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Retired Senior Embraces College Life through UMD’s Golden ID Program

The Golden ID program at the University of Maryland allows retired seniors to take college courses without paying tuition.

Behind the Butterflies: Hundreds Return to Brookside Gardens

A look inside the new Butterfly Exhibit at Brookside Gardens in Wheaton.

Recovery Through Rock Climbing

Despite suffering a debilitating back injury that left him incapacitated for months, Josh Lu finds his motivation to recover in family, friends and rock climbing.

Turning Pages, Changing Lives: How Books for International Goodwill is Building a More Literate Future

In a quiet warehouse outside Annapolis, a global movement is taking shape.

Germantown Senior Aims for 2028 Paralympics

Lisa Markland of Germantown, MD was at the top of her game before the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Maryland’s push to become the world’s quantum capital depends partly on this UMD physicist

Quantum physicist Ronald Walsworth is a busy guy. Over the years he has founded a number of startup technology companies, including several in the biomedical field. His name is on a number of patents and more recently one company he…

UMD Baltimore’s Dr. Kirsten Lyke, a force in medicine, warns of ‘really treacherous times’

BALTIMORE – Although her colleagues describe her as incredibly humble, Dr. Kirsten Lyke’s exceptional work in the medical field not only speaks for itself, it shouts from the rooftops. Not only did Lyke help develop the first Ebola vaccine and…

‘There’s nothing left of the Republican Party’: Maryland veterans join pro-Ukraine GOP group

In the depths of the ocean, a young submarine officer spent his part of the Cold War on the USS Bluefish (SSN-675), a Sturgeon-class fast-attack submarine built to track and sink Soviet ballistic missile subs. 

Maryland’s largest underground coal mine changes hands

Maryland’s largest active underground coal mine changed hands last month after the mine’s previous operator, Canadian firm Corsa Coal, filed for bankruptcy and auctioned assets to pay creditors. The new operator, Pennsylvania-based Rosebud Mining Company, will not inherit the dozens…

Port of Baltimore unlikely to see tariff impacts until next month

It is still too early to gauge the impacts of President Donald Trump’s widespread tariffs on imported goods on the Port of Baltimore, despite other ports experiencing changes.