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More holiday shoppers this year are using cash or debit cards to avoid overspending with credit cards.

But what about the rest of the year? Is it possible in a credit-dependent society to get by without plastic? "Credit cards are not necessary," says Ed Fredericks, a finance professor at Pepperdine University.

The Health Sciences & Human Services Library at the University of Maryland Baltimore is recruiting a Head, Resource Sharing and Repository Services Here's an excerpt from the ad : This faculty librarian plans, directs and leads the resource sharing services units: borrowing, lending, and document delivery in the Resources Division.

From the Division of Cardiology , Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md; Pauley Heart Center , Medical College of Virginia Hospitals, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va; Department of Physiological Sciences , Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.

The University of Maryland, Baltimore has hired Maroon PR to build a branding campaign for the professional and graduate-level school.

Sen. Barbara Mikulski spoke Monday at the unveiling of a job training center at the University of Maryland BioPark.

Researchers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore have discovered a gene in the brain that might have some link to certain disorders ranging from depression to schizophrenia.

Valencia McLeod, Buddha Mali and Pauline Samuel, from left, all students at Baltimore City Community College, do a chemical analysis of sodium hydroxide at the college's new Life Sciences Institute at the University of Maryland's biotechnology research park.

It has been 10 years since Dr. Michael Murphy, president of Archbishop Spalding High School, began asking parents, alumni, staff and students what could be done to make the school better.

Building the Mediasite Enterprise: How the University of Maryland, Baltimore Developed the Infrastructure and Consensus for Campus-wide Lecture Capture Origin: Community Contributions Type: Presentations and Seminars Abstract: Dr.

Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease and Stanford University School of Medicine will collaborate in a new consortium funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to develop stem cell and regenerative medicine therapies.

A new electronic voting system being used today for the first time in a government election in the U.S. will allow voters and elections auditors in Takoma Park, Md.

Open Solutions Inc. , a leading provider of integrated, enterprise-wide data processing technologies for banks and credit unions throughout the United States, Canada and other international markets, has appointed John W. Frederick executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective Nov.

Cambridge Who's Who is an exclusive membership organization that recognizes and empowers executives, professionals and entrepreneurs throughout the world.

Schools in the University System of Maryland will move forward with Gov. Martin O'Malley's initiative to encourage students to pursue degrees and careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, according to a Board of Regents meeting Friday.

At the University System of Maryland Board of Regents meeting Friday, a student representative from USM Student Council expressed concerns over the proposed film policy.

Rather, we support the right of students and student groups to host entertainment events on their campuses without the fear of censorship by a university administrator or a state politician.

Increased use and promotion of psychotropic drugs to U.S. children and adolescents in the past 20 years has led to a "welcomed" set of new guidelines for clinicians to insure better child safety and reduce the risk of inappropriate prescriptions, according to a professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore.

Recently, it has been reported, using type-specific antibodies, that the PrPSc type 1 is present in all cases of sCJD carrying PrPSc type 2. The consistent co-occurrence of both PrPSc types complicates the diagnosis and the current classification of sCJD, and has implications for the pathogenesis of naturally occurring prion diseases.

The agency said Tuesday it had purchased two of the $10,000 vehicles. Officers will use them to patrol some of Metroa TMs larger parking lots.