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The University of Maryland, College Park is Maryland's flagship public university. Its campus is located in Prince George's County, near the intersection of Interstate 95 and the Capital Beltway. Notable alumni include Steny Hoyer, Sergey Brin and Kevin Plank.
The University of Maryland, College Park is Maryland's flagship public university. Its campus is located in Prince George's County, near the intersection of Interstate 95 and the Capital Beltway. Notable alumni include Steny Hoyer, Sergey Brin and Kevin Plank.
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Using technology to fight cheating in online education
While Jennifer Clay was at home taking an online exam for her business law class, a proctor a few hundred miles away was watching her every move. Using a webcam mounted in Clay's Los Angeles apartment, the monitor in Phoenix tracked how frequently her...
Tags: Harvard University, Students, Regional Authority, Computer Networking and Internet, Michael Jackson
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Deep in a former gold mine, scientists hunt for dark matter
LEAD, S.D. — The scientists don hard hats, jumpsuits and steel-toed boots to pile into a metal cage for a rumbling 11-minute descent into an abandoned South Dakota gold mine. They step over old mine-cart rails, through rough-walled tunnels and...
Tags: Brown University, Physics, Applied Physics, Students, Science
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Does Congress have the heart to avert disability crisis?
Bonnie Lee worked for 12 years as a health technician for Kaiser Permanente in Southern California, started her own Web services company, and raised two kids as a single mother in Ontario. Then Bonnie, 51, moved back East to rural Pennsylvania and...
Tags: Media Industry, Entertainment, Osteoporosis, The Boston Globe, Radio
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Hungry for a group to safely deliver leftover food to charities
On a recent evening, students at Pomona College feasted on chicken pot pie, steamed veggies, biscuits and rice. And, as is often the case, there were plenty of leftovers in the dining hall, enough for about 100 extra meals. Those leftovers, however,...
Tags: Brown University, Students, University of Cambridge, Providence College, Science and Technology
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Gerald D. Klee dies at 86; psychiatrist involved in Army LSD experiments
Gerald D. Klee, a retired psychiatrist and LSD expert who participated in experiments with the hallucinogenic drug on volunteer servicemen at U.S. military installations in the 1950s, has died. He was 86. Klee died Sunday of complications after...
Tags: Richard Nixon, Aberdeen Proving Ground, U.S. Army, Armed Forces, Staten Island (New York City)
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Great Recession forced all Americans to cut back on medical care
Though the Great Recession took a much larger toll on African Americans and Latinos than on whites, members of all three groups were forced to cut back on medical services as a result of the economic downturn, research shows. Karoline Mertensen and...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Social Issues, Prescription Drugs, Medical Specialization, Internal Medicine
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Maryland to jump to Big Ten, leaving ACC behind
Maryland's application for admission to the Big Ten was approved Monday by the conference's Council of Presidents, making the university's move from the Atlantic Coast Conference official. Maryland has scheduled a news conference for 3 p.m. EST to...
Tags: Maryland Terrapins, Colleges and Universities, Rutgers University, Atlantic Coast Conference, College Sports
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John Williams dies at 66; former Rams lineman later started dentistry practice
John Williams, a Los Angeles Rams lineman in the 1970s who went to dental school during his off-seasons and started a dentistry practice in Minneapolis after he retired from football, has died. He was 66.
Williams, who had recently undergone a kidney...Tags: Pittsburgh Steelers, NFL Draft, Super Bowl, Sports, Minnesota Golden Gophers
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PASSINGS: Sidney W. Benson
Sidney W. Benson Former USC chemistry professor Sidney W. Benson, 93, a chemistry professor who was scientific co-director of USC's Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute, died Dec. 30 at his home in Brentwood of complications from a stroke, the...Tags: W.P. Carey & Company Llc, Harvard University, Firearms, Congressional Medal of Honor Heroes, Arizona State University
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PASSINGS: Fred Milano, William Polk Carey, Mike Colalillo
Fred Milano
Doo-wop singer with Dion and the Belmonts
Fred Milano, 72, a singer who made rock 'n' roll history on doo-wop hits with Dion and the Belmonts in the 1950s, died Sunday, three weeks after his lung cancer was diagnosed, said Warren Gradus, who...Tags: W.P. Carey & Company Llc, Belmont, Firearms, Massapequa, Finance
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How provocateur Dan Savage became MTV's sex advisor in 'Savage U'
Show TrackerDan Savage couldn’t have predicted he would become a voice of reason for a generation of young adults confused about their sex lives. A controversial sex columnist and alternative newspaper editor, Savage regularly gets stopped at airports and asked... -
Herbert Hauptman dies at 94; won Nobel Prize in chemistry
Herbert Hauptman, who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1985 for work uncovering the structure of molecules that accelerated medical research and led to the development of new drugs, has died. He was 94.
His death Sunday in Buffalo, N.Y., was announced...Tags: Stroke, Entertainment, Chemistry, Science, X-rays
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