A program at the University of Maryland participated in a survey of how people in other countries view the United States. According to the BBC World Service Poll, after years of becoming progressively more negative, public views of the United States in foreign countries have begun to improve. Views of...
Bernard Manekin, co-founder of the eponymous commercial real estate firm, is the first to admit he was not the best student when he attended the University of Maryland School of Law in the 1930s.
At the ceremony for the opening and groundbreaking for the University of Maryland, Baltimore's two new BioPark buildings, U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings recalled serving on the association board of the nearby Poppleton neighborhood, in 1979.
The University of Maryland announced the appointment of G. "Anand" Anandalingam, senior associate dean and Ralph J. Tyser Professor of Management Science at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, as dean of the College Park business school. Anandalingam will succeed Howard Frank on July 1. Anandalingam joined the Smith...
The University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business invites entrepreneurs with a business based in China, or whose products or services are sold to the Chinese marketplace, to enter the Smith School's fourth annual China Business Plan Competition. Cash prizes totaling $50,000 will be awarded. Entrants are invited...
The University of Maryland said a U.S. government national security-related unit, the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, is expected to locate into a new building in its M-Square research park, adjacent to the university's College Park campus, by 2009. Modeled after the military's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, IARPA is...
Greenbelt-based North Star Games' trivia-guessing game, "Wits & Wagers," has been picked by Target Corp., the nation's second- largest discount department store chain, for sale at Target stores nationwide during the upcoming holiday season. North Star Games is one of eight portfolio companies of the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at...
A multi-disciplinary group of researchers from the University of Maryland, College Park, and the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute won a competitive, $2 million National Science Foundation grant to revolutionize the way researchers develop and test pharmaceutical drugs. The group, led by William Bentley, chair of the Fischell Department of...
Saying it was more suited for corporations than for educational institutions, University of Maryland officials have refused to sign the agreement that would release their portion of $15 million in grant money awarded from the Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund.
The University of Maryland has joined the University System of Maryland in a multi-institution agreement to offer Ruckus Network Inc.'s digital entertainment service to undergraduate and graduate students. Students will be able to access, for free, more than 3 million music tracks and, for a nominal fee, more than 4,000...
Officials at the University of Maryland, College Park, say the campus is facing a housing shortage. Director of Resident Life Deb Grandner said the popularity of new apartment communities affiliated with the campus has caused a surge in demand. As a result, she said next year's seniors and many juniors...
The University of Maryland announced 28 new research projects partnering Maryland companies with university researchers to develop high-tech commercial products. Worth $5.2 million, the projects combine $3.3 million from participating companies and $1.9 million from the Maryland Industrial Partnerships Program. Three projects pair Baltimore-based companies - Comprehensive Cancer Cells Diagnostics...
The University of Maryland, Baltimore, is seeking a developer to build and manage the third building in its $500 million, 10- building West Side biotechnology research park.