WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Arnold and Porter, a law firm, issued the following news on June 7, 2023: Arnold & Porter was named to Law360's list of Legal Lions for its recent unanimous win at the U.S. Supreme Court, in which the firm successfully represented Lieutenant Neil Dupree, a former prison official in Maryland, in a case that establishes critical procedural rules for civil litigants trying to preserve arguments for appeal. Lieutenant Dupree was sued by Kevin Younger, a prisoner who alleged t more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, June 8 (TNSawa) -- The Business Network for Offshore Wind, an organization that expands the adoption of offshore wind energy, issued the following news release on June 7, 2023: The Business Network for Offshore Wind today opened nominations for its 2023 Ventus Awards. The Ventus Awards are the industry's highest level of professional recognition, celebrating the innovative people, companies, organizations, and work worldwide moving the global offshore wind industry forward. more PR

SALISBURY, Maryland, June 7 (TNSper) -- Wor-Wic Community College issued the following news release: The board of trustees of Wor-Wic Community College has named Dr. Deborah Casey, current vice president of student affairs at Green River College in Auburn, Wash., as the new president of the college, effective Aug. 14. Casey will replace Dr. Ray Hoy, who will retire after serving as the college's president for 23 years. She will become just the third president to lead Wor-Wic in its 48-year his more PR

OMAHA, Nebraska, June 7 (TNSres) -- Creighton University issued the following news: Whether artificial intelligence and related technologies such as natural language processing (NLP) can improve post-surgical outcomes is an emerging question confronting the medical profession, and the Creighton University School of Medicine hopes to provide an answer. Waddah Al-Refaie, MD, FACS, chair of the Department of Surgery at both Creighton University and CHI Health Clinic, is partnering with his former more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, June 8 (TNSjou) -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: The percentage of survivors of cancer reporting functional limitations in the United States has more than doubled over the past 20 years, according to a new study in the journal JAMA Oncology. The work, published May 11, was a collaborative effort from investigators at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, the Dell Medical School in Austin, Texas, and the University of Minnesota's Masonic Cancer  more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, June 7 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown's Securities Division today announced that it has filed an action against Coinbase Global, Inc. and Coinbase, Inc. (collectively, "Coinbase"), ordering them to cease and desist violating Maryland law in connection with Coinbase's crypto asset staking offerings. The Securities Division alleges that Coinbase offered and sold unregistered securitie more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, June 8 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on June 7, 2023: The Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Office of the Attorney General today released its interim investigative report of the July 20, 2022, fatal officer-involved shooting in Montgomery County. On July 20, 2022, at approximately 9:30 a.m., Montgomery County Sheriff's Deputy Domenic Mash along with nine other task force officers assigned to the U.S. Marshals more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, June 8 -- The Maryland Department of General Services issued the following news release on June 7, 2023: The Maryland Department of General Services today announced the award of $1.4 million in funding to support design services of the new Forestville State Police Barrack. The Board of Public Works approved the award, which will support a contract with Bushey Feight and Morin Architects. "We are pleased to begin the design process for the new Forestville State Police Barra more PR

UPPER MARLBORO, Maryland, June 8 (TNSper) -- Prince George's County Public Schools issued the following news release: Millard House II, formerly Superintendent of the Houston Independent School District, will take the helm of Prince George's County Public Schools (PGCPS) on July 1. Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks announced his appointment Wednesday during a news conference at the Wayne K. Curry Administration Building. House led Houston ISD for two years, ending his tenure i more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, June 7 (TNSper) -- Loyola University Maryland issued the following news on June 6, 2023: Stephen Fowl, Ph.D., dean of Loyola College, will leave Loyola University Maryland to become president and dean of the Church Divinity School of the Pacific. The Episcopal seminary in Berkeley, California, announced today that Fowl will begin in the role later this year. Fowl will remain at Loyola through July 31, 2023. A New Testament scholar and theologian, Fowl has served as dean of more PR

COLUMBIA, Maryland, June 7 -- TEDCO, the Maryland Technology Development Corp., issued the following news release: TEDCO, Maryland's economic engine for technology companies, announced a recent investment of $350,000 into Tao Treasures LLC, DBA NanoBioFAB, a woman- and minority-led healthcare technology company. The most recent funding for NanoBioFAB comes from TEDCO's Builder Fund. This recent investment, combined with previous TEDCO funding, resulted in another opportunity for NanoBioFAB--$5 more PR

COLUMBIA, Maryland, June 8 -- TEDCO, the Maryland Technology Development Corp., issued the following news release: TEDCO, Maryland's economic engine for technology companies, announced a recent Pre-Seed Builder Fund investment of $200,000 into Keep Company, a woman-owned small business looking to build a future of work filled with respect, individuality, and belonging for the 53 million working parents and caregivers in the United States. TEDCO's Builder Fund invests in and provides executive s more PR

COLUMBIA, Maryland, June 8 -- TEDCO, the Maryland Technology Development Corp., issued the following news release: TEDCO, Maryland's economic engine for technology companies, announced a $500,000 State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) investment into Hememics Biotechnologies, Inc., a biotechnology company. The investment came through TEDCO's Venture Funds. "I am extremely proud of what the company has achieved," said John Warden, Jr., CEO and co-founder of Hememics Biotechnologies, Inc more PR

TOWSON, Maryland, June 7 (TNSpro) -- Towson University issued the following news: Towson University opened the application for Pedagogical Resources for Inclusion of Sexual Minorities (PRISM) for educators in Maryland. PRISM is a summer professional development course for area K-12 educators that builds skills, capacity, resources and networking for the advocacy and support of Baltimore LGBTQ+ youth. PRISM is a pilot initiative, made possible by a grant from the LGBTQ Fund of the Baltimore Com more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 7 (TNSres) -- The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science issued the following news release on June 6, 2023: * * * New Environmental Justice Index shows strong disparities * * * The overall health of the Chesapeake Bay is showing significantly improving trends over time, but some regions still score poorly, reported the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) in its annual Chesapeake Bay and Watershed Report Card released tod more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, June 7 (TNSjou) -- The University of Maryland School of Medicine issued the following news: * * * Survey of Infection Control Experts Found that Certain Quality Metrics Are Seen as Low Value and Should Be Retired * * * Infections spread in hospitals and other healthcare settings cause over 680,000 infections and 72,000 patient deaths in the U.S. every year. Surveillance and reporting of these infections to government entities has become a key part of hospital infection c more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, June 7 -- The University System of Maryland issued the following news release on June 6, 2023: Astek Diagnostics, Inc. ("Astek"), a Baltimore-based medical device company, announced today that it closed a seed funding round to support its development of a tabletop device to rapidly detect urinary tract infections (UTIs) and antibiotic sensitivity. The round was led by the Wexford SciTech Venture Fund, with participation from the University System of Maryland (USM) Momentum  more PR