimore, conviction, Government, HARDWARE, Ireland, Marriott, Marriott International Inc., Maryland, prosecutor, Storage, U.S., University of Maryland

• Mtechs David Barbe Wins Olympus 2008 Lifetime of Educational Innovation Award

  - 2008-03-24

  To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS Contact: Eric Schurr of Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute, +1-301-405-3889, schurr@umd.edu Quiet Leaders Programs Have $14.4 Billion Impact COLLEGE PARK, Md., March 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- When the University of Maryland wants successful programs to spur technology innovation, it turns to Dr. David Barbe. A quiet leader who...

  Tags: entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, innovation, Maryland, Olympus Corp., University of Maryland