Category: Baltimore News

A lot can happen in a decade. The very fabric of society itself can change over the course of one year, let alone 10 of them. Ten years ago family members could walk their loved ones to the departing gate of a flight, something practically impossible these days and10 years ago not many people, especially […]

The Pi Omega Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity will host the Howard L. Cornish Humanitarian Awards Nov. 13 at the Forum Caterers. The organization’s Achievement Week/ Founders’ Day Program is an annual event honoring individuals and organizations who’ve made an impact in the Baltimore community through public service or social action programs. Established in […]

In honor of Walter S. Mills, an educator who advocated for Black teachers in Anne Arundel County, the Banneker-Douglass Museum in Annapolis will host an exhibition featuring documents, pictures and other artifacts from the Maryland native’s life. The exhibit, “Shaping History Through Service: The Walter S. Mills Story,” takes viewers back to 1939 when Mills, […]

Now through Dec. 6, Baltimore City and Baltimore County students who submit an essay, poetry or artwork for the David B. Wright Memorial Foundation will be entered to win a holiday gift card. The organization, which helps crimes victims and their families overcome educational and health disparities, was founded by Shawnte Wright after her husband […]

With difficult financial times affecting millions of Americans, fighting the economic downturn has become increasingly difficult. Credit card debt, foreclosures, furloughs, unemployment and layoffs have hit the Baltimore region hard as well, but the Baltimore County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority hopes to make life easier for community residents with “Getting Financially Fit,” […]

A year after opening Coppin State University’s first nanotechnology research center, a science professor and his research team are making history for simulating the most efficient solar energy cells in the world. Natural sciences professor Dr. Jamal Uddin and five undergraduate student researchers have modeled nearly 4 percent more efficient solar cells than Spectrolab, the […]