Academia

We all know that in case of an emergency, call 9-1-1. For information, press 4-1-1. But last year, more than 96,000 Maryland residents dialed 2-1-1. Sandy Monck, chief impact officer at United Way of Central Maryland tells us how UWCM's 2-1-1 Maryland is assisting residents in need.

April 17, 2013

Governor Martin O’Malley is on a “Jobs and Opportunity” tour of the state: this afternoon at the BioTechnical Institute of Maryland in Baltimore, tomorrow visiting a “Pitch Across Maryland” campaign that gives advice to business start-ups.

As the best-selling book tell us: everybody poops.  That includes chickens, cows, pigs, humans.  In Maryland, farmers have traditionally taken processed animal poop—or manure—and processed human poop—or biosolids—and used it as fertilizer for their fields.

Seeking to improve the educational outcomes for African-American students--which reports detail are rather bleak--President Obama formed the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for African-Americans last week.

Dr. Hrabowski on how the Commission can replicate--on a larger scale--some of UMBC's efforts with underserved students

Johns Hopkins physicist Bruce Barnett joins Midday Science contributor John Monahan to explain the discovery of the Higgs boson, or "God particle," for those who still don't get it. Also, on the heels of the recent derecho and heat wave, a look at extreme weather cycles as they relate to global warming, with University of Maryland climate scientist Raghu Murtugudde. Plus, taking electric lines underground to avoid outages like those that left hundreds of thousands of BGE and Pepco costumers without power for several days.