TOWSON, Maryland, Dec. 1 -- Baltimore County Public Schools issued the following news release: Baltimore County Public Schools is celebrating its high school athletic teams and student- athletes recognized at the state level during the 2023 fall season. "Please join me in celebrating this outstanding group of Baltimore County student athletes," said BCPS Superintendent Dr. Myriam Rogers (Yarbrough). "I would also like to take a moment to thank their coaches, athletic trainers, physical educati more PR

TOWSON, Maryland, Dec. 1 -- Baltimore County Public Schools issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2023: The Board of Education will hold its semi-annual meeting with area education advisory council members at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 6, 2023, at the Greenwood administrative campus, 6901 N. Charles Street, Building E, Room 114, Towson, Maryland 21204. The public is welcome to attend in person at all open sessions. The agenda is available on BoardDocs (http://go.boarddocs.com/ma more PR

TYSONS, Virginia, Dec. 1 -- Holland and Knight, a law firm, issued the following news release: Holland & Knight advised T2S Solutions, a leading provider of research and development (R&D), prototyping, engineering, integration and technology products, in its sale to Madison Dearborn Partners, a leading private equity investment firm. The transaction was announced on November 29. Headquartered in Belcamp, Maryland, T2S Solutions is a provider of products and solutions across a range of priority more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Nov. 30 (TNSres) -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: In a new study using brain scans of former NFL athletes, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they found high levels of a repair protein present long after a traumatic brain injury such as a concussion takes place. The repair protein, known as 18 kDa translocator protein (TSPO), is known to be present in the brain at high levels in the immediate aftermath of brain injury as part of the inflammat more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Nov. 30 (TNSres) -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: Combining a pair of experimental drugs may help treat malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors with fewer harmful side effects, according to preliminary animal studies led by investigators at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and Johns Hopkins Drug Discovery. The study, published Dec. 1 in the journal Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, shows that combining an experimental drug that blocks the m more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 1 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has joined a coalition of 17 other Attorneys General supporting California's efforts to restrict the capacity of firearms magazines within its borders. The coalition filed an amicus brief yesterday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Court, arguing that California's prohibition on the possession and sale of large-capacity magazine more PR

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Dec. 1 -- The Maryland Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: The Maryland Department of Agriculture is conducting a survey of Maryland's specialty crop industries, aiming to create updated 2024 funding priorities for the department's Specialty Crop Block Grant. Previous funding priorities included food safety, market enhancement and pest management. The U.S. Department of Agriculture defines specialty crops as fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, dried fru more PR

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Nov. 30 -- The Maryland Department of Agriculture issued the following news release on Nov. 29, 2023: The Maryland Department of Agriculture Office of Resource Conservation today announced that the Nutrient Management Program will hold their annual Nutrient Management Update at the New Midway Fire Hall in New Midway, MD on Tuesday, January 9, 2024 from 9:30 am-3:30 pm. The agenda will include program updates and presentations on agronomic topics relevant to certified consul more PR

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Nov. 30 -- The Maryland Department of General Services issued the following news release on Nov. 29, 2023: The Maryland Department of General Services today announced the award of $19.5 million in funding to support construction services to the renovation of the Veditz Vocational Building at the Maryland School of the Deaf in Frederick, MD. The Maryland Board of Public Works approved the award, which will support a contract with Waynesboro Construction Company, located in W more PR

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Dec. 1 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2023: Governor Wes Moore and First Lady Dawn Moore today announced that they will open the Government House of Maryland to celebrate the holidays during a Public Open House on Saturday, December 9. Government House, located at 110 State Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401, will be open to the public from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. "Over the last few months, our family has been deeply touched by Maryla more PR

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Nov. 30 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Nov. 29, 2023: Governor Wes Moore today announced that the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development issued the largest mortgage revenue bond in the agency's history. The $400 million bond from the department's Community Development Administration through the Residential Revenue Bond program generated tax-exempt and taxable bond proceeds that may be used to finance affordable, sustain more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Nov. 30 -- The Maryland Department of Health issued the following news release on Nov. 29, 2023: The Maryland Department of Health today announced the launch of the Building a Healthier Maryland community input survey to identify the critical health needs of residents and their communities. The Department will use the survey results to address the most important health priorities in Maryland over the next few years. "We want all Marylanders to make their voices heard so pl more PR

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Nov. 30 -- The Maryland Department of Natural Resources issued the following news on Nov. 29, 2023: The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is submitting striped bass emergency regulations this week in an effort to bolster the species' spawning population. These Maryland-specific actions will complement additional actions that will be implemented coastwide in 2024 by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. "Maryland waters serve as the spawning grounds for ma more PR

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Nov. 30 -- St. John's College issued the following news: Zeinep Ibragim Kyzy's (A24) Projects for Peace grant proposal was personal: her 14-year-old brother, Urmat, has autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and knowledge of the neurological disorder is scarce--and stigma rampant--in her home country of Kyrgyzstan. One contributing factor for this is a lack of educational literature in the Kyrgyz language; typically it is in Russian, which is spoken primarily by an elite minority. more PR

COLUMBIA, Maryland, Nov. 30 -- TEDCO, the Maryland Technology Development Corp., issued the following news release on Nov. 29, 2023: TEDCO, Maryland's economic engine for technology companies, announced a recent $225,000 investment in Clymb, a woman- and minority-led startup supporting youth and their mental and emotional health needs. This recent investment came through TEDCO's Social Impact Funds. "Clymb's platform is working to address a gap in our system and provide youth with more individ more PR

COLUMBIA, Maryland, Dec. 1 -- TEDCO, the Maryland Technology Development Corp., issued the following news release: TEDCO, Maryland's economic engine for technology companies, announced a recent $250,000 Seed Funds investment in EQL Finance. TEDCO's Seed Funds invest in early-stage, technology and life sciences companies and provides access to gap financing. This round of funding came from its Technology Commercialization Fund. "We believe that financial health shouldn't be a luxury," said Eddi more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Nov. 30 (TNSres) -- The University of Maryland School of Medicine issued the following news: University of Maryland School of Medicine Dean Mark T. Gladwin, MD will join prominent scientists and government health officials this week at a Symposium in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, to discuss new treatments for sickle cell disease (SCD). The disease, which afflicts 20 million people around the world, notably affects the Black community, reducing their average lifespan by 22 years.  more PR

ADELPHI, Maryland, Dec. 1 -- The University of Maryland Global Campus issued the following news release: Some 262 runners and walkers in Asia, Europe and the United States took part in the annual FUNd Run at University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC), raising a record amount of money for the university's Veterans Assistance Fund (VAF). Participants in the Oct. 30 to Nov. 5 fundraiser added $9,510 to the VAF, which covers student veterans expenses when federal financial and Veterans Affairs be more PR

ROCHESTER, New York, Nov. 30 -- The University of Rochester issued the following news release on Nov. 29, 2023: University of Rochester President Sarah Mangelsdorf and Memorial Art Gallery (MAG) Board of Managers President Kathryn D'Amanda announced today that Sarah Jesse, director of the Academy Art Museum in Easton, Maryland, has been named the Mary W. and Donald R. Clark Director of the MAG, effective February 26, 2024. Jesse brings to Rochester more than 20 years of experience in American a more PR