Bowie State University has received a $541,075 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to continue and expand an international undergraduate research program that prepares the next generation of scientists to address global challenges in food security and sustainable agriculture through immersive research experiences in Kenya. The award supports the project, “Training Globally Engaged Undergraduates in Food Security Research at Egerton University in Kenya: Underutilized Food Crops/Plants, the Key to Feeding the Future,” led by Dr. Anne Osano, profe...Read More

For decades, the War on Drugs has been narrated through the familiar vocabulary of crime, punishment, and public safety. Far less attention has been given to its afterlife: the neighborhoods hollowed out by incarceration, the wealth never permitted to accumulate, the families reshaped across generations, and the civic institutions expected to thrive after decades of deliberate neglect. As Dr. Khalilah Harris, Chair of Baltimore's Community Reinvestment and Reparations Commission, observes, "This war was waged on the community; it was not of the community." Maryland is now attempting something...Read More

New law expands early identification and referral for behavioral health conditions during pregnancy and the first year after childbirth. Annapolis, MD — Under the Perinatal Behavioral Health Conditions Act (HB 1118), which took effect on July 1, the Maryland Health Care Commission is studying the fiscal impact of requiring standardized perinatal behavioral health screenings statewide. The Commission's report, due by the end of the year, will help inform future policy decisions on expanding standardized screening requirements across Maryland. "After the passage of the Maryland Maternal ...Read More

Founded by three Georgetown football teammates, the Washington, D.C.-based organization enters its second decade prepared to deepen its impact in Southwest D.C. and expand its place-based model globally. WASHINGTON, D.C. — GOODProjects is celebrating its tenth anniversary, marking a decade of work alongside youth and families to address the interconnected challenges of race, poverty, community violence, educational inequity, and limited economic opportunity.  GOODProjects began in 2016 on the campus of Georgetown University through the vision of Darius Baxter and two of ...Read More

Standing under the lights during "Baltimore Unfiltered: Let's Talk About Sex," a show The Short Kuts Show curated last year for RnD Associates to open a community conversation around sexual health, I understood something no audience seat could have taught me. I was not performing. I was handing a piece of myself to a room full of strangers and trusting them to hold it gently. That night, I became part of a small, fiercely loyal family, The Short Kuts Show calls "story sharers." On Saturday, July 25, that family — and ten years of the stories it has carried — will fill Baltimore&rsq...Read More

Free Passes Available at Libraries for Checkout   Annapolis, MD - Officials from Anne Arundel County Public Library  (AACPL) and Anne Arundel County Department of Recreation and Parks today announced the launch of a new partnership that expands access to the county's parks. Beginning today, residents with an AACPL library card can check out a county park pass for free admission for up to seven days.  The new county park pass provides free daytime general admission for one private, non commercial vehicle carrying less than 12 people at any of Anne Arundel Coun...Read More