UMGC Global Media Center Author: Menachem Wecker

Two top Washington Post editors marveled at the new ways that technology allows newspapers to tell stories at the same time they conceded they were struggling to deal with the financial pressures that are forcing the paper to continue to make staff reductions.

Marie Cini, PhD, has been named provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Maryland University College, the nation’s premiere online, state university dedicated to serving working adults and active duty military personnel around the world.

“It is imperative for the government to rein in technology firms and their “surveillance economy” that stifles economic development and threatens democracy,” Harvard Business School professor Emerita Shoshana Zuboff told the Maryland Cybersecurity Council. She said there must be regulation over how these huge firms collect private data from individuals and sell it.

University of Maryland University College (UMUC) announced today that it has received a $25,000 gift from Deloitte LLP to provide 10 students pursuing a Master of Science degree in either Cybersecurity or Cybersecurity Policy with a $2,500 scholarship for the fall 2013 semester.

University of Maryland University College (UMUC) announced today that it has signed an agreement with Walgreens, the nation’s largest drug store chain, to offer its employees, their spouses and dependents the opportunity to complete degrees or pursue higher education at UMUC.

University of Maryland University College (UMUC) announced today that it has signed an agreement with Patricio Enterprises—an innovative business solutions company headquartered in Northern Virginia.