SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Sept. 21 -- Discovery Education, a division of Discovery Communications, issued the following news release: Charlotte, NC. (Friday, September 20, 2024) - The Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence have honored multiple Discovery Education services as the best of back to school 2024. The Awards of Excellence: Back to School 2024 seek the most outstanding products offering schools versatility, value, and solutions supporting innovative and effective teaching and learning.   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sept. 21 (TNSres) -- DLA Piper, a law firm, issued the following news: New survey data from global law firm, DLA Piper, has shown that the Financial Services (FS) sector is calling out for clearer and proportionate regulations surrounding AI and ESG to help them realise the benefits these trends offer. In its global report - Financial Futures: Disruption in global financial services, published today, the firm found that eight in ten respondents are optimistic about future   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sept. 20 (TNSres) -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: By tracking the changes in prostate cancer cells over time, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have found that activation of the MYC gene -- a well-known cancer-causing gene -- sets off a cascade of events that leads to both initiation and progression of the disease. Scientists have learned that prostate cancers can vary significantly among patients and that there are often di  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Sept. 21 -- The Maryland National Guard issued the following news: By Staff Sgt. Chazz Kibler The remains of PFC Lemuel Dent Jr., killed in WWII during the Italian campaign, was reinterred with military honors at Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery on Sept. 5, 2024. Dent, an African American, enlisted in the Army in 1942 in Pennsylvania and was assigned to Company L, 3rd Battalion, 366th Infantry Regiment, 92nd Infantry Division, nicknamed the Buffalo Soldiers. At that time, th  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Sept. 21 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2024: Governor Wes Moore today announced the appointment of Yvonne Briley-Wilson as acting correctional ombudsman of the newly established Office of Correctional Ombudsman. The office, which is an independent and impartial oversight entity, will conduct investigations and reviews to ensure the integrity of operations within both the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Se  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sept. 21 (TNSres) -- The Maryland Department of Labor issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2024: * * * Maryland's Unemployment Rate Remains Below the National Average at 2.9 Percent * * * Maryland added 2,700 total jobs in August, including 1,900 in the private sector, according to monthly data released today by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Maryland's growth rate in August (0.1 percent) matched the nation's. This means Maryla  more

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Sept. 21 -- Montgomery College issued the following news release: * * * Students began taking classes in the new, 108,000-square foot building this fall * * * This afternoon at Montgomery College's (MC) Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus, MC President Jermaine F. Williams, County Executive Marc Elrich, along with state and county leaders including Senator Ben Cardin, marked the grand opening of the Catherine and Isiah Leggett Math and Science Building, a state-of-the-art f  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Sept. 19 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: This article is written by Lauren Maghak, a Class of 2026 DVM/MPH student on the corporate/public track. This is part of a series of articles highlighting the student perspective at Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine. The click of badging into school, the ping of the first DocHalo page, the beep of the monitors in the ICU heard down the halls as the newest third-year veterinary students entered the Veterin  more