Maryland News

Maryland Schools Named Best in the Country Five Years In A Row
January 14, 2013

For the fifth year in a row, "Education Week" has named Maryland's public schools first in the country.

"Maryland has made it to the top of this list because of the students, parents, teachers, principals, administrators, advocates and elected officials. We are number one because we [Marylanders] understand the investments being made in education are for our future, says Maryland's Governor Martin O'Malley in an email to Barry Bogage, Executive Director of the Maryland/Israel Development Center.

Chairman’s Report: MIDC Year in Review: 2012 By Abba David Poliakoff, Chairman
December 27, 2012

As 2012 shuffles off to join the company of years gone by, we look back with pride and forward with enthusiasm. The achievements that have made this a banner year provide a springboard for even greater successes in the coming year.

Jacob Bogage Wins 2012 Powell High School Journalist of the Year
March 15, 2012

Jacob Bogage doesn't need to be told when he's looking a great story — the Sherwood High School senior instinctively knows it. It's a trait no journalism school can teach and has already served Bogage well.

Bogage is the 2012 winner of the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association's Michael S. Powell High School Journalist of the Year award.

Exalenz Bioscience Adds Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center to Its Expanding Roster of U.S. Customers
November 18, 2011

Exalenz Bioscience, Inc., a provider of breath testing equipment for the diagnosis
and management of digestive system and liver conditions, today announced the installation of its
BreathID® System for Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) detection at the Johns Hopkins Health Care &
Surgery Center at Green Spring Station.

Opportunities for funding US-Israel Cooperation in Innovative Technologies
August 9, 2011

The next Call for Proposals has been issued by the BIRD Foundation. Relevant R&D topics include but not limited to: Life Sciences, Cleantech, Communications, Electronics, Software, HLS, etc.

The BIRD Foundation announced its next funding cycle with a call for US-Israel joint project proposals focusing on innovative R&D collaborations between US and Israeli companies.

Maryland preparing to inject as much as $75M into tech firms
June 17, 2011

By Baltimore Business Journal

A critical life line for budding Maryland businesses is on its way. It has been just more than a year since Gov. Martin O’Malley first began pitching InvestMaryland, a proposal that aims to support young, capital-starved technology companies.

"Bird Energy:" New Opportunity to Submit U.S. - Israel Joint Renewable Energy Proposals
March 16, 2011

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the Israel Ministry of National Infrastructures and the BIRD Foundation have established “BIRD Energy:” a program for U.S. - Israel joint renewable energy developments. “BIRD Energy” follows the same rules and procedures as BIRD.

Venture Investment Increases by 21%
March 1, 2011

Maryland venture capital investments totaled $357 million in 2010, a 21% increase over 2009, in an analysis of venture capital totals by the State Science and Technology Institute. Maryland's venture dollars per capita ($63) is higher than 43 other states. U.S. venture capital investments totaled $21.8 billion in 2010, an increase of 19.4% over 2009, and the first increase since 2007 according to the National Venture Capital Association and PricewaterhouseCoopers Moneytree Survey.

Maryland second on tech and science index
January 25, 2011

Baltimore Business Journal

Maryland again grabbed the No. 2 spot on the Milken Institute’s State Technology and Science Index.
The index from the California think-tank aims to capture a state’s research and development capabilities and human capital capacity.

Maryland schools rank No. 1 in nation for third year in a row
January 10, 2011

By Liz Bowie, The Baltimore Sun
For the third year in a row, Maryland's public schools have been ranked No.

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