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Gallaudet University named most dangerous campus in America: report
WASHINGTON - A recent study has named Gallaudet University as the most dangerous campus in America. According to data obtained by the Parrish Law Firm from Campus Safety, the D.C.-based university for the deaf and hard of hearing topped the list with a staggering 1,110 incidents per 1,000 students. The...
Univ. of Maryland research center secures $500M ceiling contract from the Pentagon
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (7News) — A University of Maryland (UMD) laboratory recently locked in an up to half-billion-dollar contract with the Department of Defense (DOD) to aid in researching national security matters, according to school officials Thursday. It's the largest research contract in the school's history and was awarded...
Single moms in Baltimore go back to school with support from Jeremiah Program
A Jeremiah Program flyer caught Brittney Strickland’s eye almost two years ago when she was picking up books from the Walbrook Enoch Pratt Free Library with her 10-year-old daughter, Nyla. Strickland — who was homeschooling her three children, including two young sons with autism — wanted to finish her education and was intrigued by the organization’s promise of support for single moms. There ...
MSD grads encouraged to carve out their own paths
Antoinette Dromo's family immigrated to the U.S. from Ghana before her freshman year of high school in search of better education and services for Dromo, who is deaf. Her family moved to Columbia in Howard County.
New York Medical College 2024 Graduate Recognized with Prestigious U.S. Public Health Award
Medha Reddy, M.D., a member of the New York Medical College (NYMC) School of Medicine (SOM) Class of 2024, and a resident of Silver Spring, Maryland, has been chosen as the national recipient of the prestigious 2024 Excellence in Public Health Award from the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS). The award was presented to Dr. Reddy by Lieutenant Commander Dara Lee, M.D., M.P.H., a medical officer in the Commission Corps of the USPHS, during the 2024 SOM Awards Ceremony on May 20 on the NYMC campus in Valhalla, New York.
Opinion: Don’t cut funding for CollegeTracks
In the final throes of the fiscal year 2025 budget cycle, Montgomery County Public Schools’ leadership and the county Board of Education have publicly stated that they may “reduce additional CollegeTracks counseling services at some high schools.” A cut will mean that hundreds of high school students who desperately need college access services next year will not get them.
Graduate earns high school diploma and college degree at the same time
A 17-year-old is celebrating her high school graduation and a two-year college degree all in the same week. Graduate Hannah Childs completed two years of college courses while also attending high school. She earned an associate's degree from Cincinnati State all while graduating at the top of her senior class.
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