BOWIE, Maryland, April 20 (TNSper) -- Bowie State University issued the following news release: Dr. Horacio Sierra was appointed to the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities and joins the likes of Shonda Rhimes, Kerry Washington and Lady Gaga, who serves as the co-chair for the group tasked with promoting arts and humanities education, cultural diplomacy and the creative economy. Dr. Sierra is the lone educator from an HBCU on the 25-person committee. "I was honored and excited to d more PR

BOWIE, Maryland, April 20 (TNSpp) -- Bowie State University issued the following news release: The 5th Annual Social Justice Alliance Symposium on Pursuing Racial and Social Justice in Sports will be held on Friday, April 28, at Bowie State University's Fine and Performing Arts Center to honor the legacy of 1st Lt. Richard Collins III and bring more attention to social justice issues confronting college and professional athletes. A panel comprised of former collegiate and professional athletes more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 20 (TNSper) -- The Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs issued the following news: * * * "CCP has changed lives around the world, and I am so proud to have been part of that for so long," she says. * * * After 38 years at the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs in jobs ranging from a program officer for Latin America to deputy director of the center and many of its projects around the world, Alice Payne Merritt, MPH, has announced she will be more PR

SALISBURY, Maryland, April 20 (TNSper) -- Salisbury University issued the following news release: An academic leader with nearly three decades of classroom and administrative success will be Salisbury University's next provost and senior vice president of academic affairs when Dr. Laurie Couch steps into the position on June 30. Coming to Salisbury from Morehead State University, KY, she will oversee faculty, research, study abroad/away and other components of SU's academic mission following a more PR

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, April 20 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Governor Wes Moore kicked off the 'More Opportunity Tour,' announcing the largest rooftop solar project on an affordable multifamily property ever undertaken in Montgomery County. The $11.4 million effort will bring energy savings of 2.5 million kilowatts and offset of 2,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas annually. "When we invest in climate solutions, we invest in the prosperity of Marylanders up an more PR

ADELPHI, Maryland, April 20 (TNSres) -- The University of Maryland Global Campus issued the following news release: A team from the Master of Science in Data Analytics program at University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) emerged as one of 10 winners in the SAS Curiosity Cup, a global student analytics competition. In the event sponsored by SAS, the business analytics software and services company, UMGC competed against 51 other teams from around the world, including Denmark, France, India, I more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, April 20 (TNSper) -- The University of Wisconsin's School of Medicine and Public Health issued the following news: * * * Elizabeth Quinlan, PhD, an accomplished research scientist and strategic leader, will be the next chair of the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. * * * Quinlan is currently a professor and the Clark Leadership Chair in Neuroscience at the University of Maryland in College Park, where she serve more PR

NEW YORK, April 20 -- Verizon, a communications and technology solutions company, issued the following news release: Verizon is bringing more choice for reliable internet to Maryland residents as it deploys high-speed, fiber optic broadband internet service across the state. Nearly 4,000 new households and businesses in Charles, Garrett, Cecil, Howard, St. Mary's and Washington County will have access to Verizon's Fios network as part of one of the biggest upgrades in our history. "Verizon is  more PR