LA PLATA, Maryland, May 3 -- The College of Southern Maryland issued the following news: The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) will recognize 449 candidates for 367 degrees and 111 certificates during its 65th Spring Commencement May 10 at the college's La Plata Campus. CSM students Jaqrai Smith, Robert Katzberg and Wendy Bollino will provide the keynote addresses at their respective ceremonies. Of the students being celebrated, 208 are from Charles County, 137 are from St. Mary's County, 98   more

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, May 3 -- Abt Global, a consulting and research firm, issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: Debra Cammer Hines has joined Abt Global as Chief Solutions Officer (CSO) overseeing the development and deployment of company capabilities for client impact in areas such as Research, Digital, Technical Assistance, and Equity. Cammer Hines brings nearly three decades of executive experience to her new role. She held leadership positions at IBM and major consulting firms  more

BOWIE, Maryland, May 2 -- Inovalon, a provider of cloud-based platforms empowering data-driven healthcare, issued the following news: Inovalon, a leading provider of cloud-based software solutions empowering data-driven healthcare, is proud to be Certified(TM) by Great Place To Work(R) for the second consecutive year. This industry-lauded distinction is based entirely on feedback from current employees about their experiences working at Inovalon. "Inovalon is proud to be Certified(TM) by Great  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 3 (TNSres) -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: Working with human breast and lung cells, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have charted a molecular pathway that can lure cells down a hazardous path of duplicating their genome too many times, a hallmark of cancer cells. The findings, published May 3 in Science, reveal what goes wrong when a group of molecules and enzymes trigger and regulate what's known as the "cell cycle," the repetit  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 3 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: The Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General today released its investigative reports of the July 25, 2023, in-custody death in Baltimore City. On July 25, 2023, around 4:20 p.m., Baltimore City Fire Department emergency medical personnel, Baltimore Police (BPD), and Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) police officers respo  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, May 3 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on May 2, 2024: * * * Governor Wes Moore released the following statement on last evening's recovery mission, conducted by Unified Command: "We continue to pray for Miguel Angel Luna Gonzalez, his family and all those who love him, acknowledging the anguish they have experienced since the Key Bridge collapsed. We pray for comfort, we pray for healing, and we pray for peace in knowing that their loved one   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 3 -- The Maryland Department of Health issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, the Maryland Department of Health is partnering with the Mental Health Association of Maryland to encourage Marylanders to Go Green for Mental Health this May. The goal of the Go Green Campaign is to raise awareness by lighting up green, the color for mental health awareness, from May 13-19 across the country. This year, the Mental Health   more

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, May 3 -- Montgomery College issued the following news release: Montgomery College (MC) has announced that veteran communicator Mary DeLuca will be its next associate senior vice president (ASVP) for marketing and communications in the College's Advancement and Community Engagement Division, effective May 13, 2024. The ASVP is the senior most leader of the marketing and communications department, and a key member of the Advancement and Community Engagement Division's leaders  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, May 3 (TNSres) -- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University issued the following news: Two juniors in North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University's Journalism and Mass Communication Department, Christen Davis and Steven Matthews Jr., have been selected as inaugural HBCU (historically Black college or university) Science Journalism Fellows at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Davis, an Honors College multimedia major fro  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 2 -- The University of Maryland Medical System issued the following news release: University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center (UM St. Joseph), a member organization of the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS), has once again been awarded an 'A' Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit watchdog organization. Leapfrog assigns an 'A,' 'B,' 'C,' 'D' or 'F' grade to general hospitals across the country based on over 30 measures of erro  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, May 2 -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced that a population of Maryland senna (Senna marilandica), a rare plant not seen in Wisconsin since 1911, was rediscovered in southwest Wisconsin. George Riggin, a trained volunteer for the DNR's Rare Plant Monitoring Program, and Bridget Rathman, DNR Habitat Biologist, spotted the plant. This discovery   more