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Walters Art Museum names new director, Julia Marciari-Alexander
In naming Julia Marciari-Alexander as executive director on Wednesday, the Walters Art Museum board of directors entrusted one of Baltimore's most important arts institutions to a rising star — and signaled an emphasis on community engagement even...Tags: Financial Aid, Artists, Arts, Bill Johnston, Arts and Culture
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College Lines
THE UNIVERSITY OF FINDLAY: The dean's list for fall semester at The University of Findlay has been announced and Nicole Williams, of Fallston, made the list with a 4.0 grade point average. She is a physical therapy major. MCDANIEL COLLEGE: Sophomore...Tags: Financial Aid, Westminster (Carroll, Maryland), Physical Therapy, Edgewood, Health Treatments
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Triffon Alatzas named top editor of Baltimore Sun Media Group
Triffon G. Alatzas, who has served The Baltimore Sun as head of digital media and also led the sports and business departments, was named top editor of the 176-year-old news organization Wednesday. As executive editor and a senior vice president of...
Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, University of Illinois Springfield, Newspapers, University of Maryland, College Park, NPR
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Highland Park artist interprets beauty
For artist Polina Reisman, the idea of beauty is far from media portrayals of the tall, thin model walking the runway. In fact, she believes beauty is quite the opposite: It's in the imperfections and quirks that make people unique. To try to convey...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Artists, Fine Artists, Israel, Arts
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Sometimes touching base yields compelling stories
I was looking for stories to write when a colleague recommended I’d check in on Sarah Bauer, a northwest suburban woman born with spina bifida who’s in medical school. We wrote about Bauer in 2009, just as she was preparing to attend...
Tags: Spina Bifida, Colleges and Universities
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'Book of My Lives': Aleksander Hemon's remarkable tale
Aleksandar Hemon landed in the United States two decades ago, January 1992. He was 27, a young Bosnian journalist from Sarajevo arriving on a one-month visa, arranged through a cultural exchange program sponsored by the State Department. Just after he...
Tags: Sports, Authors, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, England, Hopleaf
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Study explores why some families return to poor neighborhoods
When it was introduced in 1994, the federal housing experiment Moving to Opportunity was, to some, a means to rectify poverty. To others, it was a way for cities to dump their poorest residents on the suburbs. Many deemed it a failure, and officials...
Tags: Politics, Housing and Urban Planning, Public Housing, Culture, Arts and Culture
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Excerpt: 'The Book of My Lives' by Aleksandar Hemon
I do not know how old I was when I learned to play chess. I could not have been older than 8, because I still have a chess board on whose side my father inscribed, with a soldering iron, “Saša Hemon 1972.” I loved the board more than...
Tags: Sports, Sex Pistols (music group), Science, Chicago Tribune, Soccer
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More than a dozen cases of mumps suspected at Loyola
A dozen or more cases of mumps have been reported among Loyola University Maryland students over the past month, prompting officials to alert the campus community to signs of the rare virus that has spread rapidly across college campuses in recent...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Preventative Medicine, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Symptoms, Loyola University Maryland
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A Baltimore County native and two friends take on the first all-disabled ascent of El Capitan
El Capitan is an intimidating granite formation in California's Yosemite National Park, popular with climbers because its 7,573-foot vertical face presents such a challenge. Pete Davis has done the four-night, five-day ascent twice, which is an...
Tags: Healthy Diet, X Games, Loyola University Maryland, Arts and Culture, Entertainment
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Baltimore Catholics see fresh outlook from new pope
Surprise turned into joy as Baltimore Catholics celebrated the election of the first Latin American and first Jesuit pope, saying it offered an often-hidebound church a chance for rejuvenation. "One time, John Paul the Great called America, meaning...
Tags: HIV, Martin O'Malley, AIDS, Catholic Relief Services, Prince George's County
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Foundation to aid aspiring dancers
With 10 brothers and sisters in the family, a mother who home-schools and little money for extras, Loretta Williams knows that to achieve her dream of becoming a professional ballerina, she's going to need some help. The 19-year-old needs about $20,...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Joffrey Ballet, Dance, Awards and Prizes, Entertainment
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