Cheng (MICA professor) is named winner of 2017 Sondheim Artscape Prize
Baltimore artist Cindy Cheng has been named the winner of the 2017 Janet and Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize.
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Maryland, Hungary strike deal that leaves Budapest campus of McDaniel College open
Members of Gov. Larry Hogan's Cabinet struck a deal Friday with Hungarian diplomats to ensure classes continue at McDaniel College's Budapest campus after the Central European country tightened its regulation of foreign universities.
St. John’s College: How the nation’s third-oldest school became a pioneer of modern liberal arts
Established in 1696, St John’s College is the third-oldest college in the United States. It’s liberal arts curriculum and teaching strategies are famous worldwide, placing the school among the most highly-respected places of study in the US. Over the years, the school has developed and innovated a unique educational experience for all attendees; one which immerses students in a world of active involvement and thought-provoking insight.
New business accelerator to target health and fitness technology companies (Johns Hopkins University)
A new startup accelerator program based at the Johns Hopkins University’s FastForward East will target companies developing health and fitness technologies.
Abbi Jacobson’s New Podcast Will Make You Feel Less Stupid About Modern Art (MICA)
The “Broad City” star’s first podcast “A Piece of Work” demystifies the most iconic artwork in New York City’s Museum of Modern Art.
The extraordinary story of the man who's getting the most advanced robotic arm in the world (Johns Hopkins University)
Johnny describes himself as a person constantly in motion, whether he’s talking about his childhood in West Virginia or his job working 18-hour days delivering bread.
Capitol Students Make the Cut for Career-Launching Scholarships
Students chosen for the program receive scholarship funds, paid internships and the possibility of future employment with participating companies and organizations. The program has been described as a “career-launcher” that positions awardees for full-time employment in the security field upon graduation.
Print is not dead at the Maryland Institute College of Art
Allison Fisher is fingering through old wooden boxes filled with hand carved words—“LIVE!,” “NEW!,” “DANCE!,” and a handful of “Plus.” As head of the Globe Collection and Press at the Maryland Institute College of Art, she’s been charged with maintaining thousands upon thousands of these pieces of type from the massive collection of the iconic Globe print shop.
Hogan visits Stevenson University to tout transfer of former Rosewood Center property
Gov. Larry Hogan visited Stevenson University in Owings Mills Thursday to mark the planned transfer of the state-owned Rosewood Center property to the growing school.
Hood College receives $1.45 million grant
Hood College will establish a new STEM program in partnership with Frederick County Public Schools and Frederick Community College thanks to a grant it is set to receive.
Singing, storytelling a chance to find common ground (McDaniel College)
The group stood in a horseshoe broken into three sections, each carrying a different harmony.
Checklist for Frederick County schools now includes doses of overdose reversal medication
When summer break ends, Frederick County campuses will be stocked with a new type of school supply: naloxone, the overdose reversal medication.
Hopkins initiative aims to solve entrenched problems in Baltimore, other cities
A sociologist studying whether involving immigrants in neighborhood groups can ease crime, an education professor using housing data to predict school enrollment and an astronomer applying his expertise in big data to the city's vacant problems are all part of a new program at the Johns Hopkins University designed to help Baltimore confront its intractable problems.
McDaniel College's Budapest campus caught up in Hungarian political fight
McDaniel College has become entangled in an international dispute between billionaire philanthropist George Soros and the Hungarian prime minister that threatens McDaniel's 22-year-old satellite campus in Budapest.
Stop Calling College Teachers ‘Professors.’ Try ‘Cognitive Coaches,’ Says Goucher President
One problem with college teaching is that professors see themselves as, well, professing— declaring what they know and believe. That’s not how good teaching works, argues Jose Bowen, president of Goucher College.
