Melat Wondimagegen was not the parent she is today when she first stepped off a plane in February 2019 to start a new life in the United States. As an Ethiopian immigrant and mother of an 11-year-old and a 2-year-old,…
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…
Maryland students aim to prevent school violence with help from Sandy Hook Promise
Since the creation of the SAVE Promise Club at Oakdale High School, students have run multiple advocacy campaigns in their school, as part of a student-led effort to prevent the worst from happening.
Inside one federal government building: When a passion for peace is torn to pieces
LaToya is among more than 400 institute employees caught up in President Donald Trump’s efforts to dismantle the United States Institute of Peace.
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.
Nine people stand between her child and citizenship. It’s a fight she can’t afford to lose.
This was the news Meny was dreading. It spilled out from the car radio, flooding her drive to work with the question that threatened to overwhelm her: What comes next? Heart racing and anxiety spiking, she sought comfort from the…
College students move across state lines — and lose access to therapy as a result
Correction: An earlier version of this story misidentified Denise Takakjy. She is the co-chair of the American Mental Health Counselors Association’s Public Policy and Legislative Committee. The story has been updated with that information. Eli Greene, a senior animal science…
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.