Local Cicada Expert Says the Bugs Taste Like “Crunchy Honey,” May Bypass...
Loyola biology professor David Rivers is the kind of bug guy who’s into cockroach racing, mealworm stir fries, and maggot spitting contests. (Seriously.) And his research is even grosser! But we’re...
View ArticleMaryland Schools Are Good at Partying, Not Partying, Being Pretty, and Being...
The Princeton Review released its annual college rankings yesterday, and while the academic lists are more important, it’s those Biggest Party School rankings that everyone really likes to read. Below...
View ArticleSome Baltimore-Area Schools Are Financially Fit… And Some Are Not
If you’ve paid a tuition bill lately, you may find it difficult to believe that many colleges and universities are at risk of running out of money. But according to Forbes, many schools — especially...
View ArticleWhat Schools’ Summer Reading Picks Reveal
Last year, I wrote that colleges’ summer reading picks for incoming freshmen could be seen as “a litmus test for how a school sees itself.” Intellectual? Cutting-edge? Not too difficult? There’s a...
View ArticleUMBC Is Totally Hogging the #1 Spot on US News College Rankings
Just how long can you be “up-and-coming” for? In the case of the University of Maryland Baltimore County, the answer appears to be at least five years: that’s how long the school has spent at the top...
View ArticleWho’s Speaking at Local Graduations?
I love commencement season — not just because of the caps and gowns and excitement in the air, but also because it’s the time of year when local universities bring famous (or, well, semi-famous) folks...
View ArticleHospitals and Universities Pledge to Revitalize Baltimore
Photo via Twitter/@MayorSRB Have you heard the phrase “meds and eds”? It refers to the idea that hospitals and universities are the institutions with the money and power to revitalize struggling...
View ArticleIt’s College Rankings Time Again
It’s the time of year that college administrators and admissions officials have been waiting for: the annual release of U.S. News’s college rankings. Even as the whole idea of rankings had been...
View ArticleWant to Be Rich? Don’t Go to Hopkins–And Other Weird Lessons From the DB...
If you want further evidence that college rankings don’t make a whole lot of sense, check out the Daily Beast’s annual list of the country’s best colleges. Take Johns Hopkins, for example. The school...
View ArticleYork Road College Bar Shut Down For Being Too Crazy
Photo via Baltimore Business Journal Assault. Sexual assault. Underage drinking. Indecent exposure. Alcohol poisoning. Another assault. More alcohol poisoning. Sound like a fun night to you? Then you...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....