WASHINGTON, April 16 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Applauds Sen. Van Hollen's Attempt to Meet with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador Prison The Maryland office and national headquarters of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today applauded the attempt by Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen to meet with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in an El Salvador prison where he was negligently sent by the Trump adminis  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, April 17 -- The Chesapeake Bay Foundation posted the following news release on April 16, 2025: * * * Dismantling NOAA an Incredible Blow to the Chesapeake Bay The Trump administration plans to propose deep budget cuts and program closures at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in its budget for next year. This would devastate NOAA's work helping to restore the Chesapeake Bay, manage the Bay's fisheries, and educate the next generation of Bay steward  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, April 17 -- The Chesapeake Bay Program issued the following news: * * * A friend to the Chesapeake Bay restores brook trout habitat in the Rappahannock headwaters How a project from 2016 contributed to a Chesapeake Bay Program goal By Jake Solyst In the summer of 1995, a devastating flood swept through Madison County, Virginia and left streams like Kinsey Run in need of restoration. At the time, state and federal resource managers thought it best to restructure the stea  more

HIGH POINT, North Carolina, April 17 -- High Point University issued the following news release: * * * HPU Student Entrepreneurs Earn $30,000 in Start-Up Funds in Business Plan Competition High Point University students presented their business ideas to a panel of judges and earned a combined $30,000 in start-up funds during the 15th annual HPU Business Plan Competition. Pictured from left were Brian Namnoum, a senior business administration major from West Hartford, Connecticut; Jackson Tuom  more

LAUREL, Maryland, April 16 [Category: Science] -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory posted the following news release: * * * Johns Hopkins APL Develops Engineering Guide for Lunar Explorers Lunar experts at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, have created a new technical resource to guide technology developers who are designing systems to withstand the rigors of the Moon's surface. A suite of videos, titled Lunar Engineering 101, hig  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 [Category: Sociological] -- UnidosUS posted the following news release: * * * Latino Leaders to Trump Administration: Bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia Back National Latino leaders demand that the Trump Administration bring Mr. Abrego Garcia back to his family; access online here Washington, DC - This week, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, in an Oval Office meeting, agreed with President Trump that Kilmar Abrego Garcia would not be returned to his home in Maryland, despite   more

CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, April 16 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news release: * * * Letter to HHS: Recommended Actions to Address the Chronic Disease of Addiction On April 16, ASAM sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that outlined three top priorities for the agency's consideration, each of which would have a positive impact on the lives of Americans impacted by addiction. Those include:   more

EVANSTON, Illinois, April 16 -- Northwestern University posted the following news release: * * * Northwestern Law professors on President Trump's 'slow walk efforts' in Abrego Garcia case CHICAGO --- The presiding judge over the case of the wrongly deported Maryland man who was sent to an El Salvadoran prison announced Tuesday that she is considering contempt proceedings if the Trump administration doesn't present evidence of their efforts to return the man to U.S. soil. Professor Monica Ha  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, April 16 -- The Chesapeake Bay Program posted the following commentary: * * * Raising Chesapeake critters in classrooms Five watershed species take center stage in environmental education programs across the watershed By Marisa Baldine Chesapeake Bay wildlife are at their most vulnerable when they're first born, which is why conservation groups design programs to raise juvenile fish, shellfish and reptiles before releasing them into the wild. One fantastic place to impl  more

CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, April 16 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news release: * * * The ASAM Weekly for April 15th, 2025 This Week in the ASAM Weekly Medical experts like to use acronyms, likely because they are an efficient use of language. For example, the START (Substance Use Treatment and Recovery Team) Addiction Consultative Service (ACS) is a hospital-based model of care that can improve initiation rates of MOUD as well as s  more

ADELPHI, Maryland, April 17 -- The University of Maryland Global Campus issued the following news: * * * Decoding Disinformation: Jason Pittman on AI, Intent and the Battle for Truth By Alex Kasten Jason Pittman, Sc.D., collegiate associate professor in the School of Cybersecurity and Information Technology at University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) is currently serving as a Fulbright Scholar at the Australian Institute for Machine Learning (AIML) at the University of Adelaide. He is res  more