Category: Higher Ed

WBAL.com
Wednesday morning the Committee on Finance of the University System of Maryland (USM) Board of Regents will meet at UMBC and proposed increases in room and board and parking will be presented.

A preliminary decision will be made and then …

The Maryland Terrapins defeated the Minnesota Golden Gophers in the first round of the NIT tonight by a final score of 68-58. The Terps will face the Syracuse Orange in the next round.

Mt. St. Mary’s won the play-in game with the Coppin State Eagles in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament tonight in Dayton by a final score of 69-60. The Mount will now face the #1 seed North …

Fox 45 reported an unknown chemical spill that closed Maryland Hall on the campus of Johns Hopkins University this morning.

The Sun reports the following:
A building on the Johns Hopkins University campus was evacuated this morning after a report of …

WBAL.com and The Sun have the list of school closings and delays.

Delusional Duck has also blogged on this issue.

Excerpts from the Sun article:
An attempt by the Naval Academy to honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. this week by serving fried chicken, greens and cornbread in the midshipmen’s dining …

An article from last week’s Arbutus Times talks about expansion of the UMBC Research Park on the edge of campus along with more details on the business incubator area that can be seen from I-95. Details on efforts to …

The Baltimore Sun reports that Maryland Terrapins’ linebacker Erin Henderson is forgoing his senior year to enter the NFL draft. Henderson has already finished his bachelor’s degree at College Park. Henderson is the brother of Minnesota Vikings’ starting linebacker …

Channel 2 in Baltimore had a news story about an online threat causing a lockdown of public schools and Frostburg State University this morning. Their initial story didn’t have many details, so I went to the Frostburg page which …

After my initial post Tuesday night regarding Navy Head Coach Paul Johnson’s prospects for vacancies at Duke, Georgia Tech and SMU, a lot has happened.

Kevin at Fanblogs was the first to report that Johnson was talking to SMU …