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State Tipoffs Involving Maryland Newsletter for 2024-01-12 ( 14 items )  
City of Santa Fe and St. John's College Announce New Partnership (10)
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Jan. 11 -- St. John's College issued the following news on Jan. 10, 2024: The City of Santa Fe and St. John's College today announced a new partnership to provide internship opportunities for the college's undergraduate students across a variety of disciplines and city departments. Thanks to a generous gift from alumnus and former St. John's College Board of Visitors and Governors chair Ron Fielding, the college offers a paid internship opportunity to every student who want more PR

Johns Hopkins Medicine: Study Finds AI-Driven Eye Exams Increase Screening Rates for Youth With Diabetes (10)
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 12 (TNSres) -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Johns Hopkins Children's Center investigators say AI-driven cameras that take images of the back of the eye and require no eye drops can be used to close care gaps * * * A Johns Hopkins Children's Center study of children and youth with diabetes concludes that so-called autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) diabetic eye exams significantly increase completion rates of screenings designe more PR

Md. A.G. Brown Statement on Rehearing in Handgun Licensing Case Maryland Shall Issue Vs. Wes Moore (10)
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 12 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following statement on Jan. 11, 2024: * * * The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit today granted Maryland's petition for rehearing en banc in the case of Maryland Shall Issue v. Wes Moore. The ruling means that the full appellate court will reconsider the November ruling by a three- judge panel of the court that Maryland's law requiring most citizens to obtain a license before acquiring a  more PR

Md. A.G. Brown: In-Custody Death of Man in Baltimore County Under Investigation (10)
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 12 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Jan. 11, 2024: The Independent Investigations Division of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General is investigating the death of a man while he was in police custody in Baltimore County on Wednesday night. On January 10, 2024, shortly before 11:00 p.m., five officers with the Baltimore County Police Department were dispatched for a "suspicious person" in the 10200 block of Reister more PR

Md. Gov. Moore Announces $2.8 Million in Grants to Enhance Efforts to Address Maryland's Nursing Shortage (10)
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Jan. 12 (TNSres) -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Jan. 11, 2024: Governor Wes Moore today announced $2.8 million in grants from the Maryland Higher Education Commission's Nurse Support Program II to help address the state's nursing shortage. Through the New Nursing Faculty Fellowship and Nurse Educator Doctoral Grants for Practice and Dissertation Research, funding will help support the need for more nurse educators who are critical to get more PR

Md. Gov. Moore Issues Executive Order Establishing Cross-Governmental Task Force to Combat Workplace Fraud (10)
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Jan. 12 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Jan. 11, 2024: Governor Wes Moore this week signed an executive order to renew and expand a cross-governmental task force dedicated to strengthening investigations and enforcement of laws regarding workplace fraud. The nine-member Joint Enforcement Task Force on Workplace Fraud, chaired by Maryland Department of Labor Secretary Portia Wu, includes Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown and Compt more PR

Md. Gov. Moore's Statement Regarding the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal's Decision to Rehear Maryland Shall Issue Vs. Wes Moore (10)
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Jan. 12 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Jan. 11, 2024: * * * Governor Wes Moore released the following statement regarding the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit's decision to re-hear argument in the case of Maryland Shall Issue v. Wes Moore. "I welcome the court's decision to rehear this important case. Common sense gun laws are vital to my administration's commitment to keeping guns out of the wrong hands and saving li more PR

Md. Housing Secretary Day Announces New Division of Homeless Solutions, Leadership Promotions and Hires at Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (10)
NEW CARROLLTON, Maryland, Jan. 12 -- The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development issued the following news release on Jan. 11, 2024: Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Secretary Jake Day today announced three promotions within the department, the creation of a new Division of Homeless Solutions and welcomed a new leader to the department's finance team. These changes come as part of the agency's continued efforts to enhance its effectiveness, thought leade more PR

Md. Natural Resources Dept. to Plant 41 Acres With Juvenile Oysters in Anne Arundel County With Mitigation Funds From 2022 Ever Forward Ship Grounding (10)
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Jan. 12 (TNSres) -- The Maryland Department of Natural Resources issued the following news: The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will plant about 147 million oyster spat, or juvenile oysters, on 41 acres in Anne Arundel County waters with mitigation funds from the 2022 grounding of M/V Ever Forward on an upper Chesapeake Bay oyster bar. On March 13, 2022, the 1,095-foot Ever Forward container ship ran aground inside Natural Oyster Bar 4-2. The bow of the ship more PR

Mount Holyoke College: New Director of Athletics Named (10)
SOUTH HADLEY, Massachusetts, Jan. 12 -- Mount Holyoke College issued the following news: Andrea Ricketts-Preston has been named Mount Holyoke College's director of athletics and chair of physical education. Mount Holyoke College has announced the appointment of Andrea Ricketts-Preston as its director of athletics and chair of physical education. Ricketts-Preston previously served as the senior associate director of athletics at Goucher College in Towson, Maryland. Ricketts-Preston brings over more PR

NPS Awards EA a Second Consecutive Coastal Engineering and Hazards Support Contract (10)
HUNT VALLEY, Maryland, Jan. 12 -- EA Engineering, Science and Technology, a provider of environmental, compliance, natural resources, and infrastructure engineering and management solutions, issued the following news release: EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc., PBC (EA), a leading provider of interdisciplinary environmental services, has been awarded a second consecutive contract under the firm's General Services Administration Multiple Award Schedule to provide coastal engineering a more PR

TEDCO Announces Selection of 100KM Ventures to Support Management and Investment of Allocated SSBCI Funding (10)
COLUMBIA, Maryland, Jan. 12 -- TEDCO, the Maryland Technology Development Corp., issued the following news release: TEDCO, Maryland's economic engine for technology companies, announces the selection of 100KM Ventures as one of the early-stage venture capital fund managers supporting the management and investment of up to $10 million U.S. Department of Treasury State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) funding. "We are excited about the innovation we have been seeing across the State of M more PR

Towson University President Ginsberg Named to Maryland Daily Record Power 100 List (10)
TOWSON, Maryland, Jan. 12 -- Towson University issued the following news: TU President Mark Ginsberg earned a spot on the Maryland Daily Record's 2023-24 Power 100 List announced last month, less than two months after beginning his tenure as Towson University's 15th president. He joins University System of Maryland (USM) Chancellor Dr. Jay A. Perman; UMBC President Valerie S. Ashby and University of Maryland, College Park, President Daryll J. Pines among USM leaders on the list. "I am honored more PR

UMGC Cyber Faculty Predict What's Ahead in 2024 (10)
ADELPHI, Maryland, Jan. 12 (TNSres) -- The University of Maryland Global Campus issued the following news release: Expert faculty at University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) School of Cybersecurity and Information Technology say supply chain attacks, software vulnerabilities, critical infrastructure exploits, a rise in nation-state threats and the evolution of AI are areas to watch in 2024. Attacks on Supply Chain and Critical Infrastructure Will Lead to "Zero Trust" Models The increase in more PR