WESTMINSTER, Maryland, Sept. 26 -- Carroll Community College issued the following news release: Carroll Community College is excited to announce the official signing of a lease agreement with Panther Real Estate LLC for the new Ratcliffe Applied Technology and Trades Center. This state-of-the-art facility within the Coppermine Pantherplex in Hampstead will encompass 15,000 square feet of space dedicated to enhancing our educational programs and initiatives. The Ratcliffe Applied Technology and  more

BOWIE, Maryland, Sept. 26 -- Bowie State University issued the following news release: * * * Student Research Highlighted as Henry Luce Foundation Visits Campus * * * Bowie State University hosted members of the Henry Luce Foundation while computer science students presented their research for Experiential Learning Day. Projects included using artificial intelligence to sharpen unmanned aerial drone awareness, using data to study oyster reefs in the Chesapeake Bay and enhancing image encrypt  more

BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 26 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2024: Attorney General Raul Labrador, joined by 28 other states, has filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court of the United States. The broad coalition requests a writ of certiorari, asking SCOTUS to take up the case of Snope v. Brown, where the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Maryland's unconstitutional ban on hundreds of styles of firearms, including the AR-15, the most   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sept. 26 (TNSres) -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Findings provide insights into the biological individuality of each human and may aid advancing personalized regenerative therapies * * * Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have mapped variation in human stem cells that explains how cells of an individual may shape a unique "developmental dance" at the molecular level, thereby controlling how the brain and b  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Sept. 25 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Kirsten Nielsen arrives at Virginia Tech with three ongoing National Institues of Health research grants, lifetime experience with academic-related relocation, and three generations of research excellence in her bloodlines. Nielsen, a new professor of microbiology and immunology at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, is in the process of assembling a laboratory in the Center for One Health Research. He  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sept. 26 -- The Maryland Department of the Environment issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2024: * * * Requires regular water quality testing in Jones Falls, investigation into source of discharges, and corrective actions including possible demolition of facility * * * Maryland Department of the Environment Secretary Serena McIlwain and Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today announced a $1.1 million settlement with the Fleischmann's Vinegar Company f  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Sept. 26 -- The Maryland Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: The Maryland Department of Agriculture and the University of Maryland Extension is reminding Maryland farmers Mycotoxin (aflatoxin, fumonisin, vomitoxin, etc.) testing is offered at no cost to farmers for corn, wheat, oats, rye and other grains. Screening includes testing for nitrate and prussic acid in forage and mycotoxins, all of which can have negative effects on livestock growth and p  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Sept. 26 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2024: Governor Wes Moore today welcomed His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan to Annapolis. His Majesty's presence marks the first time a foreign head of state has visited the Maryland State House on official business. "Your Majesty; your Excellencies; Madam Ambassador; and members of the Jordanian delegation--We are honored to welcome you to the Maryland State House and to the Great S  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Sept. 26 -- The Maryland Public Service Commission issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2024: Local residents and other interested members of the public are invited to comment on a proposal by Chaberton Solar Pine Rock LLC to construct a 3.0 MW solar facility in Carroll County. The hearing will take place on Wednesday, October 9, 2024 at 5:30 p.m. before Public Utility Law Judge Kristin Case Lawrence, at Exploration Commons, Carroll County Public Library, 50 E. Ma  more

LANHAM, Maryland, Sept. 26 -- The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development issued the following news release: * * * Silver Spring, Rockville, Takoma Park, Gaithersburg, Bethesda, and Long Branch on display during two-day tour * * * Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Secretary Jake Day made several visits in Montgomery County this week during the latest stop in DHCD's Day Trip tour across the state. Secretary Day, along with DHCD senior staff, spent Mond  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Sept. 24 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Identical twins Ann and Lydia Carpenter followed nearly identical educational paths through dual degrees at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine and now fill similar roles in comparable federal agencies. Ann Carpenter MPH '18, DVM '19, a veterinary medical officer in the Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), will deliver a continuing education talk at Connec  more