TOWSON, Maryland, April 13 (TNSper) -- Towson University issued the following news: Dr. Cynthia Cooper, acting provost, announced that Dr. Aneil Mishra will be joining Towson University as the Dean of the College of Business & Economics. Dr. Mishra was selected as the top candidate after an extensive national search and begins his appointment on July 5, 2023. He will oversee programs that are collectively recognized as critical workforce providers to the greater Mid-Atlantic region and as a nat more PR

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, April 14 (TNSper) -- Baker Donelson, a law firm, issued the following news release: Baker Donelson has elected 15 new shareholders across the Firm. The new shareholders and their primary areas of practice and office locations are: * Luke P. Cantrell (Construction; Memphis, Tennessee) * Kimberly A. Chojnacki (Business Litigation; Houston, Texas) * Claude Czaja (Real Estate; Atlanta, Georgia) * Melissa M. Grand (Business Litigation; Baton Rouge, Louisiana) * Melodie Henge more PR

BOWIE, Maryland, April 13 (TNSres) -- Bowie State University issued the following news release: * * * Funds Support Expansion of Breast Cancer Research * * * Dr. Jaqueline Smith became the first ever Bowie State professor to earn the National Science Foundation's (NSF) CAREER grant, which is awarded to early-career faculty members that are recognized as academic role models in research and education. Dr. Smith, a chemistry professor in the Department of Natural Sciences, was awarded $799,42 more PR

BOWIE, Maryland, April 13 (TNSres) -- Bowie State University issued the following news release: Six students represented Bowie State at the World Congress on Undergraduate Research (WorldCUR) held from April 3 - 6 at the University of Warwick in Birmingham, England to showcase their projects on how to combat the food security crisis that impacts millions around the globe daily. WorldCUR brings together the world's best undergraduate researchers to focus on some of the most important challenges more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 14 (TNSres) -- The Community College of Baltimore County issued the following news release: The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program (Aspen) announced that Joaquin G. Martinez, Ph.D., provost and vice president of Academic and Student Affairs at Community College of Baltimore County, is one of 35 leaders selected for the 2023-24 class of the Aspen Rising Presidents Fellowship. This program, delivered in collaboration with the Stanford Educational Leadership Init more PR

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, April 14 (TNSper) -- Montgomery College issued the following news release: Maryland Governor Wes Moore today announced Dr. Sanjay Rai, Montgomery College's senior vice president for academic affairs, as acting secretary for the Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC). He starts his new role in early May. Dr. Rai has consistently and vigorously advanced innovations that bolster student success in academic, career, technical, and workforce development programs throughout more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 14 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on April 13, 2023: Judge Thomas O. Rice of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington issued an order confirming that his injunction protecting access to mifepristone in Maryland and 17 other states remains in full force and effect notwithstanding recent orders by courts in Texas that impose certain restrictions elsewhere. Yesterday, in an appeal of a separate Texas more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 14 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a coalition of eight Attorneys General calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ensure that the benefits of EPA's Environmental and Climate Justice (ECJ) Block Grant Program reach underserved communities as intended under the historic Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The ECJ program will provide $3 billion in funding  more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 13 -- The Maryland State Department of Education issued the following news release on April 12, 2023: The Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) announced today the award recipients of the Maryland Rebuilds Grant Program, a special, one-time program designed to strengthen, expand, and enhance early childhood education by utilizing federal funds and mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In total, MSDE is awarding more than $23 million in funding to non-p more PR

TOWSON, Maryland, April 13 (TNSres) -- Towson University issued the following news: * * * Goldwater Foundation, National Science Foundation, Fulbright support TU students' academic, career goals * * * Six TU students and alumni have received highly competitive national fellowships and awards for their academic and research achievements--from teaching multilingual learners at local elementary schools to studying the nesting habits of the Maryland endangered northern map turtle along the Susqu more PR

SALISBURY, Maryland, April 13 (TNSpro) -- Wor-Wic Community College issued the following news release: Welding is a field full of opportunities - vehicle repair, construction, pipe fitting and even the cruise ships and ferries of Chesapeake Shipbuilding require skilled welders. Wor-Wic Community College has offered a program in welding for years to serve the needs of the Lower Eastern Shore's workforce. This fall, it will introduce an associate degree in welding for those who want to take their more PR