The unified sports scene in Maryland has grown sharply over the last few years, leading to thousands of disabled students having the ability to play high school sports.
Baltimore Startup Aims to Revolutionize Rehabilitation Industry
Utilizing Xbox Kinect technology, a team of biomedical engineers and game designers in Baltimore is developing software that allows for interactive physical rehabilitation from the comfort of a patient’s home.
House Set To Vote On Budget After Republican Attempt at Changes Fails
Lawmakers voted down a Republican alternative to Gov. Martin O’Malley’s budget, which would have made cuts to limit spending growth to 1 percent and restored state pension fund contributions.
Maryland Lawmakers Crack Open Official State Sandwich Legislation
Some Maryland lawmakers are pushing legislation to make the soft-shell crab sandwich the state’s official sandwich for the second year in a row.
Open-source textbooks, an alternative to their expensive counterparts
For instructors like Scott Roberts, a professor of psychology at the University of Maryland, the cost of books for his students, on top of constantly having to update his class material, forced him to look for an alternative to expensive textbooks.
Marylanders Brace for Natural Gas Export Facility
The natural gas pipes on Dominion’s Cove Point property begin on a pier in the Chesapeake Bay. They then descend underground and run for more than a mile behind the walls of a dimly-lit tunnel for foot-brake bicycles that workers use to travel from the dock to shore.
More Protection for Md. Waters Under Proposed EPA Rule
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to extend Clean Water Act protection to smaller bodies of water across the country, including waterways that feed into the Chesapeake Bay.
Guilford Elementary School students take a bite out of Maryland Day
COLUMBIA- Students at Guilford Elementary School in Howard County Maryland bring awareness about childhood hunger all while celebrating Maryland Day.
Md. Rep. Ruppersberger Proposes Changes to NSA Data Collection
Maryland Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger unveiled a bipartisan bill Tuesday that would end the mass collection of metadata and instead allow the government to order communication companies to search their files for more specific information.
Early E-book Gamble Pays Off for Maryland Libraries
When Maryland’s e-Library started, no one was sure if e-books would stick. Now the program offers over 45,000 e-books, and librarians’ roles have grown now that e-reading is here to stay.