Howard County Executive Calvin Ball is set to speak at the It-Sa Expo&Congress in Germany, highlighting the region's cybersecurity expertise. He will also lead a trade mission in Europe to foster international business collaborations.

Dr. Kate Evans received the Maryland Zoo's Dr. Mike Cranfield Conservation Award for her African elephant research and efforts to mitigate human-elephant conflicts.

Morgan State University received a $20.9 million NIH grant to enhance research on health disparities in urban minorities, focusing on diseases like cancer and diabetes.

Carroll County Government received the Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Award from Esri for its innovative use of mapping and analytics, as reported by the county's news releases.

A major IT outage by CrowdStrike impacted Howard County, affecting operations. By coordinating with DTCS, the county restored critical systems, with minimal disruption, while monitoring for new threats.

A Microsoft outage has disrupted Maryland’s healthcare and judicial systems, causing non-urgent medical procedures to be cancelled and courts to close, with emergency systems remaining operational.

University of Maryland, College Park agrees to pay $500,000 to settle allegations of failing to disclose foreign financial support in federal grant proposals.

Maryland surpassed $1 billion in cannabis sales in its first year of legal recreational use, with significant contributions to the state's economy and social equity efforts.

Baltimore County offers a "STEM into Action" summer program for middle school students, exposing them to hands-on STEM experiences with partners like BGE.

Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore is the first in the mid-Atlantic to use Stryker's Blueprint Mixed Reality for shoulder surgeries, improving precision and customization for patient-specific orthopedic procedures.