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Jane Day holds a Triton shell that was altered by humans. A sample radio carbon date from the artifact was A.D. 660, suggesting Lucayan Indian activity in the northern part of the Bahamas much earlier than previously documented.

A federal civil rights agency investigating possible gender discrimination in college admissions will subpoena data from more than a dozen mid-Atlantic universities -- including several Maryland schools, such as Goucher College, University of Maryland Eastern Shore and Loyola University -- officials said Thursday.

Area colleges and universities, reacting to a federal civil rights agency's investigation into possible discrimination against women in admissions, said Thursday that gender is only one factor in determining the makeup of each year's freshman class.

Although it is based on the traditional Nutcracker Suite, the ballet is specifically geared for children.

Despite budget-breaking revenue losses and widely fluctuating energy costs, many colleges and universities became greener during the last year.

Ellen Hollander, 60, of Baltimore, a judge on the Maryland Court of Special Appeals since 1994, was the pick to replace longtime District Judge Andre Davis, who moved to the federal court of appeals last month.

In September, the Worcester County Board of Education began to review the valedictorian and salutatorian recognition program, determined by class rank.

Located at the heart of Goucher College's Baltimore campus is the new Athenaeum, a groundbreaking facility that's unlike anything most U.S. colleges and universities are building today.A A Designed by RMJM, the Athenaeum is the new sustainable flagship building on Goucher's campus, weaving together the various threads of life at the college in one ...

Since the 1950s, anthropologist Sidney W . Mintz has been at the forefront of efforts to integrate the disciplines of anthropology and history.

Standardized tests will remain a requirement for admission to Frostburg State University, officials there say, despite a nationwide trend toward test-optional college admission.

Baltimore writer Madison Smartt Bell used to joke that his work was dictated by demons.

The Zombie Apocalypse has spread to the University of Colorado, and there's only one weapon that can save humanity now - a balled-up sock.

The US Green Building Council, Maryland Chapter is pleased to announce a call for nominations for the 5th Annual Awards Celebration, which will be presented at the Athenaeum at Goucher College on Thursday, January 28, 2010.

Junior accounting major Will Seligman, center, attempts to tag freshman mechanical engineering major Brandon McDowall, right, and sophomore biochemistry major Max Mitrani, both of whom are "humans" during the week-long "Humans vs.

What could possibly make a classic even more fun than the perennial favorite it has already become, but to add a new twist to a holiday treasure.

The arrest and deportation proceedings of a Maryland college professor have led to questions about whether an "NBC News" crew is inappropriately teaming up with sources in a "To Catch a Predator" style package of stories on war criminals.

Elise Chapdelaine was born and raised in West Tisbury, but since 2002, when she graduated from Martha's Vineyard Regional High School, she has traveled far and wide, and she is about to see the world.

Anyone who still doubts the Walt-Mearsheimer thesis should check this out. It is a piece by Rabbi Brian Walt who was scheduled to participate on a panel called "Palestinian Human Rights: Your Involvement" until Goucher's President banned the session from taking place.

It's not the kind of thing most people have to deal with, but if you're ever faced with a 1,500-pound horse stuck in a ditch, its legs buried in mud, there's only one way to get it out.

EXQUISITE CORPUS The title that curator Laura Amussen picked for the debut exhibition in Goucher College's swank new Silber Gallery slyly calibrates the brain for its content.