ADELPHI, Maryland, Feb. 19 -- The University of Maryland Global Campus issued the following news: * * * Nobles to Chair Cyber Group at Human Factors and Ergonomic Society By Alex Kasten Adelphi, Md. (Feb. 18, 2025)--Calvin Nobles, PhD, portfolio vice president and dean of the School of Cybersecurity and Information Technology at University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC), has been appointed chair of the Cybersecurity Technical Group at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES). The C  more

NOTRE DAME, Indiana, Feb. 20 -- The University of Notre Dame posted the following news: * * * Notre Dame Law School professor publishes largest-ever study of criminal cases in which the government hid evidence In 1963, the U.S. Supreme Court held in the case Brady v. Maryland that prosecutors must turn over any evidence favorable to a criminal defendant prior to trial, including evidence that could potentially exonerate the defendant. This rule -- known as the Brady rule -- is routinely viola  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following research: * * * Passing through All Child Support to Maryland Families Would Help Them Afford Basic Needs and Thrive Thank you for the invitation to testify today. I am Diana Azevedo-McCaffrey, Policy Analyst on the Housing and Income Security team at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a nonpartisan research and policy institute in Washington, D.C. I lead the Center's work on   more

COLUMBIA, Maryland, Feb. 20 (TNSres) -- The Foundation Fighting Blindness issued the following news: * * * RD Fund Invests in Perceive Pharma for Development of Neuroprotective Therapies Perceive Pharma is a spin out of Perceive Biotherapeutics. Perceive Pharma has closed a $15 million Series A financing with participation from the RD Fund, the Foundation's venture philanthropy arm, alongside Deerfield Management, Johnson & Johnson Innovation (JJDC), Braidwell LP, GV, and Catalio Capital Man  more

CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, Feb. 19 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news release: * * * The ASAM Weekly for February 18th, 2025 This Week in the ASAM Weekly Nicholas Kristoff, a New York Times opinion columnist, writes an impassioned profile about a hometown friend and the conflicts of having a progressive view on drug addiction. It's anecdotal evidence (N=1) critiquing an evidence-based approach -- harm reduction -- which sets the stage  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 19 -- The University of Baltimore issued the following news release: * * * University of Baltimore Receives 'Research Colleges and Universities' Classification from Carnegie Foundation For the first time, The University of Baltimore has been classified as a research-active university by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, specifically in the Research Colleges and Universities (RCU) category. Carnegie's research classifications are the standard fo  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Feb. 19 -- Virginia Tech posted the following news: * * * Escaping to freedom By Elise Monsour Puckett Hands, calloused from years of forced labor, moved with deliberate precision. The waters of the Chesapeake Bay lapped quietly against weathered skin. Muscles ached from days of careful travel, nerves stretched taut like a bowstring. Every shadow could have meant capture. Hidden histories found In the dusty pages of 17th century Virginia, North Carolina, and Marylan  more