CUMBERLAND, Maryland, June 13 -- Allegany College of Maryland issued the following news release: Allegany College of Maryland has received an $825,000 Coordinated Community Supports Partnership Grant from the Maryland Community Health Resources Commission and the Maryland Consortium on Coordinated Community Supports. The grant funds ACM's Meeting the Moment: Healing for Students, Hope for Our Community (Meeting the Moment) project to introduce self-care to 4,600 Allegany County Public School (A  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 13 -- The city of Alexandria issued the following news release: The Alexandria Public Art Program is pleased to announce that it has commissioned Virginia-based artist, Silas Baker, to design and execute a mural on the exterior door of the Torpedo Factory Art Center loading dock. Silas was selected by the project Task Force and approved by the Alexandria Commission for the Arts after a competitive process that was open to all artists living in Virginia, Maryland, and   more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, June 14 -- The Maryland Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: The Maryland Department of Agriculture has announced the annual sign-up period for the Cover Crop Program will take place at soil conservation district offices statewide from June 21 through July 17, 2024. One of the department's most popular initiatives, the program provides farmers with cost-share assistance to offset seed, labor, and equipment costs to plant fall cover crops protecting l  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, June 14 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: Governor Wes Moore today joined United States Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs Director Tom Perez to announce the full reopening of the Port of Baltimore following the reinstatement of the Fort McHenry Federal Channel earlier this week. "After the bridge fell, we laid out four key directives: Bring closure to t  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, June 14 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on June 13, 2024: * * * Governor Wes Moore released the following statement following the ruling on Mifepristone from the U.S. Supreme Court: "Mifepristone has served as a safe and effective healthcare option since the FDA approved two-dose medication for abortions more than 20 years ago for more than 5 million people. Today's unanimous ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court is a win for reproductive rights  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, June 13 (TNSres) -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Its development advances understanding of how cells initiate movement and advances search for new drug delivery systems * * * In a feat aimed at understanding how cells move and creating new ways to shuttle drugs through the body, scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have built a minimal synthetic cell that follows an external chemical cue and demonstrates a governing principle o  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, June 13 (TNSres) -- Johns Hopkins University issued the following news release: One of Earth's most consequential bursts of biodiversity--a 30-million-year period of explosive evolutionary changes spawning innumerable new species--may have the most modest of creatures to thank for the vital stage in life's history: worms. The digging and burrowing of prehistoric worms and other invertebrates along ocean bottoms sparked a chain of events that released oxygen into the ocean   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 14 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: The Massachusetts Attorney General's Office ("AGO"), along with the attorneys general of Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, has led a multistate coalition of 14 attorneys general advocating for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") to reduce barriers to HUD-assisted housing for people with criminal records. This week, the coalition sent a comment l  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, June 13 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: Today, the Baltimore Police Department released the body-worn camera footage of the fatal police-involved shooting that occurred on May 24, 2024, in South Baltimore. The release of the body-worn camera footage is in accordance with the memorandum of understanding between the Independent Investigations Division (IID) and the Baltimore Police Department for officer-involv  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, June 13 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following remarks on June 12, 2024: * * * Governor Wes Moore today delivered remarks at the Maryland Fleet Week opening ceremony in Baltimore. The week-long celebration, which is free and open to the public, honors the dedication of service members who defend our freedoms at sea and in the air, both past and present. "We are proud to have our United States Navy and Coast Guard showcase what our state has to offer to the na  more

COLUMBIA, Maryland, June 14 -- TEDCO, the Maryland Technology Development Corp., issued the following news release: The Maryland Innovation Initiative (MII) Board of Directors announces the appointment of Abishek Kulshreshtha as the executive director of TEDCO's MII program. In this position, Kulshreshtha will oversee all MII activities starting July 1, 2024. As an independent unit within TEDCO, the Maryland Technology Development Corporation, MII was created to promote the commercialization o  more

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, June 14 -- The University of Maryland School of Public Health issued the following news: The University of Maryland School of Public Health, together with Bowie State University, is expanding its study abroad options for marginalized faculty and students and for students who are Pell Grant recipients, in part due to a grant announced June 13 from the U.S. State Department. The schools were among a select 37 institutions nationwide to receive this 2024 grant. The award w  more

ADELPHI, Maryland, June 13 -- The University of Maryland Global Campus issued the following news: When asked about her legacy as a business leader, economist Tulinda Larsen, a 2013 graduate of the Doctor of Management Program at University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC), pauses to think. "I guess my legacy is that I have helped to mentor as many women as possible to achieve their life goals. And I mean life goals--because I don't believe there's a work life and a home life. It's all life," s  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, June 13 -- The University of Baltimore issued the following news release: D. Watkins, MFA, '14, assistant professor in The University of Baltimore's Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences and an internationally acclaimed memoirist and essayist, received the 2024 James Beard Media Award in the Beverage category for his essay, published in Salon, "Navigating the New Sober Boom: Where a Person's Sobriety is as Unique as Their Fingerprint." The award is Watkins's third distin  more

CAMBRIDGE, Maryland, June 13 (TNSres) -- The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science issued the following news release: Emissions of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide or methane, continued unabated between 1980 and 2020, a year when more than 10-million metric tons were released into the atmosphere primarily through farming practices, according to a new report by the Global Carbon Project (https://www.globalcarbonproject.org/). Agricultural product  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, June 13 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: William S. "Terry" Swecker Jr. has been connected to the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine for all but two of the last 44 years. Swecker stepped down after nine years as director of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital on May 10 and officially retires from Virginia Tech on June 30. Tanya LeRoith, director of Virginia Tech Animal Laboratory Services (ViTALS), has been named to succeed him as hospital director.   more