The University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) has agreed to pay $500,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by failing to disclose current and pending support from foreign sources for faculty members who were principal investigators (PI) or co-PIs of federal research grant proposals.

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Last week, we reported that The University of Maryland College of Education had named former MCPS superintendent Dr. Monifa McKnight as its inaugural Dean’s Fellow and Superintendent in Residence, effective August 23. According to the University of Maryland, the new position has been created “to help strengthen partnerships between the college and PK-12 schools across the state.” (more…)


Updated with linked information regarding the incident being investigated as an assassination attempt

Governor Wes Moore issued the following statement on Saturday, July 13, after former President Donald Trump was rushed offstage at a Pennsylvania rally following an assassination attempt, according to the Associated Press.


Each month, dining reservation app Open Table analyzes nearly two million global dining reviews from the past four months and sorts them by location and category to create a “Best Overall Restaurant” list. The list is limited to restaurants that use Open Table for reservations and, as with any list based on the opinions of others, will likely have plenty who disagree. Today we’ll be sharing the most recent version for “Maryland-DC suburbs”, created on July 5th, 2024:

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